Breigny France (A-48). USAF ammunition store use After being placed on a care and maintenance basis after the war, the station re-opened as the home of the 7531st Ammunition Squadron in September 1955. In 2009 USAF staffing at Welford was reduced as part of USAF wide budgetary adjustments. The munitions base's function is described as "at its busiest when the US government deploys bombers to a forward air station at RAF Fairford". The bombers at RAF Fairford can include B-1, B-2 and B-52. In May 2019, the USAF moved of explosives to RAF Welford, then the second largest ammunition store in United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE). Based units Welford is now under the command of the 420th Munitions Squadron, and comes under the command of the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, which provides support to the Geographically Separated Units (GSU)s in the United Kingdom. See also List of Royal Air Force stations References Citations Bibliography Freeman, Roger A. (1994) UK airfields of the Ninth: then and now, London : Battle of Britain Prints International, Maurer, Maurer (1983) Air Force combat units of World War II, Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, External links 420th Munitions Squadron - History of RAF Welford Royal Air Force stations in Berkshire Installations of the United States Air Force in the United Kingdom Airfields of the IX Troop Carrier Command in the United Kingdom RAF