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    MoD Boscombe Down (ICAO: EGDM) is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England...
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  • Squadron (RWTES) is a tri-service UK military organisation based at MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. Primarily, the squadron is responsible for test and evaluation...
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  • branches elsewhere, including at RAF High Wycombe, RAF Brize Norton, MoD Boscombe Down, and RAF Odiham. The Air Warfare Centre was established in October...
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    of Defence (MOD), and are operated by defence contractor QinetiQ in the test and evaluation role. The main facility is MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire...
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    Porton Down is just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. To the north-west lies the MoD Boscombe Down airfield...
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  • sometimes called Boscombe Football Club Boscombe, Wiltshire, England MoD Boscombe Down, a military airfield near Boscombe in Wiltshire Boscombe Bowmen, a Bronze...
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  • until the Autumn of 2010 when they were combined at MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. Boscombe Down's location near RAF Benson and RAF Odiham, AAC Middle...
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    Sarum airfield Aerodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) sits within the nearby MoD Boscombe Down Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone (MATZ). Old Sarum Airfield procedures...
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    Birmingham Air Squadron – RAF Cosford Bristol University Air Squadron – MoD Boscombe Down Cambridge University Air Squadron – RAF Wittering East Midlands Universities...
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  • Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron, at MoD Boscombe Down Empire Test Pilots' School, at MoD Boscombe Down Operations Division No. 92 Squadron RAF, at...
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    Southampton University Air Squadron – MOD Boscombe Down Swansea University Air Squadron Universities of Wales Air Squadron – MOD St Athan Wolverhampton University...
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    achieve the required stall speed of 60 kn. However, tests undertaken at MOD Boscombe Down later on that year indicated the need to re-engine the aircraft in...
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  • and flight test engineers of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, England. It was established in 1943, the first of its...
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    the UK for testing at MOD Boscombe Down in April 2011, and entered service in April 2012. The Voyager received approval from the MOD on 16 May 2013 to begin...
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    of the eight modified Chinook HC3s made its first test flight at MOD Boscombe Down as part of the flight testing and evaluation phase of the HC3 "reversion"...
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    Museum, Coventry, England XL629 Lightning T.4 inside the main gate at MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England Stored or under restoration XM172 Lightning F...
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  • Established at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, the unit moved in 1939 to Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, where its work continues following privatisation as part...
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  • Experience Flight RAF – MoD St Athan No. 2 Air Experience Flight RAF – MoD Boscombe Down No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF – MoD Boscombe Down No. 4 Air Experience...
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    was formed by merging the Strike Attack OEU (previously based at MOD Boscombe Down) and the Tornado F3 OEU (now returned back to its home base of RAF...
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    (MoD). The former Royal Air Force station at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire is the main facility, and this has a Fleet Air Arm presence. MOD Boscombe Down...
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  • 5001 Squadron Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (MOD Boscombe Down) No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing (RAF Wittering) Headquarters...
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  • become key sites for QinetiQ. These include Farnborough, Hampshire; MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire; and Malvern, Worcestershire. In February 2006, QinetiQ...
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    Havilland Chipmunk T.10 aircraft. It later moved to Hurn and then to MoD Boscombe Down. "No 2 Air Experience Flight". Air of Authority - A History of RAF...
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  • AGRICULTURE United States UAD University Air Squadron United Kingdom MOD Boscombe Down UAJ University Air Squadron United Kingdom Glasgow UAA University...
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    the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at MOD Boscombe Down and the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough Airport...
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    investigation. On 25 August 2011, the wreckage of XX179 was recovered to MOD Boscombe Down. On 31 August 2011, it was reported that Dorset Police were investigating...
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    Innovation, had successfully completed its first flight, flying from MoD Boscombe Down for fifteen minutes. It subsequently reached a top speed of 336 kn...
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    SUAS is parented by MoD Boscombe Down where it flies Tutor aircraft. Training nights are held on Tuesday evenings at MoD Boscombe Down and are compulsory...
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  • Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) – major site Boscombe Down[citation needed] Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment...
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    then served on Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron (RWTES) at MOD Boscombe Down completing trials on Apache helicopters. Peake completed a BSc (Hons)...
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