Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell (ICAO: EGYD) is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near...
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College is based at RAF Cranwell near Sleaford in Lincolnshire, and is sometimes titled as the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In December 1915, after...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
Centre and the RAF Centre for Air Power Studies, both based at RAF Cranwell, and the Air Warfare Centre, based at RAF Waddington and RAF Cranwell. Non-commissioned...
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and the A17 to the west, joins the village to RAF Cranwell. The appropriate civil parish is called Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap with a population...
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and trained at RAF Cranwell. He was commissioned a pilot officer on 27 July 1935. On graduation, he joined No. 1 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere flying...
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Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire...
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cadet to flying officer on graduation from officer training school at RAF Cranwell. A squadron leader does not necessarily command a squadron, nor a wing...
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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
RAF Honington which coordinates Force Protection, and RAF Leeming and RAF Wittering which have a support enabler role. Stations such as RAF Cranwell,...
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Structure of the Royal Air Force (redirect from Structure of the RAF)
(RAF Honington) Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team (RAF College Cranwell) RAF Police Engagement Team (RAF College Cranwell) DSCU (North) RAF...
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Panavia Tornado (redirect from RAF Tornado GR4)
graduation parade at RAF Cranwell before returning and carrying out a series of passes over RAF Marham. On 14 March 2019 the final flight of an RAF Tornado was...
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School RAF – RAF Cranwell No. 16 Squadron RAF – RAF Wittering No. 6 Flying Training School RAF – RAF Cranwell University of Birmingham Air Squadron – RAF Cosford...
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Air Force flying training squadron, operating the Grob Prefect T1 from RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire. No. 57 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on...
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Royal Air Force Air Cadets (redirect from RAF Air Cadets)
RAFAC's infrastructure consists of: Headquarters Air Cadets (HQAC) at RAF Cranwell 6 Regional Headquarters 34 Wing Headquarters Two National Air Cadet Adventure...
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over RAF Cranwell, where much of the film was shot. A group of flight cadets arrive at RAF Cranwell to begin a three-year training course to become RAF pilots...
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aircrew for the RAF and is home to the Central Flying School Tutor Squadron. Although the school is nominally based at RAFC Cranwell, only the multi-engine...
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Pilot officer (section RAF usage)
promotion system, wherein previously, university graduates passed out of RAF Cranwell at a higher substantive rank than their non-graduate peers, pilot officer...
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Fin Monahan (redirect from John Monahan (RAF officer))
postings, Monahan was the commandant of the Central Flying School at RAF Cranwell, with the Red Arrows coming under his command. Monahan has trained with...
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57 Squadron (RAF Cranwell) – Grob Prefect T1 No. 674 Squadron AAC (RAF Barkston Heath) – Grob Prefect T1 703 Naval Air Squadron (RAF Barkston Heath)...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons (redirect from List of RAF squadrons)
to 20. Historical Squadrons can choose to 'lay up' their standards at RAF Cranwell or in places of worship following disbandment. Flying training units...
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training facility at RAF Cranwell although quite quickly. In early 1940, two squadrons No. 253 Squadron RAF and No. 264 Squadron RAF took up residence at...
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the Edge, a series of airfields were developed, including RAF Waddington, RAF Cranwell and RAF Scampton. Upon opening, No. 9 Squadron and No. 214 Squadron...
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28 February, nine Tornado GR4s flew from RAF Marham for a diamond nine formation flypast over RAF Cranwell, which was holding a graduation parade, before...
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The RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association says that the image came from a diagram of how to approximate a square wave using sine waves, also at RAF Yatesbury...
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David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (section RAF career)
promoted to group captain on 1 January 1968, he became Station Commander at RAF Cranwell later that year. He became Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1969. He was...
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Central Flying School (redirect from RAF Central Flying School)
Training School RAF. On 1 November 1954 the school was transferred to No. 81 Group RAF. On 12 April 1976 the school moved to RAF Cranwell for the first...
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Douglas Bader (category Graduates of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell)
trip to visit his aunt, Hazel, who was marrying RAF Flight Lieutenant Cyril Burge, adjutant at RAF Cranwell. Although he enjoyed the visit and took an interest...
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General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (redirect from RAF Reaper)
March 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017. "No 39 Squadron standard lodged at RAF Cranwell following disbandment". Royal Air Force. 28 February 2023. Retrieved...
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the appointment is now held by an RAF Air Commodore and is based at Headquarters Air Cadets (HQAC) at RAF Cranwell. Prior to the establishment of HQAC...
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T1s and operates under the command of No. 3 Flying Training School at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire. Formed during World War I at Gosport on 1 March 1916 as...
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Luftkriegsschule 2 Berlin-Gatow, in imitation of the Royal Air Force College at RAF Cranwell. The initial personnel came partially from the Naval Academy Mürwik....
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