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The station is best known as the home to No 1 School of Technical Training from its formation by Lord Trenchard until it moved to RAF Cosford in the early 1990s. The SoTT trained apprentice RAF engineers on a 3 year course, the graduates of which were the best trained airmen engineers in the RAF and would usually go on to become Senior NCOs. Next door to RAF Halton stood Princess Marys RAF Hosptial Halton, a large military hospital; although the hospital buildings still stand, they are derelict and the surrounding married quarters have been sold off for private housing. A major feature of the Station is Halton House Officer's Mess which is housed in Halton House - a French style mansion built by the Rothschild family. Now primarily a training school, units based at Halton currently include:
The camp also includes a grass airfield primarily used for gliding (an Air Cadet Gliding School and a civilian club) and light aircraft training. This is also the HQ of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Wing, Air Training Corps.
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