[1] All civilian ground crew are provided by Babcock International under a private finance initiative (PFI).

9 AEF currently operate the Grob Tutor T1, a 2-seat light training aircraft, shared with the co-located Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron (YUAS), from RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.

9 AEF were based at; RAF Finningley before the airfield was decommissioned in 1996,[citation needed] with the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10.

RAF Linton-On-Ouse as the last unit to serve at the station when it was decommissioned in 2020.

Air experience flying provides a basic flying experience for cadets of the Air Cadet Organisation and other aviation related organisations, flying up to four or five training sorties a day for twenty five minutes at a time, including aerobatics.