RAF Brize Norton - Definition and Overview

RAF VC-10

C-17

RAF Brize Norton is a Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire about 50 miles west of London, England, United Kingdom. It is home to the Royal Air Force's heavy transport aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III, and its Tristar and Vickers VC10 tankers.

With the arrival of the Globemaster (C-17 in USAF service) and the future Airbus A400M the base has an assured future. With the closure of the home of the C-130 Hercules, RAF Lyneham the RAF's transport fleet will be further consolidated at Brize Norton.

The RAF's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, currently envisaged to be a fleet of Airbus A330 MRTTs, will be based at Brize Norton.

Squadrons

• No. 10 Squadron RAF - VC10 C1(K)
• No. 99 Squadron RAF - Globemaster C1
• No. 101 Squadron RAF - VC10 K3 & K4
• No. 216 Squadron RAF - Tristar K1, KC1 & C2

Lodger Units

• Tactical Communications Wing RAF - A formed Support unit suppling Rearlink Satellite Communications, mobile telephone networks and mobile Tactical radios

See also

• List of RAF stations

Example Usage of Norton