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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]
The hangars housed just 36 aircraft at opening. Over the years, the collection increased and aircraft were stored at RAF stations around the country when they were not on display to the public. On 1 May 1979, the Cosford site was opened at RAF Cosford, one of the RAF stations which had been used to store the museum's collection of aircraft. On ...
United States Air Force - 492d Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath: Gloster Javelin FAW.1: XA564: Handley Page Hastings T.5: TG511: 511: Handley Page Victor K.2: XH672 "Maid Marion" No. 55 Squadron RAF: Hawker Hunter T.7A: XL568: No. 74 Squadron RAF: Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2: XM598: No. 44 Squadron RAF - Part of Operation Black Buck in 1982,
The school formed at Cranwell in 1920, and was later disbanded before being reformed at a new base, RAF Cosford, in 1938. It was closed in 1994, but in July 2023, it was reactivated and has become part of the training environment at RAF Cosford.
In 1998, the former Cosford Aerospace Museum formerly merged with the RAF Museum and became its second public site. [3] The current governing document of the museum is a Royal charter granted in 2021. [4] In the financial year ending 2023, the museum had an income of £19.8 million.
The DSAE headquarters is based at the RAF Cosford in Shropshire. The school reports to the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) which, in turn, is part of the Royal Air Force's No. 22 Group. Between 2004 and 2009 the station at Cosford was known as DCAE Cosford.
The Defence School of Photography (DSoP) is a training centre for all photographers drawn from the three arms of the British Military and the Civil Service. [note 2] The School has been located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, England since 1963 and in its own purpose built building at Cosford since 1965.
The Defence School of Communications and Information Systems (DSCIS) is a Defence Training Establishment of the British Ministry of Defence.It was formed on 1 April 2004 and comprises a headquarters and The Royal Signals School at Blandford Camp, and No.1 Radio School at RAF Cosford, including the Aerial Erectors School at RAF Digby.