View across Runway 26 RAF Brize Norton © Brian Robert Marshall

SP3006 : View across Runway 26 RAF Brize Norton

taken 7 years ago, near to Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, Great Britain

View across Runway 26 RAF Brize Norton

This is a view across the main runway of the strategically important military airfield. Technical note: fortunately I am above average height meaning I was able to reach high enough over the fence to obtain this and my other images of the airfield on this day.

RAF Brize Norton

Compiled by Brian Robert Marshall

RAF Brize Norton first opened in 1937 and has been in more or less continuous use as a military airfield ever since. In 1953 Brize Norton was taken over by the United States Air Force but in 1965 control reverted to the Royal Air Force. With the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2011, Brize Norton became the main operating base for RAF air transport and in-air refuelling aircraft. More on wikipedia Link

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Grid Square: SP3006, 20 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Brian Robert Marshall (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Tuesday, 14 January, 2014 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 15 January, 2014
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Air transport People, Events Defence, Military
Category: Airfield (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SP 302 063 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:45.3124N 1:33.7724W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SP 305 062
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)