RAF Coningsby
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MoD admits nearly 200 days staff time spent on Top Gear stunts...was used as the backdrop to a film on the luxury Rolls Royce Phantom in 2007. In the same year an RAF Typhoon raced a Bugatti Veyron at RAF Coningsby airfield. In its response to the Freedom of Information request, the MoD said no... In this article: Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Bugatti Veyron, Bulldog, HMS Ark Royal, Freedom of Information Act, Porsche Boxster, Porsche Cayenne, and Ford Fiesta |
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Daily Mail | November 18, 2009
MoD defends staff spending 189 days on Top Gear stunts
...used as the backdrop to a film on the luxury Rolls Royce Phantom in 2007. In the same year an RAF Typhoon raced a Bugatti Veyron at RAF Coningsby airfield. The event involved the equivalent of 63 days' worth of time from the Marines and...
In this article: Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Lotus Exige, Richard Hammond, Bulldog, HMS Ark Royal, Freedom of Information Act, Porsche Boxster, Porsche Cayenne, and Mercedes SLK
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 18, 2009
MoD defends use of military time for Top Gear stunts
...used as the backdrop to a film on the luxury Rolls Royce Phantom in 2007. In the same year an RAF Typhoon raced a Bugatti Veyron at RAF Coningsby airfield. The two biggest events each involved the equivalent of more than 60 personnel.
In this article: Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear, Bulldog, HMS Ark Royal, Freedom of Information Act, Porsche Boxster, Porsche Cayenne, Ford Fiesta, Mercedes SLK, and Challenger
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BBC News | November 04, 2009
Rocket it and roll
...children through our Bloodhound Education Programme. So John's right: we've got to deliver. I took the design office team up to RAF Coningsby this month to see the EJ200 - Bloodhound SSC's jet engine - in its normal environment, in a...
In this article: RAF, Eurofighter, and South Africa
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Scotland on Sunday | July 31, 2009
RAF jets deal to secure 15,000 jobs
...to replace aircraft which were diverted to Saudi Arabia as part of an export deal. The first of the new aircraft, which will be based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland, should enter service in 2013. BAE...
In this article: RAF, Eurofighter Typhoon, BAE Systems, Britain, All rights reserved, Gordon Brown, and Lincolnshire
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The Press and Journal | July 31, 2009
Britain seals deal for 40 more Typhoon jets
The government said those talks had secured AGBP900million of savings. The first of the new aircraft, which will be based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire and at RAF Leuchars in Fife, should enter service in 2013. BAE Systems will...
In this article: Britain, Eurofighter Typhoon, BAE Systems, RAF, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Bristol, and RAF Leuchars
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Wikipedia | July 25, 2009
RAF Coningsby
...not include any of the flying squadrons. The is triple-hatted as the Commanding Officer of the Wing and as Typhoon Force Commander. The RAF Coningsby structure as of April 2008: No. 3 Squadron RAF - operating Typhoon F2, T1 Bruce...
In this article: Coningsby, RAF Waddington, Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lincolnshire, RAF Leuchars, UK, and No. 617 Squadron
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | June 21, 2009
Major exhibition to raise funds for Bomber Command
...Memorial Appeal Photo: NEWSTEAM The unique retrospective, featuring 40 paintings from Mr Shepherd's 50-year career, will be staged at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, against a backdrop of Second...
In this article: David Shepherd, Second World War, Lancaster bomber, Twin Pioneer, HRH The Duke Of Gloucester, and Britain
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RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It has been commanded by Group Captain Stuart D Atha since 1 December 2006.
The station is the home of No. XVII(R) Squadron - the Operational Evaluational Unit, No. 29(R) Squadron - the Operational Conversion Unit and No. 3(F) Squadron - the first Typhoon Operational Squadron, flying the Eurofighter Typhoon F2 and T1.No 11 Squadron joined the station as a Typhoon unit in 2007.
Since June 2007 the Typhoons of No. 3(F) Squadron have formed part of air defence of the UK along with RAF Leeming near Northallerton in North Yorkshire and RAF Leuchars near St Andrews,Fife,Scotland, both of which were equipped with Tornado F3 fighters but Leeming lost its last Tornados in 2008 with the disbandment of 25 Squadron and its concentration on being the RAFs communications hub.
The station is also home to No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing
- Name:
- RAF Coningsby
- Type:
- Military
- Elevation (ft):
- 25
- Elevation (m):
- 8
- Length (m):
- 2,744
- Runway Direction:
- 08/26
- ICAO Designation:
- EGXC
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