World War status but with restrictions. Greenham and Crookham Commons became a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Cold War era control tower has recently been redeveloped and is now open as a visitor centre with a historical exhibition and community cafe. Cattle from local farms are permitted to graze the Common and often stray onto the adjacent Burys Bank Road. In popular culture The airfield was used In the sixth series of London's Burning where the production team built a petrol garage and diner to be used in a large incident in episode 7. An episode of BBC's Top Gear was filmed at the abandoned airfield, with Jeremy Clarkson and James May attempting to find out if communism had produced a good car. Beyoncé used the airfield to film scenes for her 2013 self-titled visual album. Greenham Common airfield was used as a filming location for the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The GAMA (GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area) area was used as the location for the above ground Resistance base on the fictional planet D'Qar. Greenham Common airfield was also used as a filming location for the 2019 film Fast and Furious 9. See also List of former Royal Air Force stations RAF Lakenheath near nuclear disasters Notes Bibliography Fletcher, Harry R. (1989) Air Force Bases Volume II, Active Air Force Bases outside the United States of America on 17 September 1982. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. Freeman, Roger A. (1994) UK Airfields of the Ninth: Then and Now 1994. After the Battle Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. . Sayers, Jonathan (2006) In Defense of Freedom, a History of RAF Greenham Common Stokes, Penelope (2017). The Common Good: The story of Greenham Common External links Greenham: a common inheritance Greenham Trust RAF Greenham Common – A History 1941–1992 Greenham and Crookham Conservation Volunteers Photographs of RAF Greenham Common from the Geograph British Isles project Greenham Common Control Tower - Visitor Centre, exhibition and Cafe Royal Air Force stations in Berkshire Royal Air Force