The airfield opened in 1917 when three Training Squadrons, Nos. 82, 83 and 59, were amalgamated to form No.6 Trading[…]
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Category: Boscombe Down History
1930s – 1940s
1930s RAF Boscombe Down reopened in October 1930 with the new buildings completed, some of which can be seen around[…]
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1950s – 1960s
1950s The 50s saw A&AEE enter a golden age of British aeronautical development with many significant British aircraft making their[…]
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1970s – 1980s
1970s More new aircraft arrived at the airfield during the 70s for testing though many of these programmes now had[…]
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1990s – 2000s
1990s Much of the testing and evaluation work in the 1990s concerned support to operations, initially the first Gulf War[…]
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2010s
2010s Since 2010 most of the Boscombe Down site changes have related to further moves of units. Two of the[…]
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