No. 216 Squadron RAF
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Number 216 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, since reforming on 1 April 2020 and is tasked with testing future drone swarm technology. It had previously operated Lockheed TriStar K1, KC1 and C2s from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, between November 1984 and March 2014.
No. 216 Squadron leaving RAF Fayid (Egypt) for the UK in 1955
No. 216 Squadron TriStar K.1 ZD949 departing from Kemble Airfield, June 2005
De Havilland Comet C.2 XK697 operating a VIP flight from London Heathrow Airport, June 1965
RAF Brize Norton
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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