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	Long Kesh air base
		Aircraft based at Long Kesh and RAF Aldergrove provided back-up to security forces on the ground during some of the worst years of the troubles.
		Long Kesh functioned as a helicopter base for much of the 1970's.
		At first Long Kesh was used by a mixture of Scout and Sioux helicopters but from 1976 onwards these gave way to a regular rotation of six Scouts and six Gazelles.
	www.lisburn.com /history/memories/long_kesh_air_base.html (856 words)

	HM Maze Prison
		HM Maze Prison (known colloqually as The Maze) is disused prison sited at the former RAF station at Long Kesh (it is still known as Long Kesh by many Irish Republicans) near Lisburn[?], nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
		Initially the internees were housed, segregated different paramilitary groups, in Nissen huts at a disused airfield that became the Long Kesh Detention Centre.
		Republicans convicted of offences after that date were housed in the eight new "H-Blocks" that had been constructed at Long Kesh, now officially HM Prison Maze.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HM_Maze_Prison.html (769 words)

	SAOIRSE32 :: The Burning of Long Kesh :: October :: 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We cannot reflect on the 1974 burning of Long Kesh without first understanding the circumstances and conditions of the camp, its historic origins as a prison camp — first for internees in 1971 and later on for political status prisoners (special category) — and the overall political situation both inside and outside the prison.
		Long Kesh encapsulated the historical prison conflict from the early internment days, the political status phase, and to the H-Block Hunger Strikes of the early 1980s.
		Long Kesh was once an RAF airfield, 12 miles south of Belfast.
	saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/10/15/the-burning-of-long-kesh (2524 words)

	Maze Prison Encyclopedia Article @ Imprisonment.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Initially the internees were housed, with different paramilitary groups separated from each other, in edit at a disused airfield that became the Long Kesh Detention Centre.
		In 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Long Kesh introduced 1981 Irish hunger strike for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence.
		Prisoners convicted of terrorist offences after paramilitary, citation needed were housed in the eight new "H-Blocks" that had been constructed at Long Kesh, now officially HM Prison Maze.
	www.imprisonment.org /encyclopedia/Maze_Prison (1724 words)

	RAF Long Kesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Various aircraft operated from the base during World War II including the Supermarine Seafire and Spitfire.
		Long Kesh was a target in Operation Green (Ireland), a second front to Operation Sealion which was the planned Nazi invasion of Britain.
		It was here that republicans were interned after August 9, 1971, when security forces launched dawn raids to arrest 452 known or suspected members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Long_Kesh (191 words)

	Re: The Sinn Fein Strategy.
		The H-blocks were built on boggy land known as The Long Kesh, close to the Maze racecourse.
		A former induction centre for the RAF, Long Kesh opened as a temporary detention camp in 1971, for republican internees.
		Those convicted thereafter were sent not to the cages but to the newly-built H-block cells separated from Long Kesh camp by a wall, and renamed the Maze prison.
	www.redaction.org /wwwboard/messages/453.html (850 words)

	Maze (HM Prison) Encyclopedia Article @ Imprisonment.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Following the introduction of University of Ulster's CAIN archive in paramilitary "citation needed" was implemented by the 31 May and RAF with raids for 452 suspects on Margaret Thatcher, Categories.
		Initially the internees were housed, with different paramilitary groups separated from each other, in William Whitelaw at a disused airfield that became the Long Kesh Detention Centre.
		In December 1997, IRA prisoner Liam Averill escaped from the prison dressed as a woman during a Long Kesh party for prisoners' children.
	www.imprisonment.org /encyclopedia/Maze_(HM_Prison) (1706 words)

	Maze (HM Prison) Encyclopedia Article @ Confines.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Initially the internees were housed, with different paramilitary groups separated from each other, in Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, 1981 (April) at a disused airfield that became the Long Kesh Detention Centre.
		were housed in the eight new "H-Blocks" that had been constructed at Long Kesh, now officially HM Prison Maze.
		By Long Kesh more than 300 men had joined the protest.
	www.confines.org /encyclopedia/Maze_(HM_Prison) (1644 words)

	British Archaeology 84, September/October 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Long Kesh/Maze was no spectator: its existence facilitated, instigated and enabled both communities and the state in their actions.
		Unused since vacated by the RAF shortly after the second world war, the site was renamed the Long Kesh Detention Centre when existing Nissen huts were deployed for the influx of prisoners after internment was introduced in 1971.
		The impact can be seen in the vast array of wall murals: the iconic aerial image of the H Blocks in republican areas, as telling of the media impact on the conflict as the conflict itself, and more commonly the walls, wire and watchtowers in loyalist areas, more reminiscent of former prisoner of war camps.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba84/feat1.shtml (2120 words)

