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RAF Cosford opened in 1938 as a joint aircraft maintenance, storage and technical training unit. [2] It was originally intended to be opened as RAF Donington (the parish in which it is located) but to avoid confusion with the nearby army camp at Donnington it was named after Cosford Grange House which was located at the south western edge of the airfield. [3]
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The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. The museum is part of the Royal Air Force Museum, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and also a registered charity. [2]
Besides the aircraft associated roles that technical schools in the RAF trained boys upon, the school also provided training for the radio, photographic and nursing trades. [13] Some of the former No. 2 S of TT hangars on the airfield site at Cosford became the home of the RAF Museum site at the base. [14]
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On Sunday, the governor said the federal government would be deploying a "state-of-the-art drone detection system" to New York to support investigations into the reported sightings.
Former RAF station, now an unmanned airfield used for training purposes predominantly by aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. [48] It is also used by the British Army for ground exercises, by Joint Aviation Command, [ 49 ] and by 47th Regiment Royal Artillery to fly the Watchkeeper UAV.