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Royal Air Force Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe (ICAO: EGXZ) is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England.. It was established as a RAF Bomber Command station in 1940. The British Army took over a large part of the site in 1974 and the airfield became an enclave within Alanbrooke Barracks.
This is a list of current or former airfields, airports and airbases, both civilian and military, within the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia.They may have been used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Army Air Corps (AAC), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) or the United States Air Force (USAF).
The RAF's largest station, home to the strategic and tactical air-transport and air-to-air refuelling fleets (Boeing C-17A Globemaster, Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3, and the Airbus A400M Atlas, and latterly Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules C4/5 until their retirement in 2023).
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. ... RAF Thornaby; RAF Topcliffe; W.
Disbanded on 5 June 1953, the four Neptune aircraft of Vanguard Flight became the re-formed 1453 (Early Warning) Flight at RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire. [8] Despite their innocuous public role, the Neptunes of 1453 Flight retained the full armament of the P2V-5 variant with nose, dorsal and tail turrets.
RAF Wattisham (Wattisham Airfield) July 1993 - [1] Middle Wallop Flying Station, Hampshire: RAF Middle Wallop (Middle Wallop Airfield) 1957 - Aldergrove Flying Station, Northern Ireland: RAF Aldergrove (JHC FS Aldergrove) 1960s - Stirling Lines, Herefordshire: RAF Credenhill (RAF Hereford) 2000 - RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Somerset: 2015 -
Eurocopter Juno HT1: No. 1 Flying Training School RAF 2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW) Training: Topcliffe (Apr 1970) [15] First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974) [16] ...
115 Squadron trains flying instructors for all three branches of the British Armed Forces. 207 Squadron trains both RAF and Royal Navy pilots on the F-35 Lightning. OCUs are monitored by the RAF's Central Flying School to maintain training standards. Training is delivered by qualified flying instructors (QFIs) and qualified weapons instructors ...