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.

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,[5] the airfield is used by Air Cadets[6] and 3 Air Experience Flight,[7] 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 [8] In November 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that the airfield would close in 2018 (later extended to 2025[9]), and Azimghur Barracks in 2031[7] (later brought forward to 2029[10]).