RAF Ascension Island (IATA: ASI, ICAO: FHAW), also known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Auxiliary Field, is a military airfield and facility...
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 960 miles (1,540 km) from the coast...
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and the United States still jointly operate the airfield (RAF Ascension Island) on Ascension, which also serves as a space-based communications, signals...
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they flew to and from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, with a refuelling stop at Cape Verde because the runway at RAF Ascension Island was closed. With the...
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Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Wideawake Airfield (RAF Ascension Island) is a fifth area of settlement, but is not a centre of population...
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on Ascension Island, a British Overseas Territory. It was built following the Falklands War to house Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working on RAF Ascension...
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forces, as was seen during the 1982 Falklands War and the use of RAF Ascension Island as a staging post. Most of the bases are located on British Overseas...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
at long-established overseas bases (Ascension Island, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands). Although the RAF is the principal British air power...
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outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ascension Island: Ascension Island – island in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 966 miles (1,600 km)...
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British Overseas Territories (redirect from Military of Ascension Island)
Kingdom- and its allies: Ascension Island (part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) – the base known as RAF Ascension Island is used by both the...
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The Ascension Island Council is an elected body that provides advice to the Administrator of Ascension Island on matters relating to the governance of...
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the RAF Airbridge or South Atlantic Airbridge) between RAF Brize Norton in the UK and RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands (via RAF Ascension Island)...
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early 2023, all major RAF transport aircraft are able to fly into RAF Mount Pleasant, as may be required. Utilizing RAF Ascension Island, a station which reports...
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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
Retrieved 4 April 2023. "RAF - RAF Ascension Island". RAF.MoD.uk. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 15 June 2017. "Why RAF Gibraltar is here". RAF.MoD.uk. Royal Air...
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tickets. Civilian passengers had been permitted on flights to and from RAF Ascension Island with reservations handled by AW Ship Management, with some customers...
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operates flights from RAF Mount Pleasant to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, with a refuelling stop at RAF Ascension Island. This service is called...
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Sierra Leone Dependencies and other territories Ascension Island, see RAF Ascension Island Canary Islands - List of airlines of Spain Ceuta has no airlines...
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program Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, a rank in the Indian police RAF Ascension Island (IATA airport code ASI) Asia Asia (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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four US Air Force bases in the United Kingdom: RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell, and RAF Fairford. These installations, located in Suffolk...
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Ascension is the representative of the monarch in Ascension Island, a constituent part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and...
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Wittering, via RAF Ascension Island and mid-air refuelling with Victor tankers, on an 8,000-mile journey to the Falklands in 17 hours, which set an RAF record...
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V bomber (redirect from RAF strategic bomber)
reach Ascension Island with vital supplies, and for the Vulcan bombers to reach the Falkland Islands for Operation Black Buck. In the meantime, the RAF forces...
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Ascension in Cat Hill, on Ascension Island, near the RAF Airfield. On August 18, 1986 the Mission sui iuris of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha...
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Falklands War (redirect from Falkland Islands War)
an airbase on RAF Ascension Island, co-located with Wideawake Airfield, on the mid-Atlantic British overseas territory of Ascension Island. They included...
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where he was greeted by the inhabitants of the island. "Philip Rushbrook". "The Governor – Ascension Island Government". Retrieved 25 May 2020. "Governor...
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Operation Black Buck (category Ascension Island)
history at that time. The Operation Black Buck raids were staged from RAF Ascension Island, close to the Equator. The Vulcan was designed for medium-range missions...
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Timeline of the Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF timeline)
Vulcan bombers set out from RAF Ascension Island on the first of six raids against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. 1985 11 February 1985, the...
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AirTanker Services (section Royal Air Force (RAF))
ground refuelling at Wideawake Airfield (IATA: ASI, ICAO: FHAW) on RAF Ascension Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean; but due to the deteriorating...
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