Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford (IATA: FFD, ICAO: EGVA) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. While...
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4 km) west of Lechlade and 9 miles (14 km) north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park. There was a major roundhouse settlement...
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Royal International Air Tattoo (redirect from Fairford Air Tattoo)
world's largest military air show, held annually in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable...
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Now aligned under the 422 ABG, its future is secure. "RAF Welford – RAF Fairford". "RAF Fairford maps, postcode, frequencies, flight tracker - UK Military...
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to move further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to Brize Norton, RAF Greenham Common, RAF Upper Heyford, and RAF Fairford. As with the other stations...
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Air Base Group (RAF Croughton, United Kingdom) 420th Air Base Squadron (RAF Fairford, United Kingdom) 420th Munitions Squadron (RAF Welford, United Kingdom)...
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(422nd Air Base Group), RAF Alconbury (423rd Air Base Group) and RAF Fairford (420th Air Base Group). The wing moved to RAF Alconbury on 1 May 2007....
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Upper Heyford was one of those selected, the others being RAF Brize Norton, RAF Fairford and RAF Greenham Common. On 26 June 1950, men of the 801st Engineer...
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by Wire to Fly-By-Wire – 80 Years of the Royal Air Force 1918–1998. RAF Fairford: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. p. 158. ISBN 1-899808-06-X...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
SkyGuardian was flown from North Dakota to RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo where it was given RAF markings. In July 2020, the Ministry of...
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1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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move further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Greenham Common, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford. The airfield came under SAC's...
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from the North Sea. New bases were developed at RAF Brize Norton, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Fairford and RAF Greenham Common were therefore developed as bases...
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Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Brize Norton, (Air Defence, 12x Rapier launch stations, defending RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford) No. 20 Squadron RAF Regiment...
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Whelford (section Proximity to RAF Fairford)
sits in close proximity to RAF Fairford, with Whelford Road running parallel to the easterly end of the runway. With RAF Fairford hosting United States Air...
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Royal Air Force Yearbook 1989. Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Wikimedia Commons has media related to RAF Akrotiri. Official website...
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known to have been deployed to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford. The first operational aircraft, christened Spirit of Missouri, was delivered...
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England during February 1942. VIII BC was established at RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF Daws Hill, in High Wycombe, on 22 February. With the end...
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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
operations at RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Welford, whereas RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall are...
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at RAF Greenham Common 11th Tactical Missile Squadron, with 96x BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles 7020th Air Base Group, at RAF Fairford, USAFE's...
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1918–1998. RAF Fairford: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. p. 162. ISBN 1-899808-06-X. "611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron operational again". RAF Air...
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for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when No. 30 Squadron RAF (30 Sqn) and No. 47 Squadron RAF (47 Sqn) were transferred from RAF Fairford, followed...
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Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath (IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL) is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England,...
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Red Arrows (redirect from RAF Red Arrows Display Team)
life at RAF Little Rissington in Gloucestershire, then the Central Flying School before moving to RAF Fairford. The Red Arrows moved to RAF Kemble, now...
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Royal Air Force Menwith Hill (RAF Menwith Hill) is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which provides communications and...
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rooftop portholes. G-BSST (002) first flew on 9 April 1969 from Filton to RAF Fairford. Its last flight was on 4 March 1976 when it flew to the Fleet Air Arm...
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Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station which is currently a United States Air Force communications station...
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by Wire to Fly-By-Wire – 80 Years of the Royal Air Force 1918–1998. RAF Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. p. 158. ISBN 1-899808-06-X...
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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (redirect from RAF C17)
2001 and flown to RAF Brize Norton by a crew from No. 99 Squadron. The RAF's fourth C-17 was delivered on 24 August 2001. The RAF aircraft were some...
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building dating from the 15th century. The development of the nearby RAF Fairford and RAF Brize Norton after World War II contributed to the expansion of the...
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