Holding the NATO line
UK FIGHTER jets have launched a mission to safeguard Nato’s eastern air space over the Black Sea in Romania.
UK FIGHTER jets have launched a mission to safeguard Nato’s eastern air space over the Black Sea in Romania.
AN RAF Physical Training Instructor based in the Falkland Islands is taking on the challenge of running 70 miles from Mount Pleasant Complex to the island’s capital Stanley and back to raise money for two charities.
AN APPEAL has gone out for well-wishers to send an RAF veteran cards and flowers for his 100th birthday on April 23, St George’s Day.
FIGURES RELEASED by the MOD show that suicide rates in the Armed Forces are falling, and that regular members of the RAF are 75 per cent LESS likely to end their own lives than members of the civilian population.
THE RAF launched the UK’s latest aid drop into war-torn Gaza as part of a large scale mercy mission conducted by nine nations to ease the plight of Palestinian civilians.
MARATHON SENSATION Russ Cook, dubbed the Hardest Geezer, teamed up with RAF endurance star Sgt David Adam as he completed the final leg of his epic bid to run across Africa.
MEMBERS OF the French Armed Forces made history as they became the first non-Commonwealth troops to guard Buckingham Palace, marking 120 years of the Entente Cordiale.
T.E. LAWRENCE, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is one of the most well-known personalities from the 20th century who played a prominent role in the Arab Revolt.
IT WAS a UKAF selection hat-trick for RAF fighters at the Elite Boxing Championships in Aldershot.
"IT' S BEST to change on a high, that's the way to go,” said WRT head coach Sgt Chris Hamilton after the 1-0 Inters win over the Royal Navy.
THE FINAL single living accommodation block to be built as part of a major housing revamp at Lossiemouth has been completed.
HUNDREDS OF Harley Davidson riders at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire led a convoy of four lorries carrying giant silhouettes from the For Your Tomorrow installation to France to honour those under British command who died during the D-Day landings.
RAF LOSSIEMOUTH’S Moray Flying Club has become the first to operate a carbon emission-free electric aircraft.
THE RED Arrows will showcase their new 60th anniversary routine in front of an estimate 50,000-strong crowd at the Cosford Air Show.
THE RED Arrows will showcase their new 60th anniversary routine in front of an estimate 50,000-strong crowd at the Cosford Air Show.
FUNDRAISERS ARE set to hit the road at Cottesmore for this year’s Royal Air Force Association charity ride.
BRIZE MEDICS have teamed up with civilian air evacuation specialists to hone their frontline life-saving skills.
A £8.9 million project to resurface Mount Pleasant’s Alpha Loop in the Falkland Islands has been completed.
FLT LT Reginald ‘Jimmy’ Woolgar, who has died two weeks before his 104th birthday, was an RAF air gunner who survived a ditching in the English Channel and went on to complete 42 bombing operations over Germany.
RAF FAMILIES are using internet-based communication such as online gaming and video calls to help them stay connected while serving away from home – according to new research.
A FORMER RAF and Army medic turned publican is taking his unusual military-themed bar out on the road – in a converted ex-Army Leyland DAF truck.
UK ATLAS crews joined Nato allies to test their ability to operate on the frontline from remote locations during combat drills in France.
AIR CHIEFS have unveiled plans to work with the Army, Navy and defence industry to develop a new generation of low-cost drones and uncrewed AI-driven platforms.
TERRELL, SOME 30 miles east of Dallas, is a small, fairly peaceful, American city. Noted for being the birthplace of Hollywood A-lister Jamie Foxx, 80 years ago things were very different when the skies resounded to the unmistakable sound of the radial engines of aircraft flown by RAF student pilots training at the local airfield.
IT WAS treble joy for the Service’s hockey stars as they dominated both the men’s and women’s and women’s masters at an historic IS outdoor championships in Aldershot.
DOG HANDLERS tested out their skills at Honington’s new training capability unit alongside civilian canine experts.
THE RAF Museum will be marking its annual Royal Air Force Day giving Service veterans and serving personnel the chance to meet up.
WYCOMBE MARATHON man Wg Cdr Alfie Hall clocked up 100 10k runs in 100 days to raise funds for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
THE RAF sidecar team of Corporals Mark Middleton and Rob Atkinson kicked off a thrill-packed 2024 season after unveiling their new-look Adolf RS Yamaha at Brize Norton.
A THREE-PRONGED assault on the opening rounds of the British Cycling BMX National Series in Manchester produced good results including a second place for Sgt Matt Haywood.
A NEW dawn broke for Service judo as it relaunched at the RAF championships at Cosford.
A SUPER six of RAF netball stars shone in a four-game sweep over the Isle of Man national team at HMS Nelson in Portsmouth.
THE SERVICE’S sea anglers traded the white heat of competition for the learning curve of the first overseas expedition in 15 years, to Vingsand in Norway.
RAF RUGBY union head coach FS Justin Coleman is determined not to let the British weather bog down his side’s IS title challenge after back-to-back wins.
RAF RUGBY stars geared up for this month’s Inter-Services with an intensive week-long training camp in Gibraltar.
IT WAS late heartbreak for RAF football fans in a 2-1 defeat to the Royal Navy which saw the SRT give up the IS championship at Shrewsbury Town.
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