BFBS Takes RAF Brize Norton ‘To Another Level’

BFBS Brize Norton has been blazing a trail since it became the first BFBS station on an RAF base in the UK. And now the Station Commander, Group Captain Simon Edwards, has officially... More information

Workshops at RAF Brize Norton: 9-10 December

Workshops at RAF Brize Norton: 9-10 December. Do you have an understanding of how the NEM is going to impact on you, your Service as well as day-to-day life? How about the Armed Forces Covenant - is it making any real.. More information

First UK A400M Atlas delivered to the RAF

The first of the UK’s A400M Atlas next-generation military transport aircraft has been officially unveiled by the MOD at its new home at RAF Brize Norton. The aircraft will replace the... More information

UK and France strengthen Defence cooperation

Defence cooperation between the UK and France has been strengthened following agreements signed at the Farnborough Air Show yesterday. Philip Hammond and Jean-Yves Le Drian agreed to bolster cooperation relating to the acquisition... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Voyager aircraft arrive on schedule

The RAF’s largest aircraft, Voyager, flew into Farnborough this morning for the start of the International Air Show as the MoD confirmed all nine aircraft have now been delivered to the RAF, on time and... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Bikes set for McMillan Sunset to Sunrise

Several RAF types from RAF's Leeming, Coningsby, Waddington and Brize Norton are taking part in the 6th Annual Sunset to Sunrise on 21-22 June 14. The riders start from South Stack at Holyhead at 9pm and ride overnight to Skegness arriving for a... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Minister is both impressed and reassured by her visit to RAF Brize Norton

The Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Anna Soubry has visited RAF Brize Norton to see the  vital services and welfare support provided at the Station. The Minister also saw how the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

BFBS Brize Norton about to launch On Air

Brize Norton is set to be the first RAF station in the UK to have its very own British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) radio station. From Mon 3 Mar 14 BFBS Brize Norton will be... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Tristar retires after 30 years Service with the RAF

The Lockheed TriStar has flown its last operational mission, bringing to an end 30 years of service, which saw the aircraft at the heart of operations around the world. Two TriStar’s of 216 Sqn based at Brize Norton flew an... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Personnel dig deep to fill and deliver sandbags

Service personnel are digging deep to produce thousands of sandbags for residents in flood hit areas of southern England. Airmen and soldiers are working side-by-side at a number of depots packing and shipping sandbags for distribution to... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF personnel transit to help flood victims

233 airmen and women travelled 120 miles from their home base at RAF Honington to Berkshire in a convoy of 40 vehicles to carry out the task. Staying in temporary accommodation at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, home to the Household Cavalry, personnel from... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Summit at RAF Brize Norton forges closer defence ties between UK and France

The UK and France have agreed to strengthen defence cooperation following a Summit at RAF Brize Norton today.  A communiqué signed b y the Prime Minister David Cameron and... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

"It is an absolutely amazing thing the RAF has arranged"

On Monday morning one of the RAF’s C-130J Hercules aircraft, captained by Sqn Ldr Philps, took off from its home at RAF Brize Norton and headed to Newquay International Airport where it picked up 14 year old Garvey Evans who is recovering from a... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Fire fighter achieves universally recognised qualification

RAF Fire Fighter, SAC Sam Dodwell, from RAF Brize Norton, scored a notable achievement when he became the first person in Defence to attain the NVQ Level 3 in Emergency Fire Service Operations. The award was presented by... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF twins on the crest of a wave

Twins, Cpls Ross and Richard Phillips, both serving in the RAF, have been selected for the GB Wakeboarding Boat Squad 2014. Ross and Richard join long-standing professional wakeboarder Matt Crowhurst in the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Laser pen attackers are targeting RAF aircraft

It has been reported that RAF aircraft are amongst hundreds of aircraft targeted by laser pen attackers.  The report further says the RAF flights... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Inside RAF Brize Norton - On Sky 1 this evening 8pm

Inside RAF Brize Norton is on this evening (Thu 9 Jan 14) at 8pm on Sky 1. Tonights episode:  Events - Focus falls on the national events the RAF Stn has taken part in, from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee to the 2012 Olympics opening... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Voyager spreads its wings to bring home troops for Christmas

Service personnel returning home from Afghanistan this Christmas are the first to fly all the way from Camp Bastion to Brize Norton on board the RAF’s new... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF fly to Sudan to evacuate British Nationals

A RAF C-17 is on its way to South Sudan, after the UK Government took the decision to offer evacuation to British nationals in the country. The aircraft left RAF Brize Norton earlier today, and will pick up people from... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF continues to bolster French Peacekeepers

The RAF has successfully delivered a second tranche of French military equipment to peacekeepers attempting to quell the bloodletting in the Central African Republic. A C17 transport aircraft has... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link