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  • CAS: ‘New era of threat’

    CHIEF OF the Air Staff, ACM Sir Richard Knighton, has welcomed the government pledge to bolster the RAF’s frontline capability with an investment programme for the F-35, Typhoon and ISTAR fleet.

  • WO is a Cup winner

    WHILE CRYSTAL Palace had its day in the sun at Wembley Stadium winning its first FA Cup, WO Andy Oakley was preparing the trophy and medals presentation.

  • Reds head Museum makeover

    VISITORS TO the RAF Museum in the Midlands will soon be met by a Red Arrows Hawk T1 and a life-size model of the future Tempest combat air system in a refurbished 1930s hangar after investment by BAE Systems.

  • Texan stars

    FLYING INSTRUCTOR Gp Capt (ret’d) Andy Lewis took to the skies with his son, fast jet trainee Flt Lt James Lewis, in a Texan T1 at RAF Valley.

  • UK vets net podium prize

    FORCES CHARITY Help for Heroes has netted a $100,000 donation – thanks to UK Formula-E race ace Dan Ticktum and YouTube superstar Mr Beast.

  • AI on target

    AIR CREWS are among those set to benefit from new kit driven by artificial intelligence following the largest ever UK defence trials.

  • Rowers track sea threat

    DATA COLLECTED by Cadets Ambassador Wg Cdr Emma Wolstenholme and her team of record-breaking rowers during an epic 2,000- mile voyage around the UK reveals sea temperatures in Britain’s coastal waters have risen.

  • RAF take IST20 in 9-wicket win

    THE RAF finally scratched their seven-year IST20 itch, winning the title for the first time since 2018 at Lord’s with a crushing defeat of the Royal Navy.

  • Enduro trail blazers

    FIVE STAGES of tough mountain biking and three top finishes were the Service’s return from the British National Enduro Series Round one at Machynlleth in west Wales.

  • Pair back on track

    SECURING A second and a third in class, Cpl Rob Atkinson described the RAF sidecar team’s Donington Park outing as a “huge leap forward.”

  • WO John Wilding

    RAF WOMEN’S Rugby Union said goodbye to one its greatest servants, as WO John Wilding signed off his 36-year Service rugby career with his final game at Kingsholm.

  • WWII Halifax crew honoured

    FAMILIES OF eight crewmen killed in a wartime air crash staged a service at a Lincolnshire golf club which houses two memorials to them.

  • Medicine man

    VET CHRIS McDowell has launched a 500-mile fundraising trek across the UK – carrying a 3kg medicine ball.