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Update to this article:  

The EC 135 helicopter of the National Police Helicopter Unit moved from Wattisham to a base in Essex late in 2014 and B Flight 22 Squadron RAF, disbanded in July 2015.

Air Sea Rescue services for the Channel and North Sea are now provided by a civilian contractor flying from Manston, Kent.

With the withdrawal from Afghanistan, local aircraft spotters no longer see the occasional Antonov heavy lift aircraft ferrying Apaches to/from that theatre, but we have seen visiting Hercules, Galaxy and USMC Osprey, presumably participating in exercises in the Thetford Training Area.

Plus in Summer, a flyby by the remaining air-worthy Vulcan and Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane  of the Battle of Britain Flight en route to air displays.