10 Squadron Association - Royal Air Force

President:                Group Captain  O. G.  Bunn  CBE  RAF  (Ret'd)
Vice President:      Wing Commander  L. J.  Marshall  MBE  RAF  (Ret'd)

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 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
 
Welcome to the 10 Squadron Association website. The Association has been in existence for nearly 30 years and is open to any person who has been a member of 10 Sqn at any time. Our membership includes those from the Halifax era right through to the VC10 and now the new A330 Voyager.
 
I am delighted to inform you that  10 Squadron  re-formed on 1 July 2011 with the Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transport aircraft.  The Squadron Standard was reconsecrated at RAF Cranwell on 1 June 2011 and  the first aircraft has now arrived at RAF Brize Norton.  
 
 
 
 

 During the period of the Squadron's disbandment the 10 Squadron Association has nevertheless remained very active. We have 2 main events each year. The first is the annual Remembrance Day Service which takes place each November at the 10 Squadron Memorial at the entrance to the former RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire. The second is the annual reunion at RAF Brize Norton over 2 days each May.  During 10 Squadron's disbandment period we have been privileged to enjoy the hosting of 101 Squadron, currently flying the VC10 at RAF Brize Norton. We are grateful for their close association with us. 

Please browse through our website which is administered by Dick King, a former VC10 captain on 10 Squadron. The Association Committee welcomes you to this site; please enjoy the information, and join us if you served on 10 Squadron itself, or were associated with the Squadron. 

Michael O’Donovan,  Chairman

 
  

We are grateful to AirTanker Ltd for allowing us the use of their copyright photographs of the A330 Voyager aircraft.

www.airtanker.co.uk

In 2008, AirTanker was awarded the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) Contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide the Royal Air Force (RAF) with a safe, reliable and efficient air transport and air to air refuelling service over a 24 year period (from delivery of the first aircraft).

The FSTA programme will use 14 new, specially converted A330 aircraft and AirTanker will also deliver all the associated support services including aircraft maintenance, training, infrastructure, fleet management and ground services. The first Voyager aircraft has now arrived at RAF Brize Norton and will be operated by No. 10 Squadron alongside a second squadron which has yet to be announced by the RAF.

See "The Voyager is Here" below   

 This website is primarily for the interest and enjoyment of paid-up Association members. The front page is available to all viewers but the second level will require registration and a  log-in to enable access to the more detailed aspects of the site.  Details of joining the Association to enable entry to this second-level feature may be found in the  "How to Join"  menu at the top of this page. 

Should you write to us, by email using the "Contact Us" section, you should achieve a reply within a day or so. Regrettably though,  we have very limited research facilities for random family history personnel enquiries, from non-Association members. If you have content for the Newsletter, or photos and other contributions to the site, please click on the appropriate person in the "Who's Who" section. We welcome suggestions and criticism because above all we want this to be 'your site'.
We are particularly interested in hearing from past Squadron members who served during the Halifax, Dakota, Canberra and Victor eras as well as from all aircew and groundcrew categories on the VC10. No matter whether you were an Air Steward,  a Flight or Ground Engineer, an ALM, Pilot, Admin Staff or even a Navigator we want to hear from you.  Please get in touch by joining and later writing a few words about  your recollections of your time on the Squadron, which may be published in the "Ten Tales" section.  Better still, send us some photos. The  LINKS menu provides a small service which lists brief details of links to other websites which members may find of interest. 
  
In this age of identity theft and other nasties, we endeavour never to pass on personal and private information to anyone accessing either level of the site without the owner's specific permission being given by one of the site's listed administrators.
The information on this website has been compiled from various sources both privately and from the internet.
It is not our intention to deliberately omit acknowledging credit to those whose information we may have used.

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