‘Reckless’ Putin jets raise NATO tensions
DEFENCE CHIEFS have slammed Putin after two Russian fighters came within metres of a UK Rivet Joint during a mid-air confrontation over the Black Sea.
DEFENCE CHIEFS have slammed Putin after two Russian fighters came within metres of a UK Rivet Joint during a mid-air confrontation over the Black Sea.
Flt Lt scores in every game as England storm to title
AFTER A bumper Astra Trade League, the season will end in a final between TG5 Ground Engineers and Icarus at Wantage Town FC.
CHIEF OF the Air Staff ACM Sir Harv Smyth led the proceedings at the RAF’s annual memorial service at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial earlier this month.
Typhoon packing low-cost weapon
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT launched a 10,000km life-saving medical mission to Britain’s most remote overseas territory after a resident was suspected of contracting the deadly hantavirus.
ACROSS THE English Channel, RAF and civilian communities fell silent in honour of a fallen World War II pilot, buried exactly 86 years after his death.
TOP-CLASS international show jumping, carriage driving, dressage, demonstrations from polo ponies and spectacular performances from the Azerbaijan Equestrian Foundation were among the highlights of this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show.
“A FANTASTIC day and a great turn-out,” was the takeaway from the first Cosfit Games as 32 personnel in eight teams produced three separate event winners.
IT WAS repeat glory for AS1 Sam Whitaker after he retained the RAF Strokeplay Crown after a dramatic play-off at Silloth on Solway Golf Club, beating debutant AS2 Ollie Read.
THERE WAS sun, sea and skateboarding in Sussex as Service skateboarders helped promote the RAF during Op Cloudburst.
AN AMAZING one-two of Inter-Service Development wins saw the RAF kickstart the season in style at the Royal Navy’s Portsmouth Tennis Academy.
KINGSHOLM IN Gloucester provided a one-two of Inter-Service defeats for the RAF’s men’s and women’s rugby union players as they both lost to the Army to end the 2026 championship.
TWO WARTIME veterans celebrated landmark birthdays at their care home.
A SPITFIRE pilot killed in the last days of WWII has been remembered in a Slovenian village near where he crashed.
BRIZE BOSSES put their baking skills to the test after turning a disused storeroom into a new family kitchen area at the Millennium Amenities Centre, with help from an RAF Benevolent Fund grant.
A BRIZE chaplain has won a distinguished alumni award after becoming the first imam to commission in the RAF.
EXPLOITS of a wartime Mosquito pilot shot down over Nazi Germany are retold in a newly-released book
TYPHOONS WILL be deployed to protect a naval mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Wedgetail heralds new surveillance era for UK
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PETER BROOKER had a remarkable wartime career which encompassed key roles in the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the fall of Singapore, D-Day and the drive into Germany.
Gulf War POW connects with 99-year-old bombing survivor whose life echoed that of his beloved mother
ROYAL AIR Force Chinooks are on standby for fire-fighting duties at Akrotiri as Cyprus authorities prepare for a summer heatwave which could see temperatures top 45°C across the eastern Mediterranean.
Reds’ Athens flypast ahead of US Independence celebrations
TWO OF the RAF’s legendary wartime squadrons took to the skies together again to support Red Sea operations.
THERE WAS a British cadet sporting victory at RAF Cranwell as the Inter-Collegiate Games went the way of the Service over the Dutch Koninklijke Militaire Academie.
BRIZE NORTON Sub Aqua made a splash at the RAF Scuba AGM, swimming away with several awards: Best Club, Diver of the Year and Videographer of the Year.
“THE RAF has changed my life,” said Sgt Dan McNamara, after securing Super League promotion to WSL2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers Women.
ICE HOCKEY’S Lossie Jets won a silver and secured promotion during their recent final berth at the Scottish Ice Hockey Bowl in Dumfries.
SERVICE HOCKEY was five-alive as UKAF men stormed to glory at the England Hockey County Championships for the first time in their history.
A PIONEERING engineer whose invention transformed WWII aircraft is to be honoured at the International Bomber Command Centre.
PASSENGERS USING Brize to deploy worldwide should find departures easier thanks to improvements at the station
AIR FORCE veteran Ed Sampson, who was left paralysed by a stroke, hopes to cross the finish line in a 10K run next month on his own two feet to thank the charity that helped with his recovery.
CHIEF OF the Air Staff ACM Sir Harv Smyth (left) led tributes to wartime aircrew killed with no known grave, at the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.
THE TEDDER Academy of Leadership has been formally presented with its Heraldic Badge by Air Officer Commanding 22 Group, AVM Ian Sharrocks.
A CIVIL servant who worked at Marham for 49 years has retired from service with the RAF.