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UK’s Royal Air Force's A400 aircraft makes 'familiarisation' landing in VI
Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island welcomed the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) new A400 aircraft today, August 16, 2023. Photo: Office of the Governor/Facebook
On the brief visit of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) new A400 aircraft today, August 16, 2023, the crew spoke to airport officials on a range of matters including disaster response. Photo: Office of the Governor/Facebook
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island welcomed the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) new A400 aircraft today, August 16, 2023.
According to the Office of the Governor on its Facebook page, the planned stop is part of the RAF’s essential training to ensure the crews have "valuable familiarisation of landing the large aircraft in BVI" if an emergency were to arise.
On the brief visit the crew spoke to airport officials on a range of matters including disaster response.
According to the Office of the Governor, the UK also has a Royal Navy vessel in the region during hurricane season, which stands ready to support the VI in the event of a disaster.
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41 Responses to “UK’s Royal Air Force's A400 aircraft makes 'familiarisation' landing in VI”
please tell our people what are you doing to eradicate mental slavery. As a matter of fact what have you already done
this a real world and U know mout talk don’t do hand work: are you ready to put your hands on deck when the time comes
I been having Good-Days in my country(BVI) for 65 years(born & raised……keep the faith my nigger
Military in the streets doing check points, and we were an occupied colony
We need self determination fast
The UK armed forces made the BVI safe from ourselves.
The descendants of the Slave can now embrace certain privileges: with the BVI Passport we can go USVI no Visa| with the UK Travel Document you enter USA no Visa
Our children can travel to London Town for education that is not being offered in Road Town
The people of this country can travel to Great Britain and work
Our people have the option to obtain the UK Passport and explore better ways of Living
Look around our country in 2023 makes want to shake your head; my goodness the potholes| in 2023 there are still issues with street water| power outages here and there
there is ample funding for entertainment but our infrastructure is very shabby
what have to said: it is our people that build this territory after those British run left the black peoples)the Cotton Markets & Sugar Cane Markets Crash, therefore the Slave Trade was no longer lucrative(slave masters ran away……
The territory was label a bird sanctuary___
From 1834 to 2023 our forefathers and mothers developed what you see today
The British are now simply mingling because of what they see in the British Overseas Territory…..
Our country now have a nice tourism industry
Our country now have a nice financial industry
through it all our people back them moved forward with action…back then all we had were dirt roads we can now move around this territory much better) positive action) people like Mr Noel Lloyd and Mr Lindy Decastro stood tall with action
most we have now is a set of talk from month to month