A History of RAF Saxa Vord

Towards the end of the 90’s the station strength was reducing as its’ role was changing, eventually leading to the combining of messes. I ha...

 Depending upon ones point of view 1989 was a good or bad year on Unst for scaffolders. Work started on the construction of a geodetic d...

In 1989 AM Sir Kenneth Hayr, who was Chief of Staff UK Air Forces and Deputy CinC Strike Command visited Saxa. Two of the reasons for the vi...

Christmas and New Year at Saxa were normally memorable occasions. Most of the main functions tended to be held fairly early on as many servi...

Over the half Century of its active life the Ops Site (sometimes known as the Mid Site) underwent many changes. Obviously, after the initial...