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.
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.
RAF pair get UKAF out of an Amster-jam in President's Cup
OPERATION MARKET Garden has long fascinated military historians. Was it possible that the war could have been won in 1944 if the Rhine had been crossed at Arnhem, allowing Allied armour to burst out into the North German Plain?
Diana was pregnant with their child when dashing Olympic hopeful Bob went missing on patrol over the Norwegian Sea
TYPHOONS WERE scrambled from their base in Northern Poland to intercept a Russian spy plane close to Nato airspace.
Next generation on parade at Halton as dad goes from SWO to Yeo at historic site
Defence Review calls for boost to F-35 fleet
RAF BOXERS fuelled by jam sandwiches took 23 hours to conquer the Three-Peaks challenge, raising £3,423 for RAFA.
THERE WAS a battling second place for new RAF Road Racing star Cpl Kenny MacLeod in the ROKiT OFF BMW F900 Cup at the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.
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.
RAF MEN’S rugby union star Sgt Josh McNally has committed his future to Cardiff after the elite status player signed a one-year extension contract to the club.
RAF RUGBY union bid farewell to its most capped player, Flt Lt Dave Manning, with the final whistle of this year’s IS championship.
A TROPHY won by an RAF pilot more than 100 years ago has been lifted by his Air Cadet great-great-grandchildren.
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.
ROOKIE AIRCREW are being taught lifesaving skills by an Invictus Games gold medallist whose military career was cut short by a hit-and-run smash.
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.
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.
Forces to be battle-ready to face down Putin threat
THE UK Armed Forces’ American football stars secured a win and a loss at the third annual New York Jets-sponsored NFL Flag Day at RAF Lakenheath.
Good Lord's, we did it!
Lightweight autonomous weapon leading the UK’s drone fleet
AIR CREWS are among those set to benefit from new kit driven by artificial intelligence following the largest ever UK defence trials.
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.
Forces target cancer with 1,000-mile field gun challenge
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.
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.
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.”
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.
SERVICE RUGBY union star Flt Lt Amy Cokayne was celebrating a bright new future in the women’s game after signing a two-year contract with Premiership side Sale Sharks.
CAMPAIGNERS ARE hoping to raise £20,000 to get an RAF Air Sea Rescue launch submerged in the Norfolk Broads since World War II restored to its former glory.
FAMILIES OF eight crewmen killed in a wartime air crash staged a service at a Lincolnshire golf club which houses two memorials to them.
TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to an RAF dog handler who has died aged 32.
VET CHRIS McDowell has launched a 500-mile fundraising trek across the UK – carrying a 3kg medicine ball.
A BATTLE of Britain pilot who lay in an unmarked grave for 85 years has been given a service of rededication and a new headstone.