RAF Brize Norton

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Royal Air Force station military air base

RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station → military air base →
basedAircraft	Airbus A400M Atlas → Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3 → Boeing C-17A Globemaster III →
basedUnit	No. 10 Squadron RAF → No. 101 Squadron RAF → No. 206 Squadron RAF → No. 24 Squadron RAF → No. 30 Squadron RAF → No. 47 Squadron RAF → No. 70 Squadron RAF → No. 99 Squadron RAF → No. LXX Squadron RAF → No. XXIV Squadron RAF →
country	United Kingdom →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	288 ft →
garrison	No. 2 Group RAF →
hasRunway	Runway 08/26 →
IATAAirportCode	BZZ →
ICAOAirportCode	EGVN →
isLargest	largest RAF station in the United Kingdom →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England → Oxfordshire → South East England →
location	Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England →
nearbySettlement	Carterton, Oxfordshire → Witney, Oxfordshire →
opened	1937 →
operator	Royal Air Force →
ownedBy	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) →
partOf	No. 38 Group RAF →
role	air transport hub → air-to-air refuelling hub →
runwayLength	3050 m →
runwaySurface	asphalt →
serves	British Armed Forces → NATO operations →
servesAs	main strategic air transport base of the Royal Air Force → primary air-to-air refuelling base of the Royal Air Force →
usedDuring	Cold War → Second World War →
usedFor	aeromedical evacuation → air-to-air refuelling operations → cargo transport → strategic airlift → tactical airlift → troop transport →
website	https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-brize-norton/ →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carterton →	adjacentTo
Airbus Voyager →	base
RAF Voyager KC2 →	basedAt
Carterton →	hasProximityTo
Voyager KC2 →	primaryBase
RAF Tristar →	stationedAt