RAF Gibraltar

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RAF Gibraltar, previously known as North Front, is a Royal Air Force station on Gibraltar. No military aircraft are currently stationed there, but there are regular visits. The station functions as the Rock's civilian airport, Gibraltar Airport

The biggest expansion took place during World War II when the runway length was increased using waste rock blasted from the tunnels of Gibraltar. At this time the airfield completely obliterated the former Gibraltar racecourse. The airfield played a major part in Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa during World War II.

The airfield is unusual in that the main access road from the colony to Spain crosses the airfield, necessitating the road to be closed whenever aircraft movements are due.

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