RAF Station Ibsley was a World War II airfield near Ibsley. It was opened in 1941, and it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war it was used primarily as a fighter airfield. After the war it was closed in 1947.
Most of the airfield has since been quarried away by gravel extraction, and much of the site is covered by the Blashford Lakes nature reserve.[2] One lake is overlooked by the derelict, windowless control tower.