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Royal Air Force Coningsby or more simply RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station located south west of Horncastle, and north west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.The station is commanded by Group Captain Mike Baulkwill.Operational unitsThe station is the home of No. 41 (Test and Evaluation) Squadron—the Operational Evaluational Unit, No. 29(R) Squadron—the Operational Conversion Unit and No. 3(F) Squadron—the first Typhoon Operational Squadron, flying the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 and T3. No 11 Squadron joined the station as a Typhoon unit in 2006.Since June 2007 the Typhoons of No. 3(F) Squadron have formed part of air defence of the UK along with RAF Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, both of which were equipped with Panavia Tornado F3 fighters.