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Brize Norton

Major

Also known as:	Brize / Brize Norton Aerodrome / RAF Brize Norton / RAF Station, Brize Norton
County:	Oxfordshire
Current Status:	Aviation
Date:	Opened September 1937
Current Use:	Active
Used By:	RAF (main user) / FAA / USAF
Landing Surface Types:	Unpaved, later paved
Aircraft Roles:	Airborne forces/transport (main role) / Aircraft preparation/storage (main role) / Air-to-air refuelling (main role) / Communications / Military development/support / Naval aviation / Trainer (main role) / Transport (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):

The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):

Main unit(s) present:

Aerial view of Brize Norton airfield, c. 1982. © Dave Welch.

A North American Harvard at Brize Norton, 3 November 1984.

'Glider Snatching' at Brize Norton, 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé

The Duke of Edinburgh visits the USAAF at Burtonwood and Brize Norton, 1953. Courtesy of British Pathé

A Boeing B-52 stops at Brize Norton on a round the world trip. Courtesy of British Pathé

Then the biggest hangar in Western Europe is completed at Brize Norton, 1967. Courtesy of British Pathé

Air Tanker Hangar Construction at Brize Norton. Courtesy of Julian Hickman

Satellite(s):	Akeman Street / Barford St John / Broadwell
Relief Landing Ground(s):	Akeman Street / Fairford / Southrop / Witney
Decoy Airfield(s):	Chimney
Satellite Landing Ground(s):	Barnsley Park / Barton Abbey / Woburn Park