[11] The range extends over an area of 3,875 ha (14.96 sq mi), which includes 3,100 hectares of intertidal mudflats and 775 hectares of salt marsh,[1][2] the air weapons range provides facilities for RAF and NATO-allied aircraft to practise dropping bombs and firing their aircraft weapons, including pre-deployment training.

An array of eight static range targets,[1] include several retired merchant ships which have been beached on the sands of The Wash for this purpose.

Observation towers ("Quadrants") parallel to the target line are manned and allow the fall of aircraft ordnance to be calculated for accuracy by means of triangulation.

[13] Then the Bristol Blenheim, Fairey Battle, Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, de Havilland Mosquito, Westland Lysander, North American P-51 Mustang and Grumman Avenger, to now decommissioned succeeding jet aircraft types such as the Gloster Meteor, English Electric Canberra, de Havilland Venom, Hawker Hunter, USAF F-100D Super Sabre, Blackburn Buccaneer, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, USAF General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, Harrier jump jet, SEPECAT Jaguar and Panavia Tornado, to name a few.

The Acoustic Air Weapons Scoring System (AWSS) which is located beneath a protection berm focus on the target screen and run at high speed, catching the supersonic profile of the incoming projectile, and triangulating its position concurrent with counting the event.

The AWSS sensor modes can display rounds per minute results and the location of the strafe projectiles in the target area.

The circular frame coloured with RAF blue reads 'Royal Air Force Station Holbeach' and the motto is Defend and Strike.