of the
Red Arrows •
Warton Aerodrome,
Lancashire - Warton is the headquarters of MAI and home to the central assembly facility for the
Eurofighter Typhoon and
Hawk configuration and to the upgrades for
Harrier and the
Panavia Tornado. The division's major testing facilities and commercial offices are based there. •
Samlesbury Aerodrome,
Lancashire - Samlesbury, situated between
Blackburn and
Preston, is home to the production facilities for the Typhoon front fuselage and BAE's
F-35 Lightning II manufacturing operations. It was previously also responsible for some sections of the
T-45 Goshawk airframe. Sections for
Airbus are also subcontracted to the site. The site unlike many other MAI sites does not have an operational runway. The runway closed in the 1980s. •
Brough Aerodrome,
Yorkshire - Brough near to
Hull was home to Hawk production and assembly. The airfield was closed during the 1990s but flying from the Brough runway (to deliver Hawks for final configuration at Warton) temporarily resumed in 2008. Brough was later downsized to producing Hawk component parts. •
Woodford Aerodrome,
Greater Manchester - Woodford near
Manchester was home to the ill-fated
Nimrod MRA4 programme. It closed in 2011. •
Chadderton,
Greater Manchester - Chadderton near
Manchester is a former manufacturing facility (Historically as
Avro) but the site continued as a major office centre for the company until it closed in 2012. •
Preston, Lancashire - Several of the unit's central functional offices are located in Strand Road area of the city as well as the Apprentice training centre. •
Yeovil,
Somerset •
Humberside Airport,
Lincolnshire - The company's Aircraft Maintenance Training Centre is located at the airport. The firm also has a major presence on many RAF stations; notably
RAF Coningsby and
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