He was then sent to RAF Linton-on-Ouse to fly the Tucano before gaining his “wings” in 2003. His Advanced Flying Training was on the Hawk and he was selected to take on the role of an instructor.

Last year the village near York was at the centre of battle with the government after it announced proposals to house up to 1,500 male migrants at the disused RAF Linton-on-Ouse base while their ...

Serco had secured a £32.8m contract in May to run the RAF Linton-on-Ouse site as asylum seeker accommodation before the Ministry of Defence withdrew the offer to use the former military base ...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today confirmed he had 'withdrawn' an offer for a disused RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse to accomodate up to 1,500 male asylum seekers. Local residents had expressed ...

Tory leaders have ditched plans to house asylum seekers at a closed RAF base in Yorkshire ... asylum reception centre in Linton-on-Ouse”. Up to 1,500 men were due to be housed there under ...

Plans to turn a former RAF base into an asylum seeker centre ... In April, the Home Office announced plans to turn the site at Linton-on-Ouse, in North Yorkshire, into an asylum centre for up ...

Some 1,500 migrants are expected to be housed on a converted RAF base in Linton on Ouse in North Yorkshire. The camp, which has been dubbed Guantanamo on Ouse, will have a “bespoke” on-site ...

A former RAF squadron leader has told of his despair ... an offer on the home he shared with his late wife Hazel in Linton-on-Ouse shortly before the Home Office’s plans for the new asylum ...

Announced by the Home Office last month, the idea prompted outrage from residents in Linton-on-Ouse, which is currently ... were supposed to arrive at RAF Linton by Tuesday, ministers have ...

"Analysis and consideration of whether or not to accommodate asylum seekers at RAF Linton is on-going," the letter added. Olga Matthias, from the Linton-on-Ouse Action Group, said she hoped ...

Angry protests aren't something you'd associate with the pretty North Yorkshire village of Linton-on-Ouse - until now ... Office's announcement that the former RAF base there will soon become ...

Residents in Linton-on-Ouse, which contains just 700 registered voters, have been stunned by plans to house more than 1,500 refugees at the former RAF airbase in the middle of the village.