 2 (Training) Regiment performs ground training; 7 (Training) Regiment trains aircrew on AAC aircraft after they complete basic training at RAF Shawbury.The base is notable for having previously served as both a Royal Navy (as HMS "Flycatcher") and a Royal Air Force (as RAF Middle Wallop) controlled airfield, as well as an Army one.The base was opened as RAF Middle Wallop, a training school for new pilots in 1940.