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	RAF Fairford - United States Nuclear Forces
		RAF Fairford, UK RAF Fairford was constructed in 1944 to accommodate British and American troop carriers and gliders that would be used during the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
		RAF Fairford is approximately 60 miles from RAF Croughton and 54 miles from Bristol.
		Fairford is undergoing a (pounds sterling)60m (US$90m) upgrading of its runway and fuel bunkers in the largest single military construction project within a NATO country since the end of the cold war.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/fairford.htm (966 words)

	RAF Brize Norton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 50 miles west of London, England, United Kingdom, is the largest airbase of the Royal Air Force.
		It is home to the RAF's heavy transport aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III, and its Tristar and Vickers VC10 tankers.
		Fairford, Faslane Naval Base, RAF Lakenheath, Menwith Hill) RAF Brize Norton has not been subject to many peace demonstrations despite its pivotol role in conflicts that Britain has been involved in.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton (752 words)

	RAF Fairford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, near to Fairford.
		RAF Fairford is host to the annual air display, the Royal International Air Tattoo.
		A peace camp was set up in a field adjacent to RAF Fairford on 17th February 2003, protesting against the military presence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Fairford (235 words)

	Getting Around in Europe - A Guide to Installations and Services
		RAF Molesworth was established as a bomber base for the Royal Air Force and was first occupied by the Royal Australian Air Force.
		RAF Fairford is a USAF contingency base in the Cotswolds of Gloucestershire, a picturesque area of rolling countryside and limestone villages.
		RAF Fairford also has a youth program which offers a school age summer care program five days a week for ages 5 to 12 and a before and after school age program during the school year.
	www.gettingaround.net /shtml/usafe/uk.shtml (4213 words)

	[No title]
		Fairford Coach Action is the name of the group of about 60 passengers who have collectively decided to pursue a Judicial Review case against the police's actions on 22nd March 2003.
		RAF Fairford continues to be upgraded for use by US Stealth (B2) Bombers.
		The Fairford Coach case was mentioned in Liberty's dossier on the policing at RAF Fairford, and the case is expected to appear in Amnesty International's report on Human Rights in the UK.
	www.fairfordcoachaction.org.uk /press/ruling.doc (906 words)

	Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors - About RAF Fairford
		USAF Fairford is one of only three forward bases (outside the USA) for B-2 bombers.
		Bombers flying from Fairford dropped 48% of all the bombs used during the Kosovo war and since then the base has had extensive refurbishment.
		Fairford can now hold house the B-2 Stealth bombers, more than doubling the strike force deployed during the Kosovo war, as well as the older B-1s and B-52s.
	cynatech.co.uk /gwi/Fairford.htm (628 words)

	Royal Air Force Brize Norton - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Brize Norton is to temporarily close its runway for critical maintenance from mid-September 2005 through to January 2006.
		All aircraft to be moved to RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, 10 miles west of Brize Norton.
		RAF Brize Norton, the Airport of Embarkation for the majority of passengers deploying to an operational theatre, is to temporarily close its runway from mid-September 2005 through to January 2006.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafbrizenorton/news/2005/news_jul05_02.html (639 words)

	The Fairford Few (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 424th Air Base Squadron has two primary installations: RAF Fairford, which is the main base with a runway, and RAF Welford, located 38 miles away, where munitions are stored.
		RAF Fairford is one of five units under the command of Col. James Smith, 420th Air Base Group commander, located at Fairford.
		To the average Airman at RAF Fairford, being stationed at a remote location has its advantages and drawbacks.
	www.af.mil /news/airman/0205/fairford.shtml (1502 words)

	THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES
		RAF FAIRFORD, England — Nestled on the cusp of England’s lovely and rural Costwolds region, RAF Fairford is so serene and tranquil that people stationed at the base often refer to it as Sleepy Hollow.
		RAF Fairford maintains a warehouse of equipment needed for air operations, from fuel trucks to bomb loaders to power units, about 600 pieces in all.
		During missions, the personnel from RAF Fairford felt a personal stake in the safety of the crews.
	home.btclick.com /caab/2003-07-13fairford.htm (1160 words)

	Havoc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Fairford is owned by the Ministry of Defence but is leased to the United States Air Force.
		RAF Fairford is also the only base outside of the United States of America approved to receive B2s on Global Power missions.
		RAF Fairford will then become home to temporary deployments, lasting upto 90 days of B52H and B1B detachments on a regular basis throughout the year.
	website.lineone.net /~ajhopwood/page2.html (249 words)

	RAF Welford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Welford reopened amid this tense climate on September 1st 1955 by the 7531st Ammunition Squadron, Third Air Force, USAF.
		RAF Welford remained open during the Cold War and was never closed unlike Greenham had been in 1964.
		RAF Welford was transferred after the first Gulf War in 1992 to the 424th Air Base Squadron, RAF Fairford under the 424th Commander as a designated storage site for Fairford's support to bomber aircraft in contingency.
	www.megspace.com /politics/greenham/extra_000001.htm (2296 words)

