Royal Air Force Chivenor, or more simply RAF Chivenor, (ICAO: EGDC) is a former Royal Air Force station located on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary, on the north coast of Devon, England.

229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (229 OCU) used Hawker Hunter aircraft for training.

"A" flight of 22 Squadron was disbanded in October 2015, with the search and rescue role being assumed by Bristow Helicopters on behalf of Her Majesty's Coastguard.

The ridge in question runs from west to east along the north bank of the River Taw, from Heanton Punchardon to Tutshill Wood on the northern fringe of Barnstaple.

Like Heanton Punchardon, RM Chivenor lies at the west end of the ridge.

[2] In February 1940 the Air Ministry constructed an aerodrome on the site of Chivenor farm near a civilian airfield.

In July 1942 three squadrons of Beaufighter were located at Chivenor to offer long range protection in the Bay of Biscay.

By September 1943 all of the Whitleys had been taken out of active service at Chivenor, and four squadrons of Wellingtons, 172, 407, 612 and 304, were located at the base.

In 1946 a group of miscellaneous meteorological and anti-aircraft units moved to Chivenor, including Handley Page Halifaxes of Nos 517 and 521 Squadrons which flew 10-hour sorties to collect weather information.

[19] In February 1950 the Chivenor station flight was formed with de Havilland Tiger Moths.

For three days, Hunters from Chivenor and other bases fired training rockets at the ship to hole it below the waterline, before bombing it with high explosives and napalm in an unsuccessful effort to burn off the oil.

[21] The final Hunter unit based at Chivenor was the Singapore Operational Training Flight.

It was in June 1957 that a new chapter in Chivenor's story started with the arrival of 'E' Flight 275 Squadron with their Bristol Sycamore HR14s on search and rescue duties.

[22] In 1979 the RAF rebuilding programme ended and the station was reactivated, hosting 2 TWU, flying British Aerospace Hawk T1's with No.

624 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF (624 VGS) operating Grob Vigilant T1 motor gliders, providing flights for the Air Training Corps and Combined Cadet Force.