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All change at RAF Cranwell - as we welcome our new Station...
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Email: CAS-lowflying@mod.uk. Phone: 01400 267377 (Monday to...
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On Monday 27th February Air Commodore Strasdin, ISTAR Force...
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Recently, RAF Cranwell hosted the 2nd Round of the Rugby...
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RAF Cranwell is located north-west of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, and is home to the Royal Air Force College (RAFC), which trains the RAF's new officers. The motto, Altium Altrix, meaning 'Nurture the highest' appears above the main doors of the Officers Mess.
Only around half an hour's drive from several other RAF stations, Cranwell is one of the RAF's primary training stations and offers easy viewing opportunities but limited photographic viewpoints. ICAO. Telephone. Web links. EGYD. 01400 261201. RAF Cranwell. Cranwell Gliding Club (RAFGSA) Aerial view.
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The history of military aviation at Cranwell goes back to November 1915, when the Admiralty requisitioned 2,500 acres of land from the Marquess of Bristol's estate.And on 1 April 1916, the "Royal Naval Air Service Training Establishment, Cranwell" was officially born. In 1917 a dedicated railway station was established for RAF Cranwell on a new sin...
Royal Air Force CollegeRAF Recruitment: Officer and Aircrew Selection CentreHeadquarters Central Flying School: this has been located at RAF Cranwell since 1995 when it moved from RAF ScamptonNo. 3 Flying Training SchoolRAF Cranwell Flying ClubCranwell Gliding Club[https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-college-cranwell/RAF College CranwellHalpenny, Bruce Barrymore: Action Stations Vol.2: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands (1981) ISBN 978-1-85260-405-9
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