Extended Operating Hours for UK Air Weapons Ranges

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Military low flying: air weapons ranges activity

Notification of extended operating hours and low flying activities for UK air weapons ranges: Donna Nook, Holbeach, Pembrey Sands, Tain and Cape Wrath.

From: Ministry of Defence Published 16 March 2016 Last updated 15 April 2026
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Air weapons ranges: normal activity times

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Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity

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Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity

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Donna Nook Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity

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The above activity is planned range use but in exceptional circumstances there may be additional activity at short notice.

The MOD is aware of the disturbance that can be caused to local residents by activity at the UK Air Weapons Ranges. Notification of the pre-planned extended operating hours will be published at the earliest opportunity.
It should be noted that when an AWR is closed, the segregated airspace above it no longer has Danger Area status and reverts to Class G airspace, meaning that it becomes freely available to all airspace users (both civilian and military).

The MOD currently uses 5 AWRs for essential operational training:

• Donna Nook and Holbeach in Lincolnshire
• Pembrey Sands in Carmarthenshire
• Tain in Ross-shire
• Cape Wrath in Sutherland.

Related information:

• Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable
• Military low flying
• Military low flying: MOD sponsored air exercises
• Low flying military aircraft in your area
• Joint Helicopter Command (JHC)

Published 16 March 2016 Last updated 15 April 2026 show all updates
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15 April 2026

Removed title dates from ranges and individual range headers.
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14 April 2026

Updated: Added information for Holbeach Air Weapons Range in April and July.
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20 March 2026

'Donna Nook Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March 2026' added.

In addition, Holbeach Air Weapons range: out of hours activity updated to include info on April 1st 2026.
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18 March 2026

Updated: Added information for Holbeach Air Weapons Range in May and June.
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4 March 2026

Added: Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March and May 2026
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12 January 2026

Added: Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2026
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29 September 2025

Added 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity October 2025'.
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31 July 2025

'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity August 2025' updated.
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18 July 2025

Updated 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity August 2025'.
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15 July 2025

Updated 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity July 2025'.
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24 June 2025

Added 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity August 2025'.
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17 June 2025

Updated 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity June 2025'.
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12 June 2025

Added 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity July 2025'.
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11 June 2025

Added 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity June 2025'.
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3 June 2025

Added Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity June 2025.
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15 May 2025

Updated 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2025'.
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13 May 2025

Updated 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2025'.
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6 May 2025

'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2025' updated.
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3 April 2025

'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2025' updated.
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1 April 2025

Added Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity April and May 2025.
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17 March 2025

Added: Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2025.
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11 March 2025

Added 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March 2025'.
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24 January 2025

Added 'Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity February 2025'.
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11 October 2024

Added Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity October 2024.
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10 October 2024

Removed: Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity October 2024.
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27 September 2024

Updated: 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity October 2024'.
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23 September 2024

Added Donna Nook Range: out of hours activity September 2024.
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13 September 2024

Updated Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity September 2024.
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12 September 2024

Updated: Tain Air Weapons Range out of hours activity September and October 2024.
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10 September 2024

Added: Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity October 2024.
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3 September 2024

'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity September 2024' updated.
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19 August 2024

Updated: Tain Air Weapons Range out of hours activity September 2024.
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12 August 2024

Added: Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity September 2024.
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6 August 2024

'DIO Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity August 2024' updated.
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2 July 2024

Updated DIO Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity for July and August 2024.
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21 June 2024

Added: Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity July 2024.
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23 May 2024

'DIO Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity June 2024' added.
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14 May 2024

Updated Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2024.
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30 April 2024

Added 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity May 2024'. Updated 'Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity April 2024'.
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28 March 2024

Updated Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity April 2024.
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8 March 2024

Updated: Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March 2024.
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29 February 2024

Added Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March 2024.
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28 February 2024

Added: Holbeach Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity March 2024.
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22 February 2024

Added Tain Air Weapons Range: out of hours activity April 2024.
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8 August 2023

'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity August 2023' updated.
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7 August 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity August 2023.
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31 July 2023

Updated: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity August 2023.
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29 June 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2023.
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26 June 2023

'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2023' updated.
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23 June 2023

'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2023' and 'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity August 2023' updated.
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20 June 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2023.
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20 June 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2023.
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13 June 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July and August 2023.
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9 June 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July and August 2023.
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16 May 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity May 2023.
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27 April 2023

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity May 2023.
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28 March 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity March 2023.
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16 March 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity March 2023.
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14 March 2023

Updated Air Weapons Range out of hours activity March 2023.
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6 March 2023

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity March 2023.
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27 September 2022

Updated 'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity October 2022'.
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20 September 2022

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity September 2022.
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16 September 2022

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity October 2022.
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28 July 2022

Added timings for Donna Nook for August.
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21 July 2022

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity August 2022.
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14 July 2022

Added Donna Nook Air Weapons Range times July 2022.
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16 June 2022

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity July 2022.
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13 June 2022

Updated: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity June 2022.
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17 May 2022

Added: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity June 2022.
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12 May 2022

Updated: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity May 2022 by adding timings for Tain AWR.
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6 May 2022

Updated: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity May 2022.
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3 May 2022

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity May 2022
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24 March 2022

Added: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity March 2022.
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21 January 2022

'Air Weapons Range out of hours activity January and February 2022' updated: there will be activity from 5pm to 7.30pm on Monday 24 January.
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11 January 2022

Added: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity January and February 2022.
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6 October 2021

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity October 2021.
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14 September 2021

