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The show is presented by Peter Snow, Zoe Laughlin and Andi Peters. Planespotting Live also featured pre-recorded reports and interviews as well as the real-time broadcast. . Live cameras showed airport activ
Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) in Oxfordshire, about 75 mi (121 km) west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. [4] It is close to the village of Brize Norton , and the towns of Carterton and Witney .
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Number 99 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force which operates the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic/tactical transport aircraft from RAF Brize Norton.. The squadron conducts global deployments on behalf of the British Armed Forces and the UK Government, notably delivering emergency aid during natural disasters and supporting military operations overseas.
No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU).Based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, 24 Squadron is responsible for aircrew training on A400M Atlas and C-17 Globemaster.
The first Voyager (ZZ330) was delivered to Brize Norton on 5 April 2012. [23] Operations began with the Voyager on 12 May 2012, with a sortie flown from RAF Brize Norton to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. [24] The first air-to-air refuelling flight with the Voyager took place on 20 May 2013, when No. 10 Squadron refuelled Panavia Tornado GR4s. [25]
No. 216 Squadron was disbanded at RAF Brize Norton on 20 March 2014. [22] The final sortie of an RAF Tristar was carried on 24 March by ZD948 and ZD950 which refuelled four Eurofighter Typhoons and a single Panavia Tornado GR4 , ZD950 returned to base, while ZD948 conducted flypasts over Cambridge and Derby before returning to RAF Brize Norton ...
In 2012, following the closure of RAF Lyneham, the wing moved to RAF Brize Norton. [3] [4] The wing operates as part of the RAF's A4 (Support) Force, sitting alongside the headquarters of the Air Mobility Force.