Local Flying

Royal Air Force Brize Norton operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in support of UK foreign policy and NATO commitments worldwide. In order to meet our obligation, we have a wide-ranging infrastructure, which ensures our aircrew are trained to the highest standards. Inevitably, the maintenance of such high standards requires that we fly our aircraft (see images below) in the local area, and further afield. Nevertheless, we strive to ensure that noise is kept to a minimum, especially in the quiet hours.

C-130J Hercules	C-17 Globemaster
Tristar	VC10

Without doubt, there are occasions when we have to increase our flying training frequency or, indeed, our operational tempo, so please check the most up to date details, available in the document via the link below.

Sheduled Out of Hours Flying (Adobe Reader required)