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====Servicing and support==== All servicing of the RAF fleet of VC10s was undertaken at RAF Brize Norton in a purpose-built hangar. Known as "Base Hangar", when built in 1969 it was the largest cantilever-roofed structure in Europe; a quarter of a mile in length with no internal supports. Up to six VC10s could be positioned inside with adequate room remaining for working space around each aircraft.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117029#n170 "Brize Norton: Introduction: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 15."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424040940/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117029 |date=24 April 2014 }} ''British History Online''. 2006, pp. 205β218.</ref> During the late 1980s, plans to move major servicing to [[RAF Abingdon]] near to [[RAF Brize Norton]] were considered. Abingdon was closed and a new facility was built at [[RAF St Athan]], in South Wales β "1 Air Maintenance Sqn" (1 AMS); the first aircraft to undergo major servicing at the facility entered in January 1993. After the closure of the British Aerospace factories at Brooklands/Weybridge and Hatfield, responsibility of design and all commercial activity transferred to British Aerospace (now [[BAE Systems]]) Manchester, Woodford and Chadderton sites. In the mid-1990s, when the design of detailed components was subcontracted, the design team transferred from Woodford to Chadderton. In 2003, responsibility for the commercial procurement of all spares items was undertaken by BAE Systems, at [[Samlesbury Aerodrome#BAE Systems Use|BAE Systems Samlesbury]]. The Chadderton site maintained responsibility for the MoD contracts for project managing modifications; major repairs and major maintenance being carried out at RAF St Athan.
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