No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU). Based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, 24 Squadron is responsible for aircrew training on A400M Atlas and C17 Globemaster. The squadron also delivers or oversees engineer training for these aircraft.
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A 24 Squadron Dakota C.III transporting King George VI to the Channel Islands, 1945
Lockheed Hercules of 24 Squadron in 1968
W9104, a 24 Squadron Lockheed 10A Electra
Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 75 mi (121 km) west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the village of Brize Norton, and the towns of Carterton and Witney.
A400M Atlas at RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940
An Airspeed Horsa Mk.1 of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton during the Second World War
A US Air Force B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton during 1954