NATO Protector deal
AEROSPACE FIRM Inzpire has become the first UK defence company to instruct pilots and technicians on the RAF’s Protector.
AEROSPACE FIRM Inzpire has become the first UK defence company to instruct pilots and technicians on the RAF’s Protector.
Women win after 29 years and men get first title for 7
DURING THE 1980s, only a few aircraft types were completely withdrawn from the RAF, including the Whirlwind HAR.10 helicopter, the Devon C.1, the Pembroke C.1 and some of the earlier Jet Provost T.3, T.4 and T.5 aircraft.
With tensions rising across Europe and the Pacific, the race is on to get the RAF’s first sixth-generation fighter airborne
ROYAL MAIL chiefs are celebrating the work of jet engine pioneer Frank Whittle by issuing a set of stamps featuring the RAF boffin and some of the iconic warbirds his ground-breaking propulsion system gave birth to.
UK crews join the fight as Allies go head to head Down Under
TOP BRASS from across the RAF came together to honour some of its best at Honington.
CHINOOK CREWS based at Akrotiri have launched firefighting training sorties as temperatures soar across Cyprus.
AN EXHIBITION celebrating 100 years of Elstree Studios and featuring the role of RAF Signaller Bill French in the classic film The Dam Busters has just opened.
THE INTER-SERVICE Time Trial Championships saw riders from the RAF just pipped to the post by the Army to record a battling series of runner-up finishes.
RAF PERSONNEL played a key role as UKAF’s men’s rugby XV secured an impressive 42–26 victory over a North of England Select XV at Castle Park, Doncaster.
FENNER’S CRICKET ground Cambridge was the venue for a historic match as UKAF played the Afghan Refugee Women’s team in a T20 clash.
RAF SWIMMER Cpl Kyle Booth’s dreams of a Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow ended after he failed to reach the final of either the 50m or 100m breaststroke.
SWIMMING SUPREMO Sqn Ldr Juliette Lewis joined a six-strong all-women relay team to conquer the Northern Channel ñ one of the UKís most demanding ocean challenges.
STUDENTS SWAPPED long lie-ins for a taste of life on the frontline at Leeming.
BRIZE NORTON’S runway has been handed over to contractors to be replaced and upgraded.
ST CLEMENT DANES trustees are set to mark the completion of its £2 million restoration later this year by installing a time capsule featuring images of the project to repair the RAF Church’s famous steeple.
PERSONNEL DEPLOYING around the world can get a bite to eat at a new café at Brize Norton.
A SHIP in distress has been rescued with the support of a Poseidon aircraft.
AEROSPACE GIANTS BAE, Boeing and Saab have signed an agreement to collaborate on a next-generation pilot trainer to replace the RAF’s Hawk T1 and T2 aircraft, due to be retired from service by 2030.
A ROYAL Australian Air Force F-18 Super Hornet displayed its firepower as Allies fired the starting gun Down Under on the annual Exercise Pitch Black.
Rare sprint double for King Cam
Ryan develops new talent
The race to smash the sound barrier and go far beyond
TYPHOONS AND F-35s hit the pit as ground crews tested their refuelling skills under combat conditions.
BRITAIN’S FIRST pilotless aircraft has been unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow in a move which is expected to revolutionise the way the RAF flies and fights.
THE KING got a royal sweetener when he visited Marham as its Honorary Air Commodore.
DARTS AMBASSADORS FS Ryan User and Sgt Steven Henderson hit the road to promote the sport in the Armed Forces.
Handy veteran’s guide can help keep cherished memories alive
LONG˜RANGE ‘BOMBERS’ from the RAF were the first single-bike team home in the UK’s toughest motorcycle endurance challenge – the 12-hour No Limits Racing event in Anglesey.
Sky broadcast gives boost to fire instructor
SERVICE RUGBY league stars are hoping to give GB Teachers a lesson as they continue their drive towards the IS championship next month.
Outnumbered’ corporal outguns Army in Chitterne
BENSON SECURED a brace of thumping 7-1 wins to snaffle the UK Armed Forces Tri-Service Hockey Cup at RAF Halton.
CATERING CHIEFS are in a flap ñ over their new tasty charity fundraising drive to support the UKís frontline fighters.
AEROBATIC ACES from the Swiss Air Force staged this year’s only UK performance at Leeming.
SERVICE HOT shot Cpl Nathan Webb joined Chief of the Air Staff ACM Harv Smyth at Windsor as the RAF marked a double royal honour.
A DERELICT eyesore has been transformed into a new welfare centre after nearly a decade of neglect at Odiham.
A PAIR of the RAF’s most successful jets have taken to the skies again 75 years after their first flight.
CARE HOME driver Mark Iliffe is teaming up with colleagues for a marathon bid to support the charity which cared for his RAF veteran dad during the last years of his life.