Training landmark
MORE THAN 56,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained by the UK and 13 partner nations on Operation Interflex, the UK-led, multination training programme.
MORE THAN 56,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained by the UK and 13 partner nations on Operation Interflex, the UK-led, multination training programme.
First outdoor fight night at RAF Akrotiri
HE WAS considered one of the forgotten heroes of World War II – until now. Flt Lt Desmond Ibbotson flew with three of the RAF’s elite squadrons – over France, North Africa and Italy – amassed more than 650 hours flying seven types of Spitfire, was credited with 11 confirmed victories and was awarded the DFC and Bar, escaped capture by the Germans and even met Rommel.
Typhoon’s 20th – fast jet thrills
THE FIRST RAF flight to help British nationals wanting to leave Israel following Iranian rocket attacks has taken off from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
PILOTS AND engineers from four different nations operated together in Finland for the first time.
Scot-rock salute to Braveheart legend who routed the English
FOUR PEOPLE have been charged after members of the Palestine Action group breached security and damaged two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton.
THE RED ARROWS are hoping to build on last year’s hugely successful diamond anniversary season with a new show of innovation, speed and precision.
SCORES OF 69, 67 and 74 secured a third Strokeplays golf championship for AS1 Sam Whitaker after three days of golf action.
IT WAS back to basics for RAF American football with a summer camp at Northolt as the team aim to introduce new players to the game.
Cable crown for Off Cdt
VISITORS TO the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 18-20 are in for a special surprise as Bullseye TV show’s Bully will be on hand at the RAF Experience.
MORE THAN 1,500 fundraisers gathered at St Mawgan in Cornwall for the annual Rainbow Run, a three-mile charity trek around the air station’s perimeter through clouds of brightly coloured powder paint.
ADVENTUROUS RAF personnel defied a heatwave by training in the stunning surroundings of Snowdonia National Park.
A TINY orphaned hoglet rescued by Air Force conservationists at St Mawgan has been christened Spitfire
ROYAL AIR Force Gunners are to take over from the King’s Guard at the Tower of London.
THE RAF is to get 12 new F-35A fighter jets and join Nato’s dual capable aircraft nuclear mission.
New NATO training hub at RAF Waddington for RPAS pilots
Protector setting RPAS standard
RAF pair have to shift down a gear because of mechanical issues
Cpl Cartagena’s Olympic dream
The highly-trained team keeping the skies of Lincolnshire safe
AIR FORCE personnel joined Band of Brothers actor James Madio during a visit to pay tribute to RAF D-Day heroes who landed on Normandy’s coastline.
CHINOOKS ARE to tackle Cypriot wildfires for the first time as temperatures soar across southern Europe.
UK F-35 SQUADRONS launched a strike force of eight Lightning stealth fighters in quick succession from the deck of HMS Prince of Wales as the Carrier Strike Group heads for the South Pacific.
HUNDREDS OF air defence missiles usually fired by RAF combat jets are to be sent to Ukraine using funds seized from Russian assets.
FANS OF the mighty Chinook have a treat to look forward to at RIAT 2025 – this year’s role demo promises to be ‘up close and personal’.
Flt Lt's mount is Best Pony as RAF win Duke of York's Cup
THE ARMY needs you... well, Sgt Reece Sanders does.
RAF MOTORSPORT will be at Donington Park next month for the world-famous track’s Classic Festival on August 2-3.
ROUNDS SEVEN and eight of the British cycling BMX National Series proved to be a seaside slog for Sgt Matt Haywood in Gosport.
ARMED FORCES charity chiefs have launched a campaign to highlight the care crisis facing many UK military veterans.
NEW LEGAL protections are to be given to military personnel and veterans under Government plans.
CHIEF OF the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, became the first non-pilot to take the Service’s top job in 2023.
AN EX-MILITARY nurse who found herself on the frontline of Britain’s Covid battle has signed on Cranwell’s Wall of Honour.
A NEW memorial to thousands of apprentices who trained at Halton has been unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
THE RED ARROWS performed breathtaking stunts over the Humber Estuary as an estimated 200,000 people gathered to celebrate Armed Forces Day in Cleethorpes.