1980. Henlow then hosted the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment and the Radio Engineering Unit, established in 1980. In 1983, the Land Registry took over part of the site. In December 2011, RAF Henlow along with 14 other Ministry of Defence sites in the United Kingdom were designated as being dangerously radioactive. The 15 bases were believed to be poisoned as a consequence of undetermined activity during the Second World War. Administratively, RAF Henlow was part of a combined base, RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, until RAF Brampton was closed in 2013. On 6 September 2016, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced the planned closure of RAF Henlow along with 12 other military sites owned by the MoD. The land will be used for housing to help meet the government's target of 160,000 homes by 2020. The closure date was later extended to 2023, and once more to 2026. Based units Notable units based at RAF Henlow in 2017/18. British Army Intelligence Corps (1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade) Defence Cultural Specialist Unit Royal Air Force No. 2 Group (Air Combat Support) RAF Royal Air Force Police Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team (DFCIT) Digital Forensic Flight Professional Standards Department Headquarters Provost Marshal's Dog Unit (PMDU) Provost Marshal's Dog Inspectorate (PMDI)No. 38 Group (Air Combat Service Support) RAF RAF Medical Operations RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine Centre of Aviation Medicine Headquarters Aviation Medicine Wing Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wing Support WingOtherSignals Museum Strategic Command Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG)Defence Digital''' Engineering Operations Communication and Information Systems Branch Operations Support Branch Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team (ADEWS DT) Supply Chain Information Systems Delivery Team (SCIS DT) A small detachment of Marshall Delivery Team (Marshall DT) Former units The following units were here at some point: The Signals Museum The Signals Museum, focused on the development of electronic communications by the RAF since the First World War, was established in 1999. See also List of Royal Air Force stations References Bibliography External links RAF Signals Museum UK Military Aeronautical Information Publication – Henlow (EGWE) Royal Air Force stations in Bedfordshire 616 VGS Museums in Bedfordshire Military and war museums in England Technology museums in the United Kingdom Telecommunications museums in the United Kingdom RAF