A History of RAF Saxa Vord

Any radar unit with an operational life of nearly 50 years will see its original radar and communications equipment extensively modified and...

I’m grateful to Nick Broom for allowing me to reproduce this article, which he originally wrote for the RAF Fire Service Association. RAF ...

The significance of Helicopter operations in Shetland cannot be under estimated, particularly in the last 30 or 40 years. The economic signi...

Eddie Ziemski (an Air Defence Operator) was at Saxa from Mar 1962 to Oct 1963. The photos in this section are all his and he is hoping to ge...