No. 216 Squadron of the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 operates the Lockheed Tristar K1, KC1 and C2

Lockheed TriStar (RAF)

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 from RAF Brize Norton

RAF Brize Norton

RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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216 Squadron was formed at RAF Manston

RAF Manston

RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site is now split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre , following on from a long...

 by re-numbering No. 16 Squadron RNAS when the RAF was established in 1918, hence it is always spoken of as 'two-sixteen Squadron'. Initially with the Handley Page O/100 bomber and later with the Handley Page O/400.

Between the two world wars the squadron used Vickers Vimy

Vickers Vimy

The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the First World War and post-First World War era. It achieved success as both a military and civil aircraft, setting several notable records in long-distance flights in the interwar period, the most celebrated of which was the first non-stop...

, Vickers Victoria

Vickers Victoria

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 and Vickers Type 264 Valentia aircraft on transport duties around the Middle East

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During World War II

World War II

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