http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-68759 Airminded · Vindolanda and Housesteads Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:00:23 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-68759 [...] I started at Vindolanda, which is one of the best-preserved castra on (actually, behind) the Wall. Several generations of forts were built here, the earliest about 90, before the Wall itself was built, the last around 300. In the third and fourth centuries, it housed a unit of auxiliary troops, the Fourth Cohort of Gauls. Today, the RAF likes to remind visitors of Vindolanda’s military past by bursting their ear-drums. [...] [...] I started at Vindolanda, which is one of the best-preserved castra on (actually, behind) the Wall. Several generations of forts were built here, the earliest about 90, before the Wall itself was built, the last around 300. In the third and fourth centuries, it housed a unit of auxiliary troops, the Fourth Cohort of Gauls. Today, the RAF likes to remind visitors of Vindolanda’s military past by bursting their ear-drums. [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-59879 CK Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:31:37 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-59879 Let's all go there! Let’s all go there!

]]> http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-59662 Ross Mahoney Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:52:45 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/11/a-buzz/#comment-59662 Brett - That is becuase you are not far from RAF Spadeadam which is an Electronic Warfare Tactics Range where the RAF in conjunction with the other services test its tactics against low level threats. Brett - That is becuase you are not far from RAF Spadeadam which is an Electronic Warfare Tactics Range where the RAF in conjunction with the other services test its tactics against low level threats.

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