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    Royal Air Force Hal Far or more commonly RAF Hal Far is a former Royal Air Force station which was the first permanent airfield to be built on Malta. It...
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    biplane fighters (subsequently supported by Hawker Hurricanes), based at RAF Hal Far;[unreliable source?] which was also known as the Fleet Air Arm (FAA)...
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    the localities of Birżebbuġa, Safi and Żurrieq. In the past, Ħal Far housed the RAF Hal Far airfield, which was known as HMS Falcon when in the service...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    to aircraft of the Hal Far Fighter Flight RAF which defended Malta in the Second World War "RAF Mount Pleasant – 1435 Flight". RAF.mod.uk. Royal Air Force...
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    main operating bases such as RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Ta Kali were located at RAF Hal Far and on Malta's second island...
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  • fighter aircraft HMS Falcon, the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy RAF Hal Far, an airfield on Malta called HMS Falcon while it was a Royal Navy base...
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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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    While in the Mediterranean, one flight usually operated ashore at either RAF Hal Far, Malta, or Aboukir, Egypt. The Seagulls proved to be unsatisfactory in...
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    followed by others at Ħal Far (RAF Hal Far) and Luqa.[when?] During the Second World War, the airfields at Ta' Qali and Ħal Far were severely battered...
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    of Great Britain. During the British period, Fort Benghisa, RAF Kalafrana and RAF Hal Far were built in Birżebbuġa. Churches tell part of the history...
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    Queen Elizabeth II visiting RAF Hal Far in 1954...
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    Regiment Royal Malta Fencible Regiment Air Headquarters Malta RAF Hal Far RAF Luqa RAF Ta Kali Military of Bermuda Military of Gibraltar Malta Command...
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    flares to mark targets for RAF night bombers. Between September 1941 and June 1943, No. 828 Squadron, based at RAF Hal Far, Malta, operated a squadron...
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  • in February 1944 and moved to RAF Hal Far, Malta. At the end of the Second World War the squadron disbanded at RAF Hal Far on 31 March 1946. List of Royal...
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    This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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    Wellington in service with the Fleet Air Arm. The Wellington took off from RAF Hal Far at 10.50am, after the crew had inspected the aircraft and declared it...
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  • stole a two-engined Grumman S-2 Tracker maritime patrol aircraft at RAF Hal Far in Malta and flew to Libya. He was trying to defect to Egypt, but did...
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    protection and it was decided to form a flight of Gladiators at RAF Hal Far, to be composed of RAF and FAA personnel. Several Sea Gladiators were assembled and...
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  • Air Force Communication Wing RAF, was established on 31 March 1945, and disbanded only three and a half months later at RAF Buckeburg on 15 July 1945, by...
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    Lancaster GR3 at RAF Luqa, moved to RAF Hal Far in 1965, disbanded in 1967. No. 42 Squadron RAF – 1952–71, formed at RAF St Eval with the MR1A (1952–54) and...
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    elements returning to Britain while the operational portion proceeded to RAF Hal Far on Malta, where it was re-numbered as 830 Naval Air Squadron. On 30 June...
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  • RAF Luqa and RAF Hal Far on Malta as part of Operation Musketeer. The Konfrontasi against Indonesia in the early 1960s did see use of RAF aircraft, but due...
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    World War II. There were three main airfields on Malta known as RAF Hal Far, RAF Luqa, and RAF Ta' Kali with an intermediate landing area known as the Safi...
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    Squadrons) with de Havilland Vampires operated under the group's control from RAF Hal Far, Malta during the early 1950s. On 7 June 1952, the AOC 205 Group, Air...
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  • was then briefly seconded to the Royal Air Force (RAF) at Coltishall before a posting to RAF Hal Far on Malta where it transitioned from the Sea Hornet...
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    Incirlik AB, Turkey; RAF Mildehnall, United Kingdom; Wiesbaden AB, West Germany; RAF Schleswigland, West Germany; and RAF Hal Far, Malta. VQ-2 was commissioned...
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  • Malta. The Wing was at RAF Hal Far (HMS Falcon), and then spent 18 months at RAF Ta Kali, moving there in June 1953. As the RAF had previously vacated...
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  • and they arrived at RAF Hal Far in Malta during July 1952 and were equipped with Vampires leased from the Royal Air Force (RAF). While based at Malta...
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  • aircraft. With the squadron, Buckley operated from HMS Glorious and from RAF Hal Far on Malta. When the ship was recalled for operations in Norway, the squadron...
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  • No. 185 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed in World War I and reformed as a bomber and fighter unit in World War II. It then reformed...
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