Defence Infrastructure Organisation

DIO delivers better facilities for Suffolk-based forces

Thu, Oct 02, 2014 12:00 CET

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered better working conditions for both American military staff and British defence personnel with a £3.5 million revamp of a wartime hangar building at RAF Mildenhall. Working with industry partner Morgan Sindall, DIO has transformed the existing 1936 structure into a light and airy workplace for personnel from 100th Air Refuelling Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron and its Ministry of Defence colleagues. Structural works to improve the building include replacing the original roof with a new insulated profiled metal cladding

Osprey takes to the skies over Salisbury Plain

Wed, Nov 27, 2013 13:30 CET

United States Air Force (USAF) pilots have been using vertical take-off aircraft to carry out mission-specific training on Salisbury Plain. Pilots flying CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 352nd Special Operations Group have been conducting training. They have been flying day and night, one to two times a week, over the last month The CV-22 Osprey combines the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter with the long-range, fuel efficiency and speed characteristics of a turboprop aircraft. Its mission is to transport and resupply military forces.

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DIO delivers better facilities for Suffolk-based forces

Osprey takes to the skies over Salisbury Plain

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