RAF Weston-on-the-Green

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RAF Weston-on-the-Green is a Royal Air Force station located near the village of Weston-on-the-Green in Oxfordshire, England. The station comes under the control of the nearby RAF Brize Norton. It is used for parachute training for the UK military. The No. 1 Parachute Training School is based at RAF Brize Norton and uses Weston-on-the-Green regularly as a drop zone.

Basic military parachute jumping takes place at RAF Weston-on-the-Green from civilian aircraft that are based on the airfield and more advanced jumping takes place from C-130 Hercules aircraft based at RAF Lyneham.

No military aircraft are based at RAF Weston-on-the-Green. The airfield is only manned part-time by RAF personnel.

There is also a commercial sky-diving club and a gliding club at RAF Weston-on-the-Green.

RAF Weston-on-the-Green is one of the few remaining active RAF bases with some original pre-RAF buildings.


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