Newspaper Article about Prime Minister David Cameron visit to RAF Brize Norton to greet the new fleet of Atlas transport aircraft. 300 jobs will be created on the base and a new training School built.
Newspaper Article reporting the retirement of TriStar aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. The last four aircraft will go to Bruntingthorpe in Lincolnshire to be scrapped.
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
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.
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.
Newspaper page showing pictures of RAF Personnel leaving Brize Norton heading for Afghanistan on the rescue mission following the withdrawal of UN Troops from Bases. August 2021