	ARROW - Events - Obstruct & Resist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		These pictures were taken on 22 March 2003 at the national demo at Fairford.
		The peacecamp at Gate 10, USAF Fairford was established on March 2nd to: Peacewatch at Gate 10 was established on 2nd March 2003 to:
		Two of the crew who started G10 Peacewatch at USAF Fairford have set up a Welford Peacewatch just next to the footbridge on the bridleway over the M4, within sight of the access road to the military base, where the convoys can be observed at a safe distance.
	iticwebarchives.ssrc.org /www.j-n-v.org/fairford.htm (736 words)

	Fairford's Stealthy Hangar - Gloucestershire Message Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fairford is a major military airbase and was used extensively during both the Gulf wars and the Kosovo crisis.
		Talking of aircraft moving to Fairford while their home runways are being resurfaced reminds me of when I saw Concorde for the first time - or rather a part of it - at the south east Gloucestershire.
		A squadron of Vulcan bombers were using Fairford while their usual base in East Anglia was being resurfaced and they all - bar one - took off one after another as we watched.
	www.softdata.co.uk /forums/index.php?showtopic=348 (1439 words)

	RAF Fairford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The approach to Fairford would not be easy for the crew as in recent years launches have tended to occur when its dark in the UK.
		The runway requirements for an aborted landing are estimated to be around 9000 feet but this assumes the normal braking systems still function and there are reasonable winds in a favourable direction.
		With Fairford's runway at 10,000 feet the shuttle would need to touchdown in the runway overrun to have any chance of stopping on tarmac rather than in the grass and with an approach speed of 250+ knots they'd have to hope their brakes and braking chute were still in perfect condition.
	groups.msn.com /RAFFairford/spaceshuttle.msnw (686 words)

	Prisoners for Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Fairford, which houses United States Air Force B-52 bombers and possibly B-2 Stealth bombers has become the centre for demonstrations over several months.
		Margaret Jones and Paul Milling, who cut their way into RAF Fairford and disabled the support vehicles for the fleet of B52 bombers in March, were in Gloucester Crown Court on 23 May. Dr.
		Margaret Jones is a freelance writer and former lecturer from Bristol and Paul Milling is a Quaker activist from Birmingham and was previously a magistrate and former Sheriff of York.
	www.j-n-v.org /prisoners2.htm (1686 words)

	Protesters break into RAF base : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The protest at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire is part of an ongoing worldwide campaign against the impending war in Iraq.
		In the Fairford protest, a man and a woman allegedly cut their way through a fence and damaged several vehicles.
		The Ministry of Defence said the pair got "nowhere near aircraft" at the RAF base but refused to specify which vehicles were damaged or what was done to them.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1582252 (687 words)

	FlightSim.Com Review: RAF Fairford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Greenham Common was less than ideal as a venue as it was full of cruise missiles and Fairford's facilities, which included the ability to stage a static display a couple of miles long, must have looked very appealing.
		A Red Arrows formation and an RAF Nimrod flypast are currently under development, but the simmers involved were being careful to get everything exactly right, so no release dates were available at the time of writing.
		Fairford easily qualifies for an Armchair Aviator Award - there is no doubt that it does place demands on processor power, but given its massive scope, RIAT must be one of the most frame rate efficient addons of its kind I have come across.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/review/riat/riat.htm (1150 words)

	Profile #05 - Operation Noble Anvil - B-52 & B-1's @ RAF Fairford
		of events at RAF Fairford between February and June 1999, where the 2nd Air Expeditionary Group was formed with aircraft from CONUS based 8th Air Force units to conduct strike missions as part of ‘Operation Noble Anvil’, the USAF part of ‘Operation Allied Force’.
		Mission launches throughout the first week at Fairford were covered by multiple TV crews, and were no doubt broadcast around the world.
		On 8th May a B-52 with hung ordnance made a safe landing at Fairford but was evacuated immediately and the runway closed for some time whilst the weapons were disarmed by emergency crews.
	www.sharpshooter-maj.com /html/profil05.htm (1339 words)

	Bristol - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The British Concorde prototype G-BSST made its 22 minute maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford on 9 April 1969, the French prototype F-WTSS had flown from Toulouse five weeks earlier.
		Fairford was chosen as the test airfield for Concorde because the runway at Filton was rejected for test flying, its length was inadequate and there were problems with the slope, and the first 1000 feet (300 m) of the runway at its eastern (A38) end could not be used.
		In 2003 the two airlines using Concorde (British Airways and Air France) and the company supplying spares and support (Airbus) made the decision to cease flying the aircraft and to retire them to locations (mostly museums) around the world.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Bristol (2032 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Fairford will be base for US B52 bombers - 1/3/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first of the Cold War strategic bombers are due to arrive this weekend at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
		RAF Fairford is a Nato-designated standby base which can be reactivated for operational missions at short notice.
		RAF Fairford is one of only three bases outside the US which can also take B2 Stealth bombers.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/iraq/b52satfairford.htm (224 words)

