RAF Waddington ARC returned to the International Bomber Command Centre on Sunday, 1st September for the centre’s Wings and Wheels event..

RAF Waddington ARC ran a Special Event Station on the weekend of 10-11 August 2024 as part of the Salute to the 40s Weekend event at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln. The callsign used was GB6IBC, as is usual at IBCC, and we were operational between 08:00-17:00 BST on both days. Operation was on HF (40 and 20m SSB), and 2m FM.

RAF Waddington ARC ran a Special Event Station GB0EEL on the weekend of 2-3 August 2024 at former RAF Binbrook. This was the 70th anniversary of the first test flight on 4th August 1954, from RAF Boscombe Down, of the English Electric P1A (WG760), the type that was later to become the English Electric Lightning, piloted by English Electric’s chief test pilot Wing Commander Roland Beaumont.

RAF Waddington was proud to return to the IBCC as they commemorated International Bomber Command Day on Thursday, 25th July with a Service of Remembrance. We were operational between 09:00-16:00 BST, operating on 40m and 2m FM.

RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club was proud to support the Newark Air Museum Cockpit-Fest event on 22nd-23rd June.

RAF Waddington ARC returned to the International Bomber Command Centre for the weekend of 25-26th May to run a Special Event Station using the callsign GB6IBC as part of Juniper Fayre’s 50s and 60s weekend at the IBCC.

The club was back at the International Bomber Command Centre on 19th May for their Inspire Ride2024 at the IBCC event, which this year paid tribute to the men of Stalag Luft III who took part in the ‘Great Escape’ in March 1944, 80 years ago..

RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club ran a Special Event Station for Airfields on the Air over the weekend of 5-7 April at former RAF Binbrook, using the callsign GB5BK.

This event was run to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the RAF receiving its first Typhoon on December 18th 2003.

To help commemorate this event the RAF Coningsby ARC members will be putting GX3LQS/P on the air from different locations during November & December for the Typhoons’ 20th anniversary.

Members of the club were operational again at former RAF Binbrook during the weekend of 6-8 October, activating this location for Airfields on the Air.