About: RAF Keevil

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Royal Air Force Station Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station located between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, England. The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid-1930s. With three long concrete runways, the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.

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  • Royal Air Force Station Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station located between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, England. The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid-1930s. With three long concrete runways, the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Although no longer a RAF station and now known as Keevil Airfield, it is maintained for military use and used for training purposes, predominantly by aircraft from RAF Brize Norton and Joint Helicopter Command. (en)
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  • A RAF Airbus A400M Atlas at Keevil during Exercise Joint Warrior in March 2017. (en)
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  • A RAF Airbus A400M Atlas at Keevil during Exercise Joint Warrior in March 2017. (en)
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  • Retained in military use by the RAF as an unmanned airfield used for training purposes, predominantly by aircraft from RAF Brize Norton and Joint Helicopter Command. (en)
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  • RAF Keevil (en)
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  • RAF Keevil (en)
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  • Location in Wiltshire. (en)
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  • Royal Air Force station (en)
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  • Royal Air Force Station Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station located between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, England. The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid-1930s. With three long concrete runways, the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. (en)
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  • RAF Keevil (en)
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