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  • 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.

  • Trust reviews The Few

    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.

  • RAF News man’s DFC at RAF Museum

    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.

  • Gulf chief in

    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.

  • NATO debut

    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 prize night

    BRIZE NORTON has been named as the station that has done the most to enhance the reputation of the RAF.

  • Tirpitz medals on offer

    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.

  • Ukraine's pilots readied for F-16

    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.

  • Beam us up

    Atlas and Shadow to test latest UK laser weapons to defeat enemy missile threats

  • Vets’ house call

    MORE HOMES will be delivered for Forces vets under government plans to fund 14 housing providers across the UK.

  • Coningsby kitted out

    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.

  • Station stars take a bow

    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.

  • Rivet record run

    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.