Training Flight as part of No. 74(F) Squadron, operating until 31 December 1991. No. 56(F) Squadron disbanded on 31 July 1992, reforming as the Panavia Tornado F.3 OCU at RAF Coningsby. No. 74(F) Squadron continued to operate at RAF Wattisham until disbanding on 1 October 1992. Closure RAF Wattisham's future hung in the balance as a major air force base and it was decided that with the Cold War threat gone it was no longer needed by the RAF. Wattisham stood down as a fighter base on 31 October 1992. The station was transferred to the control of the British Army in September 1993. The Army Air Corps soon moved in and it rapidly became a major Army airfield. The Royal Air Force returned to operate Westland Sea King Search and Rescue helicopters on the site of the former QRA hangars. Former RAF units See also List of former Royal Air Force stations Wattisham Airfield References Citations Bibliography Freeman, Roger A., The Mighty Eighth, The Colour Record, 1991 479th Fighter Group on www.littlefriends.co.uk www.controltowers.co.uk Wattisham USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to present External links Wattisham Station Heritage Museum History of Wattisham Airbase History of Wattisham Another history 29 Squadron Lightnings 1967-69 Airfields of the VIII Fighter Command in Suffolk Royal Air Force stations in Suffolk Airports in England Military units and formations established in 1939 Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom