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The station is best known as the home to No 1 School of Technical Training from its formation by Lord Trenchard until it moved to RAF Cosford in the early 1990s. The SoTT trained apprentice RAF engineers on a 3 year course, the graduates of which were the best trained airmen engineers in the RAF and would usually go on to become Senior NCOs. Next door to RAF Halton stood Princess Marys RAF Hosptial Halton, a large military hospital; although the hospital buildings still stand, they are derelict and the surrounding married quarters have been sold off for private housing. A major feature of the Station is Halton House Officer's Mess which is housed in Halton House - a French style mansion built by the Rothschild family.

Now primarily a training school, units based at Halton currently include:

• Recruit Training Squadron - basic training for all non-commissioned entrants to RAF (except RAF Regiment Gunner entrants)
• Catering Training Squadron - Trains RAF caterers
• Airmans Command Squadron - NCO promotion courses
• Admin/Secretarial Training Squadron
• Defence Dental Centre

The camp also includes a grass airfield primarily used for gliding (an Air Cadet Gliding School and a civilian club) and light aircraft training.