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    On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all...
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    On 2 September 1995, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft crashed into Lake Ontario during an air display, killing all seven crew members...
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    On Tuesday 16 May 1995, a Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 aircraft suffered an in-flight engine fire which led to the aircraft having to ditch in the Moray Firth...
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    response to a requirement issued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its fleet of ageing Avro Shackletons, the Nimrod MR1/MR2s were primarily fixed-wing...
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    The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards...
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    Army Air Corps 4 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines 17 Fleet Air Arm Passengers 1 Royal Air Force 18 Special Air Service (Army) 3 Royal Corps...
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  • accidents and incidents involving military aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force have occurred since 1945, the great majority of them before the end...
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  • provide the warfighter.” On 29 September 2006, RAF BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 PA-2, ZJ518, arrived at Eglin Air Force Base after its first transatlantic flight...
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  • The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918...
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    RAF Kinloss (category Royal Air Force stations in Scotland)
    Royal Air Force Kinloss, or more simply RAF Kinloss, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the...
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  • served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a...
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    E-Systems, L3Harris Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers...
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    On 30 April 1990, a Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton AEW Mk II aircraft, of No. 8 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Lossiemouth, crashed into a hill on the Isle...
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    performance including range and azimuth The Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are deploying Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft...
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    The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols...
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    maritime patrol derivative, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, which remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first...
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  • Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario) – Seven Royal Air Force crew members were killed when their Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P stalled during...
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    ship-based utility operations. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) operates the CH-149 Cormorant variant for air-sea rescue. Another variant, the Lockheed...
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    mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2013. "Engine surges caused DA6 crash." Flight...
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    airmen were killed when a Royal Air Force Nimrod crashed during a reconnaissance flight over Afghanistan on September 2, 2006. US military personnel have...
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    Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It has also...
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    Canadian Forces CP-140 Aurora, Royal Netherlands Navy P-3, German Navy Breguet Atlantique and Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft...
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    Atlantic have included the German Navy, the Italian Air Force, the Pakistan Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy. In 1958, NATO produced a specification...
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  • was never recovered. 2 September A Royal Air Force Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 reconnaissance aircraft, XV230, crashed near Kandahar, Afghanistan after...
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    Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...
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    Indian Army – Quantity unknown. 1 lost in crash in 2017 Indian Air Force – 50. At most 47 in service, 3 crashes in 2014, 2015 and 2024. Indian Navy – 16...
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    P-3 Orion CUP operated from 1982 to 2006. Sold to Portugal and Germany.  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force - 6 P-3B upgraded to P-3K2 operated by...
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  • Afghan Air Force fled over the border to Uzbekistan over the weekend, carrying 585 Afghan personnel, an Afghan Air Force Embraer 314 crashed in Uzbekistan's...
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    RAF Marham (category Royal Air Force stations in Norfolk)
    Royal Air Force Marham, commonly abbreviated RAF Marham (IATA: KNF, ICAO: EGYM) is a Royal Air Force station and military airbase near the village of Marham...
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    and is used by the United States Air Force, NATO, French Air and Space Force, Royal Saudi Air Force and Chilean Air Force. The E-3 has a distinctive rotating...
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