Programme of future Brize redevelopment RAF Brize Norton



lockheed tristar @ raf brize norton, operating air bridge flight raf ascension island


brize norton major airbase raf s transport fleet. however, end of flying raf lyneham in september 2011 signal brize norton becoming sole air point of embarkation , main operating base raf air transport , in-air refuelling aircraft, , home 15% of raf uniformed manpower. raf s fixed wing transport assets consolidated @ brize norton, transfer of entire hercules force, entry service of airbus a400m , voyager.


to accommodate expansion (with number of aircraft stationed @ brize norton increasing 28 67), major infrastructure redevelopment, programme future brize established in 2009. project involves overhaul of virtually every element of airfield s infrastructure, including it, engineering, housing , personnel.


by march 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on station. part of work prepare introduction of voyager aircraft active service, new hangar , office complex opened in same month.


the hercules fleet @ raf lyneham officially moved brize norton on 1 july 2011. final 4 aircraft flew station, conducting flypast on wiltshire. group captain john gladstone, station commander of raf lyneham, flew lead hercules, carried standards of hercules squadrons. these presented station commander of raf brize norton, group captain dom stamp in welcoming ceremony.








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