| Colerne Airfield | |
| Icao: | EGUO |
| Type: | Military |
| Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator: | British Army |
| Location: | Colerne, Wiltshire |
| Elevation-F: | 593 |
| Elevation-M: | 181 |
| Coordinates: | 51.4392°N -2.2864°W |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Wiltshire |
| Pushpin Label: | EGUO |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Wiltshire |
| Metric-Rwy: | Y |
| R1-Number: | 01/19 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,593 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,095 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 07/25 |
| R2-Length-F: | 5,459 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1,664 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Web site: usurped. Airport information for EGUO. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=EGUO. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. |
| Occupants: | 21 Signal Regiment |
Colerne Airfield, now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England. It is set to close in 2029.
RAF Colerne was opened on this site in 1940, and was in operation until 1976.[1] From 1940 to 1955, RAF Fighter Command units were based here. During the Battle of Britain, the airfield served as a satellite field to RAF Middle Wallop, and squadrons rotated back and forth from there on a daily basis.[2]
In the 1970s and 1980s, Azimghur Barracks was used as a training depot by the Royal Corps of Transport's Junior Leaders Regiment.
The site is a ground station for the Skynet 5 military satellite system that provides battlefield support (e.g. real-time imagery from remote-piloted drones[3] in various theatres of war). It is in close proximity to the underground Corsham Computer Centre.
The Azimghur Barracks part of the site is home to 21 Signal Regiment.[4]
Since November 1992, the airfield is used by Air Cadets[5] and 3 Air Experience Flight, and was the headquarters of Bristol University Air Squadron, a Volunteer Reserve unit which recruits from several universities in south-west England, before their move to MoD Boscome down in 2022 [6]
In November 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that the airfield would close in 2018 (later extended to 2025[7]), and Azimghur Barracks in 2031[8] (later brought forward to 2029[9]).