NATO eyes Protector
DEFENCE LEADERS got a glimpse of the future of warfare during a visit to a Lincolnshire airbase.
DEFENCE LEADERS got a glimpse of the future of warfare during a visit to a Lincolnshire airbase.
A TOURNAMENT for the ages saw Royal Air Force ice hockey celebrate back-to-back Inter-Service men’s and women’s titles in the championship’s 20th year.
Dickin Medal for saving lives of officers fetches £22k at auction
PARACHUTISTS FROM the RAF Falcons display team thrilled crowds with a spectacular jump into the main ring at the Royal Cornwall Show.
TYPHOON DISPLAY star Flt Lt Nathan Shawyer is set to take to the Manx skies to launch this year’s Classic TT motorbike showdown.
15 Russian aircraft are intercepted
How generous ex-pats in South America helped to keep the RAF flying during Second World War
THE AXE will fall again in London later this month as Cpl Brad Axe returns to the ring for his fourth professional fight.
Halton over Cranwell, then an Oxfordshire derby between Brize Norton and Benson, which saw Flt Lt Andy Siemann and Sgt Ryan O’Loughlin deliver a tactical masterclass to see Benson home 2-0.
RAF KARTERS produced a series of top-five finishes in the second round of the Armed Forces Karting Championship at Clay Pigeon Raceway near Yeovil.
Haywood and Watson on target
THE RAF’S judo players are celebrating another successful training camp at Cosford as the association aims to increase participation in the sport.
CREWS WHO protected Allied convoys have been remembered 80 years after their last patrol.
THE NUMBER of Forces veterans who served in WWII is set to fall from an estimated 8,000 to just 300 in the next decade, according to research by the Royal British Legion.
TYPHOONS ARE to be equipped with world-beating radar after the release of more than £204 million in government funding.
A RECRUITER has become the first Sikh in the RAF to receive a third bar to his Long Service Good Conduct medal.
WYTON PERSONNEL are hitting the road in a new nine-seat minibus after scooping community support funds from Forces charities.
FORCES TEAMS onboard HMS Prince of Wales were roped into a fitness challenge as the Carrier Strike Group heads to the Pacific on Operation Highmast.
UK TYPHOONS took to the skies over Eastern Europe alongside Polish F-16s and Swedish Gripens as Russia continues to test Nato defences across the region.
RAF to host Kiwis and Australians in rugby spectacular
Aviators hitting new heights in the Alps
A maverick RAF pilot’s wartime great escape across Europe has been retraced by his great- grandson Adam Hart in a new book just released. Here, the author (pictured) gives a taster of his airman relative’s WWII story
RPAS cleared to fly in UK skies boosts combat capability
580-mile WWII despatch mission to present CAS’s charity message
AEROBATICS ACES from the Red Arrows chose the King’s Birthday flypast to stage the first display using green biofuel anywhere in the world.
A FIRST mixed team Crown Trophy title in 51 years and a runners-up place in the men’s Crown Services saw RAF volleyball end a hugely successful and historic season.
A RED ARROWS-inspired 4-1 win saw RAF Benson come away as champions over Coningsby to end the largest Inter-Stations Hockey Tournament ever.
THE CREAM of RAF Hockey were at Cosford as the association held its annual end of season awards dinner.
SERVICE MOTORSPORT is gearing up for its second annual Open Day at Blyton Park Racetrack.
THE SERVICE’S mountain bikers took on a new venue for round two of the Pearce Race Series – Redwood Park, Bucknell – with two top-10 finishes.
MOURNERS VISITED a remote Scottish island to remember 10 Shackleton crew members who died in a crash 35 years ago.
BRIZE NORTON personnel got up to some monkey business during a recent outreach day at Cotswold Wildlife Park.
Italian pit stop tests 29 Sqn ground crew
WG CDR Dave Savage has taken over command of Cranwell’s Flying Camels, delivering aircrew frontline training on the Phenom multi-engine aircraft.
THE RAF Museum is to display more than 50,000 historic artefacts for the first time at a new purpose-built facility in the Midlands.
AIR FORCE families in the South West beat the heat by taking to the water during Newquay Adventure Day.