RAF Menwith Hill
Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 30.6 ″ N , 1 ° 41 ′ 24.7 ″ W.
Menwith Hill is a Royal Air Force base near Harrogate , North Yorkshire . The 421st Air Base Squadron is stationed on the site and is supported by the 501st Combat Support Wing of the United States Air Forces in Europe .
It's important to US intelligence.
According to British investigative journalist and surveillance expert Duncan Campbell , this location is part of the ECHELON network.
The 709th Military Intelligence Battalion as part of the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command is stationed here. Prior to October 16, 2009, the unit's name was the 109th Military Intelligence Group .
The National Security Agency has been responsible for the operation of the US portion of the facility since 1966 . Some of the staff at the Bad Aibling station , which has now been closed , has been relocated here.
Similar plants are located in Bude (UK), Sugar Grove (West Virginia, US), Yakima (Washington, US), Sabana Seca (Puerto Rico), Misawa (Japan), Pine Gap (Australia), Geraldton (Australia), Waihopai (New Zealand) and Tangimoana (New Zealand)
literature
- Bird, Kenneth L .: Menwith Hill Station - A Case Study in Signal Intelligence Gathering During the Cold War. In: Monitoring Times , February 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the 501st Combat Support Wing: 421st Air Base Group
- ^ The Guardian of March 1, 2012: Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion
- ↑ Duncan Campbell : Somebody's listening ( English , PDF; 1.5 MB) July 30, 2013. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Public website of the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade (headquartered at Wiesbaden): 709th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Memento from June 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ()
- ↑ Overview Echelon from the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg ( archive ( Memento from August 3, 2013 on WebCite ))
