A fabulous day in London yesterday to watch the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee flypast. Massive thanks to the crews, engineer, air traffic controllers and ops team who made it possible.
@RAFBrizeNorton
Visited all of those on duty on Christmas Day
@RAFBrizeNorton
this morning to say thanks, deliver presents and serve the sprouts and roasties! It was a Whole Force effort keeping the Station running. Merry Christmas and thank you to you all! 🎄🎅
Operation PITTING has been a Whole Force effort from the RAF.
The RAF has worked in harmony with
@BritishArmy
,
@RoyalNavy
, Afghan authorities and aid agencies.
Watch this video of how
@RAFBrizeNorton
has supported the Operation and read more here:
An honour to be at Westminster Abbey for the Battle of Britain service. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
@RAFBrizeNorton
We're working around the clock alongside
@ukhomeoffice
and
@DefenceHQ
staff to support British Nationals and Afghans who have worked with us.
Over 2,400 people have been evacuated so far and we're continuing to work on the ground in Kabul to help get more people to safety.
Serving up some Festive Cheer to those from the Whole Force working today
@RAFBrizeNorton
. A great feast from the catering team. merry Christmas one and all!
@SercoGroup
@SodexoGroup
Out with the C130J team from
@206SqnRAF
and 47 Sqn last week conducting essential low level flying. Superb weather, flying skills and teamwork made for an outstanding sortie!
Today we welcomed
@ChiefofAirStaff
to
@RAFBrizeNorton
where he presented the Firmin Sword of Peace, representing all of the hard work of the Station and
@AirMobilityRAF
Whilst here he also took the opportunity to talk to our Whole Force personnel and present Honours and Awards.
Great to see RAF Brize Norton personnel and the community giving up their time to raise money for
@RAFAssociation
! The cakes at the Bake Sale were delicious! Good luck at the RAFA Wolf Run!!
@1AMW_RAF
Virtual Reality Survival Training
@RAFBrizeNorton
- developed in-house, self taught coding skills, real world difference. Inspirational Next Gen capability, skills and people.
#RAFAstra
@Ian_Gale
A fitting way to honour those who made Op PITTING happen. A proud day for everyone in the Air Mobility enterprise; the very best of what we do as a team!
Today personnel who took part in Operation Pitting were awarded their Medals at
@RAFBrizeNorton
by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Mr Brian Buchan.
Op Pitting is the largest humanitarian aid operation in the last 70 years. Full story:
Today we marked the anniversary of the tragic events of August 1944 at the Albemarle Memorial. Laying a wreath in honour of the five Albemarle crew members who lost their lives after crashing into a field on Mill Farm.
They will not be forgotten.
Today we marked the 79th anniversary of the tragic events of August 1944 at the Albemarle Memorial. Laying a wreath in honour of the five Albemarle V1782 crew members who lost their lives after crashing into a field on Mill Farm.
They will not be forgotten.
Great to be able to help the hard working catering team and SWO serve up Christmas lunch to Whole Force duty personnel
@RAFBrizeNorton
. Merry Christmas everyone!
Execs battle PT; awesome way to start the day. Teamwork + determination + fitness = Resilience. Fighting fit at every level. Thanks 2 Sqn
@RAF_Regiment
for the inspiration!
@RAFBrizeNorton
As the new Regional Commander of
@RAFStMawgan
it was great to visit and meet some of the Station staff last week, which neatly coincided with the Station’s 80th Anniversary celebrations and the 10th Anniversary of the local
@RAFA_St_Mawgan
Branch.
This evening
@RAFBrizeNorton
we had the 1st of the Junior Ranks Christmas Dinners, served by officers, WO’s and SNCO’s from around Station. Thanks to the Chefs for the amazing food and to all those who attended - we hope you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas 🎄
#BrizeFest
was simply fantastic!! Static aircraft, stalls, food, incredible music, display teams, fireworks and much much more! Thank you to everybody who made it possible.
To our Brize personnel and families, this was our way of saying thank you for everything you do!! 👏👏
#RAF100
is an amazing achievement, and the history of the RAF is made up of just that. Amazing achievements, undertaken by amazing people; the brave men and women on operations; and the future generations who will carry that legacy into our next 100 years
UK Aid being unloaded at Beira airport this morning. The RAF flight arrived just after 0630 local time and has critical supplies for victims of
#CycloneIdai
in
#Mozambique
@GMB
This weekend a team from
@RAFBrizeNorton
climbed Mount Snowdon in challenging conditions, raising £2000 for the incredible charity
#HealingMilitaryMinds
. Well done to everyone who took park and to Cpl Hayley Court for organising the event. 👏 🏔️
Great privilege to host the Australian Pm last week as he transited
@RAFBrizeNorton
on his way to the G7 summit. An amazing effort by the team to enable and support the delegation. BZ to all involved. Team Brize at its best.
