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    formed on 26 April 1920 at RAF Shotwick and redesignated No. 5 Service Flying Training School from 3 September 1939, part of No. 23 Group. It used a variety...
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  • No. 6 Flying Training School RAF is a Flying Training School (FTS) within No. 22 (Training) Group of the Royal Air Force that delivers flying training...
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  • also for the training of all non-pilot aircrew for the RAF and is home to the Central Flying School Tutor Squadron. Although the school is nominally based...
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  • No. 4 Flying Training School is a Royal Air Force military flying training school, which manages Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) from its base at RAF...
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  • The No. 1 Flying Training School (1 FTS) is the oldest military pilot training school in the world, currently used to deliver rotary training to aircrew...
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  • No.2 Flying Training School is a Flying Training School (FTS) of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It is part of No. 22 (Training) Group that delivers glider...
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    between 1935 and 1994. From 1948 to 1954, No 7 Flying Training School was located at RAF Cottesmore, flying Tiger Moths, Harvards, Prentices and Balliols...
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  • (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6. Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support...
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  • (RAF) trained crews using the Westland Gazelle HT.3 at No. 2 Flying Training School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire and 705 Naval Air Squadron of the...
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  • 1 Dec 1953 Reformed at RAF Dalcross as 8 FTS became No. 8 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF from 1 June 1951 then disbanded two years later still...
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    based at RAF Syerston. No. 22 Group (Training) RAF (22 Grp) No. 2 Flying Training School (2 FTS) Headquarters No. 2 Flying Training School (HQ 1 FTS)...
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    wider Defence and RAF tasks as directed". The station is home to the School of Air Operations Control. No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) (formerly...
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  • the Upavon Aerodrome, it is the longest existing flying training school. The school was based at RAF Little Rissington from 1946 to 1976. Its motto is...
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    follows; No.3 Flying Training School No. 45 Squadron RAF No. LVII Squadron RAF 703 Naval Air Squadron No. 674 Squadron AAC No.6 Flying Training School East...
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    of No.1 Flying Training School, flying three Airbus Jupiter HT.1. The squadron trains RAF and Royal Navy students on maritime and mountain flying training...
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    No. 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) No. 23 Communication Flight RAF No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF No. 24 Communication Flight RAF No....
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    Flying Training School (No. 3 FTS). The school provides elementary flying training for fixed wing and multi-engine student pilots from the RAF and Fleet...
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  • at RAF Oakington so No. 3 PRU often operated from RAF Alconbury. During the 1950s RAF Oakington was an Advanced Flying Training School, No. 5 Flying Training...
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    RAF No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 1 Flying Training School RAF No. 3 Flying Training School RAF No. 4 Flying Training School RAF No. 5 Flying...
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    MOD Sealand (redirect from RAF Shotwick)
    at 5 FTS, RAF Sealand was Johnnie Johnson. No. 30 Maintenance Unit RAF was formed there in 1937. In 1941 No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School RAF equipped...
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    Flying Training School RAF (1951-53) using Chipmunk T.10s No. 6 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School RAF...
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    Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF is a former Squadron of the Royal Air Force which was operational between 1931 and 1956 through various names. The Flying...
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    the RAF contracted further after the end of the war. The closure was short-lived and in June 1924 No. 2 Flying Training School RAF arrived from RAF Duxford...
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    Operational Conversion Unit RAF 1948–1961 No. 3 Flying Training School RAF 1961–1984 Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron 1974–Present No. 11 Air Experience...
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    the RAF and is now known as Tern Hill Airfield. It is predominantly used as a relief landing ground for helicopters of the No 1 Flying Training School, based...
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    Training Unit RAF No. 45 Squadron RAF No. 64 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF No. 202 Advanced Flying School RAF No...
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    for flying instruction. In 1937 the RAF Volunteer Reserve was formed and Desford became home to No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School. Also...
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    of No. 1 Flying Training School previously based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield). Tucano Element of No. 6...
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  • Services Training at RAF Hamble, under contract from the Air Ministry. The school was renamed the No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF on 3 September...
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    RAF No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAF No. 6 Flying Training School RAF No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF No. 9 Air Observers School RAF...
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