German agreement
A LANDMARK agreement was signed by Defence Secretary John Healey and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in London which will see German aircraft operate from the UK to boost European security.
A LANDMARK agreement was signed by Defence Secretary John Healey and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in London which will see German aircraft operate from the UK to boost European security.
IT MAY have ended in defeat, but Cpl Brad Axe’s US adventure has won the Service’s only professional boxer the chance of a knockout future.
FLT LT Johnnie Trotman, who has died aged 102, flew 70 bomber operations in Wellingtons and Mosquitos, the latter with the Pathfinder Force, and was twice awarded the DFC.
BRITAIN’S FIRST Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft has broken cover at Southend to showcase its new RAF paint scheme.
PAINSTAKING RESEARCH is continuing to provide more information about Churchill’s ‘Few’ who helped prevent a Nazi invasion in 1940 by defeating the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
WINNERS IN this year’s RAF Photography Competition have been announced.
Impressive England in back-to-back tournament victories
RAF ARCHERY hotshots recently made the podium at the national county championships for the first time ever.
A FANTASTIC four IS podium spots was the muddy reward for the RAF Gravel team, with first places for Cpl Sarah Toms and Sgt Nick Munro.
THE CREAM of RAF mountain biking rose to the top at the final round of the RAF Gravity Inter-Station season at Innerleithen in the Tweed Valley.
THE FAMILY of a Bomber Command navigator who was awarded the DFC – and went on to be one of the three men who founded RAF News in 1961 – have donated his medal and flying log book to the RAF Museum in north London.
GP CAPT Martin Higgins has taken over command of RAF operations against Daesh in Iraq and eastern Syria after becoming 83 Expeditionary Air Group’s latest Deputy Air Component Commander.
BRITAIN IS to take part in a Nato project to develop unmanned air systems and allow allies to use its space bases.
NATO’S NEW Secretary General Mark Rutte (pictured) made his first official trip since taking up the post to meet PM Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London.
BRIZE NORTON has been named as the station that has done the most to enhance the reputation of the RAF.
MEDALS AWARDED to one of the crewmen who launched an audacious midget-sub attack on the Nazi flagship Tirpitz in WWII are expected to fetch up to £50,000 when they go under the hammer this month.
THE LATEST Ukrainian pilots to graduate from RAF training have invading Russian forces in their sights as they prepare to take to the skies in Nato F-16 fighters.
Former international Williams is in it to win
SERVICE MOUNTAIN bike and downhill followed up an Inter-Service double win with podium finishes in the British Enduro series in Innerleithen and a bumper RAF championships event.
80th anniversary of the sinking of the formidable German Battleship Tirpitz on 12 November, 1944
Frontline military dogs net £3.1 million kit upgrade
Atlas and Shadow to test latest UK laser weapons to defeat enemy missile threats
RED ARROWS super-fan Jacob Newson has netted a Pride of Britain Award for raising more than £150,000 for RAF charities.
IT WAS tale of two games, one loss and one storming 6-1 win, as UKAF’s football stars prepped for the year’s first big challenge against Irish Defence Forces.
Title on a knife-edge going into final game
NIMBLE-FINGERED II Squadron Gunners are taking drone racing by storm.
FROM THE white cliffs of Dover, you can see our nearest European neighbour on a clear day. It’s an appealing view and close enough to enjoy as easily as booking a weekend in Eastbourne.
MORE HOMES will be delivered for Forces vets under government plans to fund 14 housing providers across the UK.
MISSION-CRITICAL KIT for the Typhoon Force at Coningsby can be prepared for operations faster than ever following the opening of a new cargo handling hangar.
HUNDREDS OF guests gathered at Coningsby for the first station awards night, which was launched with a flypast by one of the base’s Typhoons.
A BRITISH aircraft has become the first to fly a surveillance sortie from Nato’s most southerly point in the Mediterranean to the Barents Sea in the high north.
CHINOOKS FROM 18 Sqn at Odiham deployed to the US Naval Air Facility El Centro on Exercise Vortex Warrior to hone their high-merit flying skills in California’s desert and mountain environment.