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  • Britain marks VE Day

    MODERN FIGHTERS on operations worldwide will join veteran aircraft and aerobatics aces as the RAF marks VE Day 80.

  • U25s show way as seniors falter

    THE MEN’S Under 25s showed their class at HMS Temeraire in Portsmouth to record the RAF’s only Inter-Services outdoor hockey victory in a shock championships.

  • Typhoon triple counters Putin

    TYPHOONS WERE scrambled three times in three days from a Polish airbase to intercept aircraft leaving the Russian enclave Kaliningrad, close to Nato airspace.

  • Rookie Benn’s RAF dynasty

    AIR FORCE rookie Benn Morris stepped out on the Cranwell parade square – as the FOURTH generation of his family to serve with the RAF.

  • Rides of March

    AIRLINE PILOT Stuart Green is joining forces with the son of a Great Escaper and seven other riders to follow the 300km route taken by PoWs during the Long March as Nazis retreated from Poland in World War II.

  • Summer season is under way

    SERVICE BMX headed to Manchester to kickstart the 2025 Summer BMX Racing Season at the home of British Cycling, the National Cycling Centre.

  • MT ace nets Reserve title

    TRANSPORT SPECIALIST AS1 Jason Wathes has been named Cosford’s Reservist of the Year after clocking up four tours in the Gulf supporting security operations across the region.

  • Wave goodbye to drones

    UK DEFENCE has carried out the first counter-drone strikes using high-frequency radio waves to disrupt and disable enemy operating systems.

  • Heroes’ homes pledge

    LIVING CONDITIONS for families in military housing will be transformed under a new Consumer Charter, as Defence Secretary John Healey promises to ‘stop the rot’ in military homes.

  • Hunt is on for Akrotiri

    AIR TRAFFICKERS in Cyprus have been honoured for their role supporting humanitarian relief efforts in areas of conflict and natural disaster.

  • BBMF returns

    THE BATTLE of Britain Memorial Flight returns to the skies this month, performing the first of more than 30 displays at the Midlands Air Show.

  • Ocean's 24

    Biggest ever force of UK F-35s as Carrier Strike Group heads for the Indo-Pacific

  • Aviators have fighting spirit

    RAF DIGBY hosted this year’s Martial Arts bonanza as the association staged its annual Service championship and showed off its newly-recognised sport, Muay Thai.

  • REMEMBERING VE DAY

    Driven back deep within its own borders and helpless in the face of the relentless Bomber Command and USAAF onslaught, the crippled Nazi war machine finally capitulated after nearly six years of conflict

  • Honours even

    THE RAF men’s golf team started their season with a hard-fought draw against Gloucestershire second team at Lansdown Golf Club.

  • Ex Nordic Challenge

    IN CONJUNCTION with the IS event, the RAF Nordic Association staged Exercise Nordic Challenge, which saw novice and experienced cross-country (XC) skiing in Norway.

  • Women dominate

    THERE WAS joy for the women’s rugby union stars and pain for the men after the opening round of IS championship matches at Northampton Saints Cinch Stadium.

  • Haul of fame

    AN ATLAS aircraft made the largest air drop carried out by the RAF in the Falkland Islands from a single aircraft.

  • Dorn again

    THE WING of the last known Dornier Do 17 is set to go on display 72 years after it was shot down over the Kent coast by the RAF.