Tory MPs on Wednesday threatened to rebel over plans to house thousands of asylum seekers at former RAF airfields in Essex and Lincolnshire. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced RAF Scampton ...

Plans by Google to build a huge data centre at a former RAF airfield have been approved. The new campus at North Weald ...

Google recently launched its data center in Hertfordshire in the UK, which it said at the time was part of a £5 billion ...

A former RAF airfield utilised during the Second World War will now be used as a large scale solar farm, following planning approval by district councillors. The site of former RAF Fiskerton was first ...

RAF Northolt began operations in 1915, predating the formation of the RAF and it has the longest history of continuous operations of any RAF airfield. During WWII, it was home to a Polish wing, ...

Scattered across the fields of East Yorkshire they are the silent monuments to thousands of young men who died fighting for their country and for freedom. Bits of runway, bombs storages, trenches, ...

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For almost 80 years, RAF Brize Norton has been one of the country’s most important military airfields, serving as an embarkation point for members of the Royal family and senior politicians as they ...

A KC-135 Stratotanker takes off at RAF Mildenhall in England in 2014. The base was locked down Dec. 18 after a security incident in which an intruder drove all the way to the runways; the suspect is ...

The south-western end of the main runway at Bourn Airfield, which was used as a base for heavy bombers A charity that commemorates major airfields says two new memorials will be placed in ...

At Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire-the beating heart of British vintage aircraft flying-the whine and roar of Rolls-Royce Merlin engines marked the 85th anniversary of the start of the Battle of ...

A charity that commemorates major airfields says two new memorials will be placed in Cambridgeshire to recognise the importance of the sites. Memorials will be unveiled at Oakington and Bourn ...