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Royal Air Force Halton, or more simply RAF Halton, is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It is located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The site has been in use since the First World War but is due to close by December 2027.
Feb 1, 2022 · The 213 Craft Apprentice Entry and 113 Tech Apprentices Passing out Parade in 1970. I have seen many passing out parade videos from Halton on here but none with this number of Apprentices. God...
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With the 1970s came the RAF’s withdrawal from the East and the start of its contraction. Technical developments and changes in social aspiration made apprentice training less attractive and less necessary and eventually, with the “peace dividend”, at the end of the Cold War, it was discontinued.
RAF Halton was first used as a military base before the First World War when the Army set up a large tented camp and used the surrounding land (which was given by the Rothschild family) to train soldiers in the art of trench warfare.
At the same time Inland Area, which already had responsibility for the RAF Staff College, became Training Command, absorbing RAF Halton and RAF Cranwell, while Coastal Area became Coastal...
Built for the RAF as XM386 in 1959. Used as a ground trainer at Halton as 8076M from 1970. Moved to St.Athan in 1993 then to East Wretham, Norfolk by 1997. Fuselage still there in 2019.
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No. 1 School of Technical Training ( No. 1 S of TT) is the Royal Air Force's aircraft engineering school. It was based at RAF Halton from 1919 to 1993, as the Home of the Aircraft Apprentice scheme.
