Media enquiries
Contact the Station Engagement Office:
Email: [email protected]
Please note, we are unable to support any requests for Chinook or Puma experience flights or flypasts.
Call us
01491 837766 followed by an extension number, if known.
Find us
RAF Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6AA.
When you arrive
You must report to the Main Guardroom at the main entrance to the technical site. You must bring valid photographic ID with you, e.g. driving licence or passport.
Where escorted passes are issued, the member of staff hosting you must meet you at the Main Guard Room.
Emergency contact
In an emergency contact the Main Guardroom.
Guardroom phone:
For more help, or for those serving abroad on Operations or Exercise, visit the What to do in a family emergency guide.
Work experience
Applications for RAF Benson 2023/24 work experience placements, Years 10 and Sixth Form, have now closed.
Applications already submitted are being considered and successful applicants will be informed 1 Feb 24.
Applications for 2025 placements will open October 2024.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
School visits
We are now accepting a limited amount of school visits to RAF Benson.
Email: [email protected]
Air Cadets
If your Cadet Squadron would like to arrange a visit to the Station in the future, contact our Air Cadet Liaison Officer:
Email: [email protected]
Royal Air Forces Association
Contact the Engagement Office in the first instance:
Email: BEN-Engagement@mod.gov.uk
Phone: 01491 827245