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Purple Patch: RAF Gallery

Student pilot by the Tucano at RAF Linton on Ouse Picture by Bruce Rollinson, © Yorkshire Post Newspapers

RAF Linton on Ouse in North Yorkshire is one of the largest and most important flight training bases in the country.

Find out more about training as an RAF fighter pilot with this gallery.

RAF Linton on Ouse has been an important flight training base since 1957, and around 70 pilots earn their wings there every year.

Number One Flying Training School is responsible for providing basic fast-jet pilot training for the pilots of the RAF and Royal Navy. Linton on Ouse is the RAF's only Tucano base, and every serving fast jet pilot and weapon systems officer will be trained here.