The School of Aerospace Battle Management and support staff was based there until 26 July 2019; it has since moved to RAF Shawbury.

202 Squadron RAF, who flew the Westland Sea King HAR.3 in the SAR (Search and Rescue) role.

As the air threat to the United Kingdom receded, the decoy airfield, with its grass runways and plywood and canvas Hurricanes, was abandoned.

[4] By 1950, the threat of the atomic bomb had caused a serious rethink in the organisation of air defence and a plan, codenamed ROTOR, was brought in to replace many of the existing stations with new protected underground operations rooms.

The site chosen for one of these new underground Ground-controlled interception (GCI) stations was close to the former RAF Boulmer which had been returned to agriculture at the end of the Second World War.

Although still operational until the late 1980s, the unit closed when all Area Air Traffic Services were centralised between West Drayton and Prestwick.

[5] In 1990, Boulmer's links with Air Defence were reinforced by the arrival of the School of Fighter Control from RAF West Drayton.

[8] In 2002, the Station began a major refurbishment of the underground bunker and installation of new equipment as part of the UKADGE Capability Maintenance Programme (UCMP).

[5] On 10 January 2008 it was announced that a study had been conducted into where to locate the elements of the Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS).

202 Squadron RAF and was based at RAF Boulmer, the Sea King HAR.3 helicopter was used, 'A' Flight provided round-the-clock search and rescue cover for a large area, stretching from Fife in the north to Hartlepool in the south and encompassing the Lake District in the west.

[12] The SABM played a central part in delivering the training required for Weapons Controllers and Identification Officers of the Air Operations Branch and airmen and airwomen of the Air and Space Operations Specialists (Aerospace Systems) Trade Group.

2 Group RAF Boulmer's mission statement is to 'generate and sustain an operationally agile air command and control capability.

'[16] Homeland defence of the UK remains the cornerstone of the ASACS Force Command's operational output.

In total, the ASACS Force Command comprises some 1800 military personnel, civil servants and contracted staff.

[19] The Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) at RAF Boulmer, named Hotspur,[20] is tasked with compiling a Recognised Air Picture within NATO Air Policing Area 1, and providing tactical control of the Quick Reaction Alert Force.