Number 30 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft and is based at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.
Squadron badge
Westland Wapiti Mk.IIa J9409 of No. 30 Squadron flying over Mosul, Iraq, in 1932.
Republic Thunderbolt Mk. II HD298 of No. 30 Squadron taking off from Chittagong, 1944.
Vickers Valetta C.1 VW838 of No. 30 Squadron at Manchester Airport in 1953.
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