Raf Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton
is a
Royal Air Force
station in
Oxfordshire
about 50 miles west of
London
,
England
,
United Kingdom
. It is home to the
Royal Air Force
's heavy transport
aircraft
, the
C-17 Globemaster III
, and its
Tristar
and
Vickers VC10
tankers
. With the arrival of the Globemaster (C-17 in
USAF
service) and the future
Airbus
A400M
the base has an assured future. With the closure of the home of the
C-130 Hercules
,
RAF Lyneham
the RAF's transport fleet will be further consolidated at Brize Norton. The RAF's
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
, currently envisaged to be a fleet of
Airbus A330 MRTTs
, will be based at Brize Norton.
Units
Squadrons
No. 10 Squadron RAF
-
VC10
C1(K)
No. 99 Squadron RAF
-
Globemaster C1
No. 101 Squadron RAF
-
VC10
K3 & K4
No. 216 Squadron RAF
-
Tristar
K1, KC1 & C2
Lodger Units
Tactical Communications Wing RAF
- A formed Support unit suppling Rearlink Satellite Communications, mobile telephone networks and mobile Tactical radios
See also
List of RAF stations
BBC News
:
Jobs to go at principal RAF base
Brize Norton
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