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	<title>Three VC10 Aircraft Retire to Leicestershire</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After over 45 years of service with the Royal Air Force air transport and air-to-air refuelling (AT/AAR) fleets, 3 VC10 C1K aircraft have been flown to Bruntingthorpe airfield, Leicestershire, and into retirement...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Passenger Information System Visit</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Senior representatives from Thales UK, RN &amp; RM Charity, RAF and Army Benevolent Funds visited the Air Terminal and Gateway House at RAF Brize Norton.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Beer for the Boys New Year Update</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In 2011 we raised over &#163;15,000 to provide a free beer for all troops returning from operations in Afghanistan. This is solely thanks to the generosity of the British public who wish to show their appreciation for the hard work of our men and women in this most difficult of theatres.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Survival Equipment Charity Spin</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Cpl Rob Smeardon tells how Survival Equipment raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RAF Brize Norton becomes home for a new Hero! </title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Sunshine Nursery at RAF Brize Norton was presented with a very special wooden rocking dragon, named &#8216;Hero&#8217;.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>99Sqn Present RAFA With &#163;24,675</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[As 2011 came to an end I was delighted, with my Team, to present RAFA with a cheque for &#163;24,675 that the Squadron Raised over the year. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Media &amp; Communications Officer, Katie Zasada, Wins Prestigious Award</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Royal Air ForceBrize Norton&#8217;s Media &amp; Communications Officer, Mrs Katie Zasada, has been awarded a prestigious national trophy after she chalked up an impressive year of positive coverage about the station.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Macmillan Cancer Fund Raising Coffee Morning</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Cakes galore, coffee and tea brewing &#8211; that can only mean one thing &#8211; time for Rev Flt Lt Jeffrey Firth to &#8220;officially&#8221; open the MacMillan Cancer Coffee Morning 2011...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>A Trip Down Memory Lane</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Cumnor Village Hall was transformed back to the 1940&#8217;s for a tea dance for local Nursing Home Residents...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Refurbished Welfare Homes Officially Opened at RAF Brize Norton</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After 10 weeks of hard work the refurbished 3 bedroom Welfare Homes were officially opened on Friday 18th November by Station Commander Group Captain Dom Stamp...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Brize's Big Brew</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[As part of their Big Brew event, SSAFA Forces Help held a family day of bowling from midday to 6.00 pm in the Astra Bowl at RAF Brize Norton.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Award for Excellence</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Salisbury Plain Operations Centre (SPOC), based at Westdown Camp, is responsible for the coordination and control of air assets involved in exercises held on Salisbury Plain, one of the MoD&#8217;s primary live firing ranges, and surrounding area. With the draw-down of RAF Lyneham, in May 2011 Ground Radio Maintenance Section (GRMS) RAF Brize Norton took over parenting duties for the site including care and maintenance of all Ground to Air communications.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Back at Brize</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[As the last days of summer came to a close, RAF Brize Norton welcomed back XV107 from Italy where it had been operating in support of Operations in Libya.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Rugby Super League Grand Final</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Saturday 8th Oct 2011 saw the climax of the Engage Super League rugby season, culminating in the Grand Final showdown between Leeds Rhinos and St Helens...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Charity Cake Sale</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On 20 Sep 11, personnel from RAF Brize Norton Operation Wing held a cake sale in aid of RAFA. The sale was held in the Wing Conference Room, which was transformed into a large pink patisserie! ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Families Party in the Park &#8211; Cheque Presentations</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Following the very successful Families Party in the Park there was only one thing left for the committee to do... Present cheques to Brize Norton&#8217;s 3 chosen charities and reward the supporting organisations that made the day possible...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Soldier Sent to Coventry!!</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 2nd October 2011, in blistering heat, Lance Corporal Bradley (Billy) Smith - MT Joint Air Delivery Test And Evaluation Unit (JADTEU), based at RAF Brize Norton took to the streets to run the legendry annual Coventry Half Marathon in aid of The Royal British Legion and NSPCC...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>No. 99 Squadron &#8211; Charity Aircraft Pull and Families&#8217; Day</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Saturday 10th September was the Annual 99 Sqn Charity Aircraft Pull and Families Day, which eventually saw the sun shine through despite a couple of short sharp showers which did nothing to dim the enthusiasm of everyone present...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Well Done Senior Aircraftsman (T) SAC Matt Brown!</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[During the inspection of ZE704&#8217;s, No 1 engine pylon, SAC Matt Brown was tasked with the mundane job of recording details of damage observed on a wiring heat shield for the purpose of allowing the faults to be deferred...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Anniversary of 70 years Airborne Forces</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Where it all began

As a member of RAFA (Royal Air Forces Association, for the embarrassed) I receive an AIR MAIL magazine periodically, and reading (looking at the pictures) with interest, I noticed in my October &#8211; December 2010 issue, page 8, there, in bold letters, was this&#8230;.. &#8220;WINGS APPEAL REACHES SAINSBURY&#8217;S&#8221; accompanied with some pictures of bottled ale with labels of pilots looking skywards through some binoculars.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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