RAF Odiham runway upgrades completed
![In the foreground is out of focus grass with yellow wildflowers. Behind is a stretch of tarmac horizontally across the image, with a Chinook helicopter facing directly towards the camera. Behind that is more grass and in the distance, the top of some trees.](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/08/45158784smaller-e1629362797223.jpg)
We’ve just finished a programme of work to upgrade the runway and associated airfield lighting at RAF Odiham in Hampshire. Why does a helicopter station need a runway? Royal Air Force Odiham is a front-line helicopter base and home of …