RAF(H) Nocton Hall closed on the 31st March 1983 as part of a rationalisation
of RAF medical facilities (a move which would see them eventually using wards in NHS hospitals).
But the buildings did not stand idle. They were immediately taken by the USAF who wanted to use their old
hospital for contingency use.
Their plans reached fruition during the 1991/1992 Gulf War when 1300 US medical staff were sent
to the hospital in preparation for the treatment of casualties. Thankfully only 35 casualties
required treatment and they were hospital’s last patients.
The buildings remained under care-and-maintenance of 13 American personnel after the end of the
Gulf War until being handed back to the RAF in September 1995.