	Guardian \| Protesters were held unlawfully, court rules
		Anti-war protesters are to claim thousands of pounds in damages after a high court ruling yesterday that the Gloucestershire police unlawfully detained them on their way to a demonstration at RAF Fairford.
		Three coaches on their way to the RAF station, which was being used by American B-52 bombers, were stopped and searched in a lay-by at Lechlade last March before being forced back on to the motorway under a police escort.
		The ruling that they were unlawfully held on the two-and-a-half hour return journey, without a toilet break, was welcomed by the protesters and their lawyers as a "landmark victory" for liberty and human rights.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4862903-103690,00.html (554 words)

	RAF Bentwaters Airmen Page T
		Dewey Tessier, MSgt: Deputy Chief at RAF Bentwaters in 1985, Fire Chief at RAF Woodbridge from 1986-September 1988 (Fire Chief RAF Woodbridge and Wing Fire Chief, Jul 1983-Jul 1989.
		Visited RAF Bentwaters Fire Station recently and was disappointed at the state it was in.
		RAF Bentwaters, lives in Ipswich with wife Jacqueline Knott and step-daughter *Jo Anna Bustos.
	www.geocities.com /maureenjim/aname_t (2480 words)

	RAF Fairford: 4 Nov 2002: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Friend prevail on the authorities at RAF Fairford, RAF Brize Norton and other air bases to ensure that hon.
		It is not always RAF Fairford that is affected; Brize Norton can also be involved, as he rightly said.
		The Minister will be aware that many of the aircraft that participate in the RAF Fairford tattoo also take part in the Farnborough air show, which employs many of my constituents—
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2002-11-04.1.3 (268 words)

	RAF Boscombe Down's Black Day
		RAF Boscombe Down is situated in the county of Wiltshire, not far from Stonehenge, and the huge Salisbury Plain Training Area.
		RAF Chicksands was renowned for being a large Cold War Intelligence facility with the famous 'elephant cage' antenna array system.
		RAF Macrihanish is very remote, and has been recently closed as an RAF Base, but still operates as a civil airport close to the town of Campbeltown.
	www.dreamlandresort.com /black_projects/boscombe.htm (5615 words)

	Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors
		People from Cardiff, London, Brighton and many other cities and towns from came to Fairford in Gloucestershire on a freezin cold winters day to join a mass WMD inspection attempt at RAF Fairford.
		RAF Fairford is one of only 3 B-2 Stealth bomber forward bases in the world.
		The march was to protest against the possibility of war against Iraq and the continuing use of the base by US Air Force planes and personnel.
	www.cynatech.co.uk /gwi/14-dec-Fairford.htm (489 words)

	Stars & Stripes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF FAIRFORD, England — Everyone knows what a chore it is to have company for an extended stay.
		RAF Fairford is a contingency base, gearing up for crises such as the Kosovo war or the Iraq war, and then winding down to become Sleepy Hollow again when the trouble has passed.
		The people from RAF Mildenhall were on base long enough to become part of the landscape.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=22292&archive=true (1065 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Welford is literally just a storage site,” said Rothman.
		RAF Fairford is a geographically separated unit of the 100th Air Refueling Wing here.
		As the Royal Air Force has relinquished its joint command of RAF Welford, the U.S. has assumed not only responsibility of the base, but also the responsibility of maintaining a major military munitions storage annex in Europe.
	home.freeuk.net /rmarg/wellchange.htm (398 words)

	RIAT Fairford Scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator
		RIAT Fairford Airshow Scenery for FS2002/FS2004 is a stunning award-winning scenery which has raised the bar for flight simulator scenery taking it to new levels of believeability and realism.
		The RAF Benevolent Fund provides assistance in times of need to those who have served in the RAF.
		The RAF Benevolent Fund also provides assistence to widows, widowers and dependents, including those of associated Air Forces as well as the RAF.
	www.visualflight.net /fairford (460 words)

	Royal Air Force Brize Norton - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As reported earlier this year, aircraft from RAF Brize Norton (Oxon) will be operating from RAF Fairford (Glos) for a 4 month period while essential repair work is carried out to the runway at RAF Brize Norton.
		In earlier correspondence with the councillors he explained the reasons for the relocation of Brize Norton aircraft, and confirmed that the use of Fairford would be temporary.
		However, because of the operational commitments, he said it was inevitable that some noise would encroach into the local communities, occasionally during the quiet hours.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafbrizenorton/news/2005/news_jun05_01.html (242 words)

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