Addition of: Holbeach Air Weapons Range firing time for September 2021.
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25 August 2021

Added 31 August at Donna Nook to August's schedule and added Air weapons range: additional activity September 2021.
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11 August 2021

'Air weapons range: additional activity August 2021' updated with additional activity timings for Holbeach Air Weapons Range.
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10 August 2021

Addition of: Donna Nook AWR firing time for Thursday 12 August.
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28 July 2021

Added Air weapons range: additional activity August 2021. Removed July's: no more flights scheduled for July.
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27 July 2021

Updated: details section of homepage.
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2 July 2021

Added the following dates to July's schedule: Donna Nook: 6, 7 and 8 July. Holbeach: 6 July.
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23 June 2021

Added 2 dates for July's schedule: Donna Nook 5 July and Holbeach 8 July.
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19 May 2021

Edited: Air weapons range: additional activity June 2021 (Updated 19 May 2021).
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7 May 2021

Updated: Air weapons range: additional activity June 2021.
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23 April 2021

Updated: Air weapons range: additional activity May 2021 by adding firing times for Holbeach Air Weapons Range.
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19 April 2021

Updated: Air weapons range: additional activity April 2021 - updated Tain firing times.
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16 April 2021

Updated: April and June 2021 firing times.
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14 April 2021

Updated: Air weapons range: additional activity April 2021 and added firing dates May till July 2021.
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13 April 2021

Updated: Air weapons range: additional activity April 2021 (updated 13 April 2021) by adding heading on Donna Nook Air Weapons Range firing times.
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7 April 2021

Added firing at Holbeach Air Weapons Range for Thursday 8 April, 10pm to 11pm.
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1 April 2021

Added: Air weapons range: additional activity (Tain) April 2021.
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21 January 2021

Updated the Air weapons ranges: normal opening times page with safety information and added Air weapons range: additional activity (Holbeach) February 2021.
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30 October 2020

Added Air Weapons Range out of hours activity 31 October to 19 November 2020.
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25 September 2020

Added: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity 28 September to 9 October 2020.
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21 August 2020

Added an additional flying date for Holbeach (27 August).
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10 July 2020

Amended: Air Weapons Range out of hours activity for July and August 2020 (Updated 10 July 2020).
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17 June 2020

Updated June, and added July and August 2020 Air Weapons Range out of hours activity.
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21 May 2020

Updated the out of hours schedule with the latest timings.
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5 May 2020

Updated the Air Weapons Range (Out of hours activity) timings.
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28 April 2020

Added Air Weapons Range (Out of hours activity).
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25 March 2020

Updated AWR out of hours activity details added.
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20 March 2020

Added Holbeach out of hours activity (March 2020).
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6 December 2019

Added Holbeach out of hours activity (January 2020).
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23 July 2019

Updated the Donna Nook and Holbeach out of hours activity for August to October 2019.
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3 June 2019

Updated the Donna Nook and Holbeach AWR activities times.
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20 May 2019

Added Donna Nook and Holbeach out of hours activity (May to August 2019) in HTML format.
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8 May 2019

Added HTML version of Air weapons ranges: normal opening times.
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3 May 2019

Updated the Out of Hours activity at Donna Nook & Holbeach Air Weapons Ranges timetable for May and June 2019.
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25 April 2019

Added Holbeach out of hours range activity for May and June 2019
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14 January 2019

Added: Holbeach out of hours range activity for February and March 2019
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13 July 2018

Added Holbeach and Donna Nook out of hours range activity for July to August 2018.
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18 June 2018

Updated the Out of Hours activity at Donna Nook & Holbeach Air Weapons Ranges timetable for June to August 2018.
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17 May 2018

Updated the Holbeach and Donna Nook out of hours range activity for May to August 2018.
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23 February 2018

Added Holbeach out of hours range activity for 5 and 7 March 2018.
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22 August 2017

Added out of hours range activity: Holbeach air weapons range 25 to 27 September 2017.
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31 July 2017

Added out of hours air weapons range activity 30 August and 8 September 2017.
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25 July 2017

Added updated out of hours range activity for Donna Nook and Holbeach air weapons range, removing past instances of extended opening and adding in additional activity on 3 August 2017.
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18 July 2017

Added updated out of hours range activity for Donna Nook and Holbeach air weapons range for the period 19 July to 17 August 2017.
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10 May 2017

Amended out of hours range activity timetable.
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8 May 2017

Updated to add out of hours activity for Donna Nook and Holbeach.
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28 April 2017

Added Out of hours range activity: Holbeach air weapons range 10 May to 17 August 2017
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12 April 2017

Added Out of hours range activity: Holbeach air weapons range 26 April 2017.
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29 November 2016

Added Out of hours range activity: Donna Nook air weapons range 29 November to 1 December 2016
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29 June 2016

Added Out of hours range activity: Donna Nook and Holbeach air weapons ranges 6 July to 11 August 2016.
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23 June 2016

Added new out of hours exercise dates for Donna Nook and Holbeach Air Weapons Ranges 28 and 29 June 2016.
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6 May 2016

Removed out of hours notification for Tain Range for 24 May 2016
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5 May 2016

Added out of hour low flying for Holbeach and Donna Nook 31 May to 8 June 2016.
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3 May 2016

Added short notice pre-deployment training for Donna Nook 4 May 2016.
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27 April 2016

Added updated Tain out of hours activity.
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20 April 2016

Added additional out of hours flying at Tain.
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15 April 2016

Added Out of hours range activity Donna Nook: 19 to 28 April 2016
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16 March 2016

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