@RoyalAirForce
Group Captain Emily Flynn, Station Commander RAF Brize Norton, welcomed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison ahead of the UK G7 Summit, held in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.
Today Group Captain Simon Blackwell handed command of the Air Mobility Force’s Air Wing to Group Captain Gareth Burdett.
During the handover Gp Cpt Blackwell flew his final Voyager sortie dispensing fuel to an A400M Atlas piloted by Gp Cpt Burdett
Looking forward to the RAF100 Aircraft Tour at London Horseguards 6 to 9 July. 9 aircraft spanning 100 yrs of aviation! And it’s free! Don’t miss it!
@RoyalAirForce
Today we paid our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
It was an honour to lay a wreath ‘In Remembrance’ at the service in Carterton, with many other personnel from RAF Brize Norton attending services across the country.
We will remember them.
.
@DanesChurch
, the Central Church of the RAF, traditionally marks the RAF’s ‘birthday’ with a Founder’s Day service. This year’s service saw
@ChiefofAirStaff
, Air Marshal Wigston, give a reading along with performances from the Band of the
@RAF_Regiment
.
Voyager at Lossie, here to take
#TeamLossie
on operations. Impressive to see one of the main benefits of our extensive development programme realised. And thank you to our mates at
@RAFBrizeNorton
!
It’s all hands on deck now as the final preparations are underway for the Proms and
#BrizeFest
. A huge thank you to all those who have made this happen 👇🏻
@RAFHalton
@RAFBrizeNorton
Inspirational night at the Healing Military Minds Ball. Really important to raise awareness and money for
@minds_military
&
@CombatStress
.
Incredible keynote speech by
@chinnychick
and great job by all the organisers. Don’t forget to
#bekind
A brilliant day with 2624(County of Oxford) FP Reserves Sqn; enthusiastic and professional across the board. Great to see the Honorary Air Commodore out in support and a great way to celebrate Armed Forces Day.
@RAFBrizeNorton
@RAFFPForce
@RafReserves
It was a pleasure to welcome John Coghlan, original drummer of Status Quo and his wife Gillie to
@RAFBrizeNorton
. They work closely with several military charities including Help For Heroes and recently supported our annual RAF Brize Norton BRAVOS Awards 🏆
At
@RAFBrizeNorton
, military personnel have started arriving back in UK after the conclusion of Op PITTING, which was the biggest UK military evacuation for over 70 years that has enabled over 15,000 people to leave Afghanistan.
Congratulations to the personnel of
@RAFBrizeNorton
who were recognised at the Station’s Honours and Awards Ceremony. Today we presented Royal Warrants, Long Service Medals, Operational Campaign Medals, Commendations and Sporting Colours 👏
#noordinaryjob
An exceptional few days on Ex TARTAN SPIRIT last week with the
@RAFBrizeNorton
A400M/C130J teams &
@CdrAirWgBZN
in the air, on the ground and in remembrance.
A fantastic bonfire and firework display took place
@RAFBrizeNorton
last night. The rain held off and it was great to see so many of our families there to enjoy the spectacular!
Big thank you to the organisers of the event and the local businesses supporting us! 🔥 🎆 🎇
Good luck to the
@RAFBrizeNorton
folks taking part in
@RAFAssociation
Virtual 50 challenge. Completing 50 miles either as an individual, a work team or family they will be completing 50miles in a week to raise money for this excellent charity!🚴 🏃
👇
An excellent visit to RAF Keevil today with the team from
@RAFBrizeNorton
to watch the Inter-services Gliding competition. The weather delivered and managed to complete my CO’s site inspection to boot. 😊 Well done to
@BannerdownGC
for hosting and good luck to all competitors.
A great visit with
@CdrAirWgBZN
to see
@RAFBrizeNorton
-based teams on Ex TARTAN SPIRIT. The inclusion of
@RAF_Regiment
from II Sqn for the first time alongside TacATC, movements, Fire = massive potential for the Air Mobility Force.