Maiden voyage
ROCK LEGEND Bruce Dickinson joined Air Force photographer and Iron Maiden fan Sgt Robert Travis at the home of the UK’s Chinook Force at Odiham as the nation marked Armed Forces Day.
ROCK LEGEND Bruce Dickinson joined Air Force photographer and Iron Maiden fan Sgt Robert Travis at the home of the UK’s Chinook Force at Odiham as the nation marked Armed Forces Day.
SERVICE SWIMMER Cpl Kyle Booth is, in his own words, set for “an exciting summer” after being selected to represent Wales at this month’s Commonwealth Games.
SERVICE CYCLING celebrated a decade of racing at Milton Keynes Bowl with the five-race series closing out the season in style.
Personnel take on Japanese endurance challenge
ORGANISERS OF this year’s fundraising Rainbow Run called in St Mawgan firefighters to keep the crowds cool as temperatures topped a sweltering 35°C.
WWII hero Colin ‘Dinger’ Bell honours veterans with awards
…but the real James Bond was a US-based twitcher
VINTAGE WARBIRDS from Natoís Tiger Association will be storming the skies over Fairford as the Royal International Air Tattoo roars back for 2027.
CIVIC LEADERS, local business chiefs and Forces personnel at Wittering braved a record-breaking heatwave as the station hosted its annual formal reception.
THERE WERE podium and semi-final berths galore for the Service’s BMX stars at the South Regional and British Cycling National Series’ rounds four, five and six in Gosport.
JUST A year after joining the RAF AS1(T) Bradley Lefley-Kemp was showing off his gliding skills above a packed Cosford Air Show crowd of 55,000.
SERVICE SPORT was lifted to new heights as aviators were crowned Strongman and Strongwoman champions for the first time at Napfest in High Wycombe.
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY Union star Flt Lt Sarah Bonar ticked off another life goal after performing for the Barbarians women against Wales at Twickenham.
THE RAF Museum Midlands has launched its Summer Camp, giving youngsters a week of aviation-themed fun.
THE RAF’S Airplay scheme for youngsters has scored a 99 per cent approval rating from Forces families.
A UK River Joint has been refuelled by a French Air and Space Force A330 multi-role tanker for the first time.
AIR FORCE medical evacuation specialists are honing their life-saving skills alongside 2,000 Nato personnel during realistic battlefield training in Estonia.
THE RED Arrows stepped up to the plate at Washington’s National Parks baseball stadium, ahead of their historic fly-past over New York as the USA marks the 250th anniversary of Independence.
Forces funding vow
THE GOVERNMENT has pledged an extra £15 billion in defence funding to boost Britain’s Armed Forces and secure the future for the Global Combat Air Programme.
Kennedy leads the RAF 3-medal haul
Hibbs retains men's crown and Steph leads the women
High-profile mysteries of aviation
Crews to operate from Boscombe & civ airports
Civvie crews join Voyager to lift capability on Ops
VOYAGER CREWS flew UK search and rescue teams into Venezuela as severe aftershocks rocked the country following the biggest earthquakes in its history.
Fashion gurus team up with transport station to repurpose old cargo nets and parachutes
MILITARY CHARITY chiefs are leading calls for better healthcare and financial support for the UKís veterans.
THIS WEEK, our travels take us aboard one of the world’s most famous ocean liners, the RMS Queen Mary. Now permanently moored in the Southern California sun, it offers guests the feeling of being on a luxury 1940s cruise, without having to set sail.
SQN LDR Elsa Phillipson and Flt Lt Warwick Mitchell-Gough stormed to the Women’s and Men’s Champion at Arms titles at the RAF Fencing Championship at Cosford.
‘Rookies’ get in the swing of things to win Inter-Services
TWO HARD-FOUGHT T20 matches against the MCC would have been the perfect preparation for IS T20, but the Service’s hopes were washed away along with the tournament.
A VETERAN’S daughter hit the fundraising trail to thank the charities that helped save her father’s life.
MEMBERS OF the Swedish Air Force landed at Brize Norton as part of a Nato programme to learn about airfield operations at a UK main operating base.
A CREW from 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn have flown the first UK Poseidon flight to the North Pole as part of the Poseidon Qualified Weapons Instructor Course.
THE RED Arrows will be performing their show-stopping display at the Ayr Festival of Flight in September.
SERVICE WATERSKIERS donned fancy dress as they took to Queensford Lakes at the annual RAF championships in Oxford.
AKROTIRI’S 84 Sqn took delivery of two new Jupiter H145 helicopters as part of a £148 million programme to replace the Puma, retired from service last year.