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High-G training and test facility opens at RAF Cranwell

High-G training and test facility opens at RAF Cranwell

Air February 11, 2019

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, has opened the new High-G training and test facility at RAF Cranwell. The £44m project is used by fast jet pilots in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to replicate flight in aircraft such as the Hawk, Typhoon ...

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