Pippa’s D-Day tribute
A NORMANDY veteran who fought through Occupied Europe has been remembered by his RAF granddaughter.
A NORMANDY veteran who fought through Occupied Europe has been remembered by his RAF granddaughter.
Three second-half strikes end 20-year RAF Cup drought
THE SERVICE SIDECAR team stormed to the top of the pile after Round 1 of the Marin British Sidecar Championship at Donington Park.
AIR CDRE Tim Thorn, who has died aged 83, was an exceptional Cold War fighter pilot and outstanding sportsman who went to the Winter Olympics as a member of the British bobsleigh team.
A MUM and daughter have marked five generations of RAF family service by graduating within months of each other.
FIGHTERS PART built in Britain are to boost Ukraine’s defences against Russian aggression.
A FOOTBALL charity set up by an ex-RAF officer has completed 20 years of deliveries of kit across the world.
SPADEADAM’S 50TH anniversary celebrations kicked off in style with a 4-3 goal fest match for the station’s footballers over CRAG refugee action group.
THE HORSESHOE Pass in North Wales provided a tough challenge for the Service’s road racers, with top-10 finishes for the women and top-30 for the men.
Centenary celebrations are in full swing
NEVILLE STACK was once one of Britain’s favourite aviators. He came to fame as the first man to fly a light aeroplane to India.
VETERAN AIR Force brothers Tony and Trevor Jackson launched an epic charity challenge with a difference – riding an electric motorbike from Land’s End to John o’Groats to raise £10,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
CHIEF OF the Air Staff ACM Sir Harv Smyth returned to the Cranwell parade ground –to welcome the latest Officer Cadets as they graduated after completing their initial training.
AIR FORCE charity chiefs have netted funding to deliver dementia care courses for serving personnel and veterans.
THE LAST two UK F-35Bs have landed at Marham.
BRITAIN’S AMMUNITION stockpiles will be boosted by a £36 million contract to supply hundreds more UK-made missiles.
THREE ROYAL Navy personnel have died after a helicopter crashed into a field in Devon during a training exercise, the First Sea Lord and the Navy have confirmed.
F-35 on CSG High North mission
IT WASN’T to be a hat-trick of President’s Cup wins for UKAF’s women footballers as they fell to a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Dutch Air Force.
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PILOTS WILL be able to train against highly-realistic simulated enemy air defences on a new training system.
A GLIDER aerobatics expert will show why he is one of the youngest in the RAF to hold a display pilot’s licence at Cosford Air Show.
HAVING DODGED a forecast of bad weather, the RAF Classic Racing Team produced the goods at Pembrey Circuit in Wales.
BRIZE NORTON took first place at this year’s RAF Athletics Association President’s Cup Championship at RAF Cosford.
WALKING IN the steps of tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, the RAFTA visited the La Manga racquets club in Spain to complete pre-IS warm weather training.
Jayne remembers pal who died in yachting tragedy 25 years ago
VETERAN FRIENDLY Framework project support officer Jules Walker has netted a national award for her work supporting Forces veterans living in sheltered accommodation across the UK.
DEFENCE CHIEFS attended the National Memorial Arboretum to commemorate 15 years since the end of Operation Telic in Iraq.
BRITISH SUB KILLERS have been practising hunting naval vessels on a Nato exercise.
SURVEILLANCE CREWS practised operating from a foreign base during a recent deployment to Scandinavia.
A FORMER 76 Sqn pilot who took part in Britain’s nuclear test programme in 1958 has died aged 93.
F-35 joins NATO Firecrest mission in the High North