It is now operated by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, as the Driffield Training Area.

The site was first opened in 1918 by the Royal Air Force under the name of RAF Eastburn, and closed in 1920.

[3] The station was the initial posting of Leonard Cheshire[4] VC, who was at that time a member of 102 Squadron.

Casualties included the first fatality in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).

[6][7] On 1 August 1959, the station was armed with PGM-17 Thor ballistic missiles, which were subsequently decommissioned by April 1963.