Went to check out RAF Menwith Hill from afar last Sunday morning.
As described on the RAF's website...
RAF Menwith Hill is situated off the A59 Skipton Road, approximately nine miles west of Harrogate in North Yorkshire and occupies about one square mile of moorland. The base is owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and made available to the US Department of Defense (DoD).
As with all sites the Government make available to the United States Visiting Forces (USVF), RAF Menwith Hill is made available under the NATO Status of Forces Agreement of 1951 and additional confidential arrangements. Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) is entitled to possession of the site and retains control over its use and its facilities, though the administration of the base is the responsibility of the US authorities.
...thus there isn't much (any) scope for a site exploration but even from miles away, the site is an amazing piece of modernist arcitecture conceptional art sculpture Radome scene radar technology. Go & check it out.
& to find out more about Radome worldwide click here.
So to learn more about RAF Menwith Hill, click here for an extensive report commissioned by CND & check out the somewhat hammy video below...
