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unusual facts about Brize Norton



Air Warfare Centre

It has a training branch nearby as a lodger unit of RAF Cranwell and other branches elsewhere, including at High Wycombe, Brize Norton, Boscombe Down, and Odiham.


see also

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle

Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at RAF Brize Norton and RAF North Luffenham from January to April 1943 and August 1944 to October 1944 when it became No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit.

Parachute Training School

No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF, in England, initially based at RAF Ringway (which is now Manchester Airport) and currently based at RAF Brize Norton

RAF Fairford

In 1948 the Americans occupied RAF stations including Fairford, Brize Norton, Burtonwood, Greenham Common, Mildenhall, Lakenheath and Woodbridge to build up a deterrent in Europe against the Soviets.