Apart from the feature airfields some other aviation photography has been taken. Mostly on the off chance. The following pictures are from these occasions.

RAF Coltishall

RAF Linton-on-Ouse

RAF Leeming

RAF Cottesmore

RAF Lyneham/RAF Brize Norton

RAF Valley

Queen's Birthday Flypast - Ipswich

The former Royal Air Force Station Coltishall, more commonly known as RAF Coltishall, was a Royal Air Force station, 10 miles North-North-East of Norwich, from 1938 to 2006.

It was a fighter base in the Second World War and afterwards a base for night fighters then ground attack aircraft until closure.

After longstanding speculation, the future of the station was sealed once the Ministry of Defence announced that the Typhoon, a rolling replacement aircraft, displacing the ageing Jaguars, would not be based there. The last of the Jaguar squadrons left on 1 April 2006 and the station finally closed, one month early and £10 million under budget, on 30 November 2006

The Royal Air Force Station Linton-on-Ouse, more commonly known as RAF Linton-on-Ouse, is a Royal Air Force station, near York in Yorkshire.

RAF Linton on Ouse is one of the busiest airfields in the country. Tasked with the training future fast jet pilots for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy and Weapons Systems Officers for the Royal Air Force, the Station operates the Tucano T1.

Flying Wing comprises:

• 72 and
• 207 Sqn,
• CFS* (Tucano) Sqn,
• 76 Sqn,
• Groundschool

*CFS = Central Flying School

The Royal Air Force Station Leeming, more commonly known as RAF Leeming, is a Royal Air Force station, in North Yorkshire.

The only remaining jets are the BAe Hawks of 100 Squadron which provides an air combat training service and a navaigator training unit as well as support to the Joint Forward Air Control Unit (JFACTSU).

Currently Leeming is operating as a Forward Operating Base and as a Fast Jet Turnround facility, the others being RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland which is also equipped with F3s and since June 2007 RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire which is home to Typhoon F2s. Coningsby took over from Leeming as England's main air defence base in April 2008 when 3 Sqn became fully operational. Leeming is also home to the Air Training Corps No 11 Air Experience Flight /Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron, with four Grob Tutor aircraft stationed there.

The future of RAF Leeming following the disbandment of its remaining Tornado squadron was not clear for a period. Under current plans by the UK Ministry of Defence, Air Combat Service Support units of 2 Group and personnel from RAF Boulmer and elsewhere who were destined to move to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire will now be stationed at Leeming due to problems with accommodation at Scampton. As of 2008 this move is underway.

The Royal Air Force Station Cottesmore, more commonly known as RAF Cottesmore, is a Royal Air Force station in Leicestershire.

RAF Cottesmore is the core component of Joint Force Harrier, and is currently home to the Four operational  Harrier Squadrons:

• 1(Fighter) Squadron,
• IV(Army Cooperation)
• Squadron 800 Naval Air Squadron and
• 801 Naval Air Squadron.
• The base is also home to 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force.

In 2006, the Harrier GR9 entered service, representing a significant upgrade in capability, the Station’s flying task is demanding, and the squadrons at RAF Cottesmore maintain constant readiness to deploy anywhere in the world to project Air Power in support of the UK, NATO, EU and UN operations.

To develop, deploy, and sustain and support this capability requires an enormous effort from all of the personnel serving at RAF Cottesmore, and it is a great testament to their professionalism and enthusiasm that the Station continues to deliver an outstanding capability across the full spectrum of our activities. The Station motto “We Rise to our Obstacles” captures the sprit of professionalism and determination of all RAF Cottesmore personnel as they focus their efforts to tackle the uncertainties of the modern world.

Royal Air Force Lyneham has been the home of United Kingdom military air transport operations since March 1943. The purchase of the Hercules fleet in the late '60s has lead to this station becoming the centre of excellence for tactical air transport.

Royal Air Force Lyneham is home to 3 flying squadrons, namely:

• XXIV Squadron
• 30 Squadron
• 47 Squadron

In support of these squadrons is a 3-wing organisation comprising Operations, Forward Support (Engineering and Logistics), and Base Support (Administration).

Royal Air Force Brize Norton is the largest Station in the Royal Air Force, employing some 3900 Service personnel and over 600 civilians. We are an extremely busy station and are constantly in the public eye, as the main airport used for deploying UK troops worldwide.

Flying Squadrons

99 Squadron, flying the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.

101 Squadron, flying the Vickers VC10.

216 Squadron, flying the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar.

Wings

The station is organised into 4 wings ; Base Support Wing, Airport of Embarkation, Forward Support and Operations. The service and civilian personnel who work in these 4 wings carry out all the jobs that support the Station, its people, its flying squadrons and other units, and the units who lodge at RAF Brize Norton, so we can achieve the Station's mission.

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