RAF Prestwick was parented by RAF Leuchars in Fife. Units The following units were based at RAF Prestwick at some point: No. 1 Civil Air Navigation School RAF (August 1938 - November 1939) became No. 1 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (November 1939 - July 1941) 'D' Flight of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (August - November 1940) 'D' Flight of No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (November 1940 - July 1941) No. 2 Supplementary School of Wireless Telegraphy RAF (September 1939 - October 1940) No. 3 Radio School RAF (December 1940 - August 1942) became No. 3 Radio Direction Finding School RAF (August - December 1942) No. 4 Ferry Pilot Pool ATA (September 1940 - January 1942) & (August 1942 - October 1945) No. 4A Ferry Pilot Pool ATA (January - August 1942) No. 4B Ferry Pilot Pool ATA (January - August 1942) Detachment of No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (March - June 1941) Detachment of No. 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (January - May 1941) No. 10 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (November - December 1939) disbanded into No. 1 Air Observers Navigation School RAF No. 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF (February 1936 - September 1939) became No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (September 1939 - March 1941) No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF (October 1941 - April 1942) No. 1527 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF (October 1941 - September 1945) became No. 1527 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF (September 1945 - February 1946) No. 1680 (Western Isles Communications) Flight RAF (March - April 1944) became No. 1680 (Transport) Flight RAF (April 1944 - February 1946) Squadrons Heritage The station badge showed a Lion, (symbolising strength and valour), holding a shepherd's crook, (symbolising watchfulness), within a turret, (symbolising a place of refuge, strength and safety). The station motto, Faire Agus Gliocas, is Scottish Gaelic for "Watchfulness and Wisdom". Closure The Minister for Armed Forces announced on 31 March 2013 that RAF Prestwick would close by the end of 2013. Due to technological advances, there was no longer a requirement for two military area radar control centres in the United Kingdom.The unit subsequently closed on 6 December 2013, when the RAF Ensign was lowered for the final time, representing the end of a 77-year association between Ayrshire and the RAF. Prestwick's operations and thirty personnel were transferred to the RAF unit based