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The station was renamed to RAF Blackbushe on 18 November 1944 and it became an airfield for the Douglas Dakotas of RAF Transport Command during the 1948 airlift during the Berlin Blockade. The RAF Station was closed on 15 November 1946 and in February 1947 the airfield became Blackbushe Airport under the control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
Blackbushe was used as a major location for the 1956 film The Crooked Sky in which the former RAF station buildings and then current commercial aircraft are seen. The airport was also used as a filming location in the making of the 1951 film No Highway in the Sky directed by Henry Koster, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich and Jack Hawkins.
The RAF maintains a presence with the Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron and No. 13 Air Experience Flight operating the Grob Tutor T1 and No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force). [46] Kenley Airfield: England Surrey: Former RAF station, currently home to No. 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron flying the Grob Viking T1. [47 ...
RAF Halton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Hamworthy; RAF Hardwick; RAF Harlaxton; RAF Harpur Hill; RAF Harrogate; RAF Harwell; RAF Haverfordwest; RAF Hawkinge; RAF Headcorn; RAF Heathfield; RAF Hell's Mouth; RAF Helperby; RAF Hemswell; Hendon Aerodrome; Heston Aerodrome; RAF Hethel; RAF High Ercall; RAF High Post; RAF Hixon; RAF Hockley Heath; RAF ...
Salvatore Vespertino had been on the run since 2023 from an eight-year prison sentence for having severely wounded a police bomb squad officer in 2017.
Intelligence gathered by RAF spy planes flying over Gaza could be used as evidence against Israel in The Hague, it is understood.. Surveillance aircraft have carried out almost daily missions over ...
On 22 May 2005, a memorial was unveiled and dedicated to the groundcrew, aircrew and support staff who were based at RAF Hunsdon from 1941 to 1945. [ 4 ] In June 2012 a new memorial commemorating the 126 air and ground crew who died while flying from or serving at RAF Hunsdon was unveiled.