RAF Brize Norton: New jobs in £400m aviation funding
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Newspaper cutting about 50 jobs to be created at the base after the MOD announced £400 million investment in the C17 Globemaster and Chinook helicopter.
Janet Westman
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RAF Brize Norton: New jobs in £400m aviation funding
Newspaper cutting about 50 jobs to be created at the base after the MOD announced £400 million investment in the C17 Globemaster and Chinook helicopter.
Janet Westman
Newspaper Article about Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood meeting Witney MP Robert Courts and West Oxfordshire District Councillor James Mills to discuss the MOD Housing on Upavon Way Carterton. More than 800 houses were originally on the site. but many had been demolished and new homes should have been built.
Janet Westman
RAF Brize Norton: Princess Royal Visit to mark reformation of 70 Squadron
Newpaper articles about Princess Royal visit to the base to mark the official re-formation of the Number LXX (70) Squadron to be the dedicated front-line squadron to operate Atlas 400M.
Janet Westman
RAF Brize Norton: A400M Atlas Aircraft arrival
Witney Gazette article about arrival of third A400M Atlas Aircraft part of fleet of 22 aircraft to replace the C-130 Hercules which will go out of service in 2022
Janet Westman
RAF Brize Norton: 99 Squadron facts
Newspaper clipping with some numeral facts about 99 Squadron based at Brize Norton and celebrating 100 years
Janet Westman
Armed Forces try for rugby world record
Newspaper article: A team from RAF Brize Norton called Horus 7 played Rugby for more than 24 hours in a bid to set a world record and raise money for charity. They took on the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers at Witney Rugby Club.
Janet Westman
RAF Brize Norton Flying in Queen's Coffin
Newspaper Article from September 28th 2022 about 99 Squadron RAF Brize Norton. Who brought Queen Elizabeth II coffin back from Edinburgh to London. accompanied by the Princess Royal and her husband.
Mentioned in the article are Wing Commander Will Essex, Chief Technician Stu Collins, Load Master Mark Hamer
Janet Westman
Newspaper article Witney Gazette, August 24 2022, about Ukrainian athletes flying out of RAF Brize Norton to take part in the Warrior Games in Florida. US Ambassador to the UK Jane Hartley thanked RAF Brize Norton for making this possible. The picture shows the two Ukrainian Veterans.
Janet Westman
Archaeological Dig at RAF Brize Norton
Newspaper Cutting about a dig on the Brize Norton Airfield which has uncovered several different types of aircraft bits from 45 German aircraft captured by the Allies in 1945 and taken to the base for testing, and USA aircraft from the time that the USAF were based at Brize in 1950's. These will be displayed at the RAF Brize Norton Heritage Centre
Janet Westman
Afghanistan Evacuation medals - RAF Brize Norton
Newspaper Article about the Evacuation of Afghanistan Personnel from Afghanistan at the end of the war. The operation was called Operation Pitting, it was the largest humanitarian aid operation in 70 years, and all the personnel involved received a medal.
Janet Westman