	A Long History - Long Kesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For most working-class nationalists in the North, Long Kesh has been part of their lives for almost 30 years, since it was converted from an RAF base in 1971 into a 'temporary' camp for republican internees.
		As the last of its inmates, bar a few, are released today it will be a relief to see it close, to see a line drawn through a strife-torn past (even though there will still be political prisoners in Maghaberry as a result of dissident loyalist and republican activities).
		In 1976 Long Kesh was again transformed when the H-Blocks were opened and a British Labour government announced the end of political status.
	www.dannymorrison.com /articles/longkesh.html (874 words)

	Salon Interview \| Love in a cage
		That would take a very long conversation, but it goes back to the early 1970s, when very large numbers of young Catholic men were arrested in mass roundups and went to prison.
		When I went to Long Kesh, I was persuaded to stop reading fiction by a friend who dismissed it all as sort of bourgeois nonsense.
		When we were in Long Kesh that was the view.
	www.salon.com /books/int/1999/11/16/bennett/print.html (1635 words)

	Long Kesh, The H Blocks, The Maze No More
		he prison, which was first known as Long Kesh, housed republican and loyalist paramilitaries and was the scene of the IRA hunger strikes and a mass break out of republican prisoners in the 1980s.
		HM Prison Maze (known colloqually as The H Blocks, Long Kesh or The Maze) is a disused prison sited at the former RAF station at Long Kesh (it is still called Long Kesh by most Irish republicans and loyalist paramilitaries) near Lisburn, nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, The North Of Ireland.
		Prisoners convicted of terrorist offences after March 1, 1976 were housed in the eight new "H-Blocks" that had been constructed at Long Kesh, now officially HM Prison Maze.
	www.sceala.com /phpBB2/irish-forums-22014.html (2893 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Prison army base closes
		The gates were locked after the last soldier left the Long Kesh base on Sunday.
		"For soldiers there is obviously a nostalgic aspect to leaving Long Kesh but the camp is no longer needed and it is therefore time for it to close and for the army to move out of the base," he said.
		The prison, formerly known as Long Kesh, has housed some of the province's most notorious paramilitary killers during the Troubles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/1041870.stm (431 words)

	RAF Langford Lodge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Langford Lodge is a former Royal Air Force station near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
		Langford Lodge is located on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh and close to RAF Aldergrove/Belfast International Airport and the former RAF Nutts Corner.
		German paratroopers were to capture Langford Lodge, Aldergrove and Nutts Corner while RAF Long Kesh, Lisburn was to be destroyed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Langford_Lodge (245 words)

	New Page 1
		After reading this article, I realised that we in Northern Ireland had many former RAF stations which had contributed magnificently to the war effort and the personnel who served and gave their lives here were equally deserving of recognition.
		Indeed, the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth landed at Long Kesh in a Dakota aircraft in 1946.
		The details of their units and, indeed, the entire history of Long Kesh, were now available to us and we intended to provide a Memorial Plaque in the church to the fallen airmen.
	www.rocassoc.org.uk /open/local_ev/gr31/mem_window.htm (1359 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irelandclick.com article
		But it is Long Kesh (the Maze, to the authorities) that is the location most favoured by the British government and the main unionist parties.
		It is a vast area of hundreds of acres: a former airport and headquarters of the RAF before it was converted into an internment camp in 1971 with the H-Blocks added in 1975.
		Coiste argued that part of Long Kesh (including the prison hospital where the hunger strikers died) should be preserved and that a museum and conflict resolution campus/educational centre should be built.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/Irelandclick/arts2004/sep13_message_for_GAA__DMorrison.php (978 words)

	SAOIRSE32
		This Friday 15 October, marks the 30th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp by republican POWs.
		Meanwhile, in Belfast's Crumlin Road Prison, republicans were reaping victory from their 1972 hunger strikes for political status.
		While Long Kesh burned, other republican commands in Magilligan, Armagh and Crumlin Road Prisons rose to the occasion.
	blogs.iloha.net /saoirse32/archives/2004.10/16.shtml (3234 words)

	[No title]
		His first unit was Royal Air Force Long Kesh in Northern Ireland on recruiting duties which involved bringing the raw recruits from Northern Ireland to Wilmslow in Bedfordshire for recruit training and en- listment.
		The Headhunter's sack was confiscated and suitably disposed of.
		Mr Duffy was posted back in July 1964 to 2 Wing at RAF Halton in the transition period of aircraft apprentices becoming craft apprentices.
	www.tenebrae.org /kin/jimmy-duffy.htm (833 words)

	RAF - Your beliefs
		Whatever religious or cultural background you come from, you’ll be made welcome in the RAF.
		You may not realise it, but there are many religions already represented in the RAF.
		If you are Jewish, you can wear your yarmulke, so long as your role doesn’t require protective headgear to be worn.
	www.rafcareers.com /lifeintheraf/yourbeliefs.cfm (472 words)

	VH-FMS - The Lockheed File
		Aircraft was fitted with additional long range tanks and configured for 2 crew and 4 passengers.
		With the demise of the NASMA project, the aircraft's ownership reverted to the Museum of Victoria.
		The fuselage arrived at Australia's Museum of Flight at Nowra, NSW on long term loan from the Museum of Victoria.
	www.adastron.com /lockheed/electra/vh-fms.htm (380 words)

