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  • 65 sign up for 'chess on legs'

    THE SERVICE’S squash players are taking to the court for three days of action at the RAF championships later this month at the Wolverhampton lawn tennis and squash club.

  • Crash tribute

    THE BAND of the RAF Regiment will be giving a free performance at the RAF church, St Clement Danes next month in memory of the 21 people who died, including 19 RAF musicians, in a devastating coach crash in Germany.

  • Animal rescue goes wild at St Mawgan

    ST MAWGAN has become one of Cornwall’s largest wildlife sanctuaries after animal conservationists released more than 100 rescued hedgehogs at the sprawling military site.

  • Funding win

    A NEW charity to support grieving Forces families has received £30k funding to set up a bereavement hub.

  • Lossie visit

    VETERANS AND People Minister Alistair Carns joined Station executives and personnel at Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, during a visit to sample life at the northern Scottish base.

  • Bluebird bid for Grob ace

    AN AIR Force pilot is backing a bid to set a new world record in Donald Campbell’s ill-fated hydroplane, alongside the son of legendary Australian water speed king Ken Warby on Coniston Water later this year.

  • Thanks a Million

    THE FLYING sword crest of the RAAF’s 24 Sqn has been returned to the RAF’s ‘Millionaires Squadron’ 65 years after it was first gifted to Australia.

  • History man Seb takes a bow

    THE CUSTODIAN of the priceless collection of images recording the history of the RAF is standing down after 28 years at the Air Historical Branch.

  • Chocs away

    AN AIR Force veteran who helped bring down deadly Nazi V-rockets and later assisted with Allied attacks on occupied territory in World War II, has celebrated her 100th birthday.