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Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. [4] Situated in Oxfordshire , about 75 mi (121 km) west north-west of London, it is close to the village of Brize Norton and the towns of Carterton and Witney .
English: Image of a Hercules C130 aircraft, taking off from RAF Brize Norton. The C-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft is the workhorse of the RAF’s Air Transport (AT) fleet and is based at RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire , where it is operated by Nos 24, 30 and 47 Squadrons.
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Ensign of the British Royal Air Force. A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass runways which is designed throughout to be hidden from aerial observation by blending into forests and other natural features to hide the presence of aircraft and associated buildings.
Brize Norton is a village and civil parish 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 938. [ 1 ] The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.
The squadron re-equipped with the new generation Hercules C.4 and C.5 (RAF designations for the C-130J-30 and C-130J respectively) in 2002. It celebrated 40 years of Hercules operation in 2008 and remained at Lyneham until July 2011 when the squadron relocated to RAF Brize Norton. [7]
1 Apr 1918 (RAF) – 1 Feb 1920; 15 Jun 1936 – 25 Apr 1946; 17 Nov 1947 – 31 Aug 1949; 1 Dec 1949 – 20 Feb 1950; 27 Sep 1952 – 1 Apr 2005; 1 Apr 2009 – present; Country: United Kingdom: Branch: Royal Air Force: Type: Flying squadron: Role: Test and evaluation: Part of: Air Warfare Centre: Home station: RAF Brize Norton: Motto(s) Nihil ...