	New Ground 93 - Chicago DSA
		Long Kesh was a RAF base in WWII.
		Nowadays, Long Kesh is a concentration camp where the British put Irish patriots fighting to free their country from British rule.
		It's a free and equal country as long as you are a conservative.
	www.chicagodsa.org /ngarchive/ng93.html (8175 words)

	I Fear No man-74sqna R.A.F., Doug Tidy's web site
		A move back to Coltishall occurred in 1960, Horsham being disposed of by the RAF due to the rapid encroachment of the city around it.
		The Falklands campaign of 1982 was to be instrumental in the re-birth of 74 Squadron, as immediately after the conflict with the creation of RAF Mount Pleasant there was a need for a full-time fighter squadron to mount air defence.
		It seems astonishing that the RAF will not have its founding member present at future Tiger Meets, for they are and have been a cornerstone of NATO co-operation over the last forty years ago.
	members.tripod.com /~dptidy/74sqna.html (2349 words)

	Lancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They main use is against the fighters and bombers (Udajeet and Al'Kesh) of the Goa'uld System lords, usually deployed in groups of twelve (one Full sqn) as per RAF regulations, these fighters are fully capable Trans atmospheric vessels in their own right.
		As is immediately obvious there are several necessary variations of the fighter's design the main variations being the Solar and Alpha variations, the reasons for these are simple- it is necessary to have a fighter force capable of fighting defensive battles with large contingents.
		The System variations allow the ships to fight using the energy from the system's own dimensions by the use of Zero point energy generators, the Interstellar variations are mainly built for long range and fleet actions as well as reinforcement for system defence units quickly and efficiently.
	thundersdawn.tcafanfic.net /tech/lancers.htm (857 words)

	Active Health Sports Therapy Forum
		I'm in the RAF (an aircraft engineer = I fix planes!) and as mentioned above I don't leave the forces for another few years yet, however I have been involved in sport massage for about 2 years now and see this (sports massage/therapy) as my future.
		Therefore I am trying to get as much experience whilst I am still in the RAF as possible and get as many courses under my belt as possible (time and finances permitting of course!).
		I am interested in doing the accelerated sports therapy course with you guys, but Bradford (and Manchester) is a long way from my location in Cardiff and accomodation would be a problem.
	pub4.bravenet.com /forum/292605195/show/862836 (415 words)

	HyperWar: The Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. I--Plans & Early Operations [Chapter 17]
		To take appropriate steps toward a close co-ordination of effort with the RAF, to select and make ready the fields from which the Americans would fly, to prepare for the reception of an increasing flow of AAF units, and to provide for their fundamental needs--these were the major tasks.
		It was possible to draw upon the rich operational experience of the RAF, however, and during the spring and early summer of 1942, basic decisions in the field of operational planning prepared the way for a degree of co-operation and combined action probably never before equaled by the military forces of two great nations.
		The RAF would be responsible for aerial defense of the sectors in which American airdromes were located, and AAF fighter forces would be committed principally to the escort of bomber strikes against the continent.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/I/AAF-I-17.html (16168 words)

	Rift Between US Government and US Special Forces Rumsfeld orders torture for Afghan prisoners of war Joe Vialls
		Not long after that, someone chucked the so-called Taliban a few grenades which they used to stage a revolt against their captors, who at that time were gleefully pouring oil on the Taliban prisoners and lighting it with matches.
		Despite the doctor's recommendations, nothing was done and all were subsequently moved from Crumlin jail to Long Kesh [an internment camp].
		One such fawning external country is Australia, where the Attorney General, Mr Daryl Williams QC, has recently made it quite clear that whatever the Americans want to do to their illegal prisoners, that’s OK by Australia.
	steveseymour.0catch.com /mirror/rift/rift.htm (2983 words)

	Long Kesh - Politics.ie Wiki
		RAF Long Kesh was a wartime airstrip outside Lisburn.
		It was later rebuilt and is was called HMP Maze, although some Republicans still refer to it as Long Kesh.
		This page was last modified 01:08, 10 Jun 2006.
	www.politics.ie /wiki/index.php?title=Long_Kesh (89 words)

	Warplane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Following a summer close-down to undergo extensive ground works in preparation for the imminent arrival of the Typhoon, the arrival 899sqn Sea Harriers at RAF Coningsby on October 27th was a clear signal that the base was once again open for business....
		Over the course of their visit to Coningsby, the Sea Harriers were able to pit themselves against RAF Tornado F-3's and Belgian F-16's, the latter operating from RAF Waddington.
		Therefore, the FCBA requirement was widened to include replacement of the RAF’s GR9 and T10 ground attack Harriers from around 2015, thus providing the UK with a joint land and sea based expeditionary air-power capability.
	www.warplane.co.uk /sharconingsby.htm (1022 words)

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