The Royal Air Force station RAF Kinloss opened at the site on 1 April 1939 and served as a training airfield during the Second World War.

After the war it was handed over to Coastal Command to watch over Russian ships and submarines in the Norwegian Sea.

[1] After 73 years as an RAF station, control of Kinloss transferred to the British Army at 1200 on 26 July 2012.

[7] In 2020, Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister visited Kinloss barracks and to hear about three Puma helicopters used to support the National Health Service and how personnel there were helping with mobile COVID-19 testing units.

[10] The runway at Kinloss was permanently closed during 2021 and the military aerodrome traffic zone around the airfield withdrawn in January 2022.

[12] In early 2022, Orbex, a commercial space rocket manufacturer established a test site at Kinloss Barracks.

Actual launches will take place from Space Hub Sutherland, located on the A' Mhòine peninsula in the Highlands.