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A gate guardian or gate guard is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft, ... Panavia Tornado F3 at RAF Leeming (replaced Gloster Javelin in 2015). [10]
A Tornado F3 stands as a gate guardian outside the main gate, RAF Leeming. The station badge was awarded in April 1942 and shows a "sword erect point uppermost Gules hilted Argent". The sword reflects the fighting spirit of the station, and the motto is Straight and True. [54] [55] [56]
No. 631 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, initially operating the Slingsby T.21 "Sedbergh" glider and then, more recently, flying the Viking TMk1 conventional winch-launched glider, operated at Sealand from 1963. [8] The gate guardian at the main gate until 1988 was Spitfire TD248. It was restored to flying condition in the 1990s.
(Former gate guardian at RAF Leeming). [50] [51] Javelin FAW5 XA699 in No. 5 Squadron RAF markings at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England. [52] Javelin FAW9 XH767 in No. 23 Squadron RAF markings at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, England. [53] Javelin FAW9R XH892 at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Flixton, Suffolk, England. [54]
The station gate guardian, a Bloodhound surface-to-air ... was detached to North Luffenham from RAF Leeming which was having its runways extended to 7000 ft to ...
Moving gate guardians is also within the remit of JARTS. This can involve simply swapping aircraft over, such as at RAF Leeming when a Gloster Javelin was swapped for a Tornado F3 which was repositioned at the front gate; or when a base closes such as at RAF Brampton when its F4 Phantom was moved back to Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk , from ...
Between 1966 and 1974 a Gloster Meteor aircraft (WS788) was the gate guardian at Patrington. [9] It was moved to become the gate guardian at RAF Leeming, as of No. 264 Sqn . [ 10 ]
The dead included two RAF crew, one USAF serviceman and one civilian contractor of dual French/British nationality. [93] [94] 2018. 20 March 2018 - Hawk T1 XX204 [95] aircraft on the Red Arrows team crashed shortly after takeoff at RAF Valley at about 1:30 pm. The pilot was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after ejecting from the plane.