Boscombe down aviation

Was Boscombe involved in evaluating 'threat' aircraft during the Cold War?

Boscombe was involved in evaluation of aircraft from ‘threat’ nations around this post Cold War timeframe

According to The War Zone 's Thomas Newdick, it's possible that the aircraft was a captured or recovered foreign-made design being evaluated or tested against Western-made aircraft

What is RAF Boscombe Down?

RAF Boscombe Down, today known as MoD Boscombe Down, has long been a major locale for military aircraft testing and evaluation in the United Kingdom

Cutting-edge testbeds and recovered foreign tactical jets are just some of the aircraft that have called Boscombe Down home since its construction in 1917

MoD Boscombe Down (ICAO: EGDM) is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
The site is managed by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Boscombe down aviation

Was Boscombe involved in evaluating 'threat' aircraft during the Cold War?

What is RAF Boscombe Down?

MoD Boscombe Down (ICAO: EGDM) is the home of