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  • NATO heads north

    NATO CHIEFS have mobilised more than 90,000 military personnel for Exercise Steadfast Defender, including 20,000 from the UK Armed Forces.

  • Chinook gets a lift

    THE UK’S heavy-lift helicopter capability will be bolstered by 14 extended-range Chinooks under a £2 billion deal with US defence giant Boeing.

  • Take Gnat

    A VINTAGE Gnat like those flown by the Red Arrows in their first season in 1965 took to the skies over Waddington alongside the present-day team’s Hawks as the Air Force aerobatic aces prepare for their 60th anniversary season.

  • Jamie’s big Mach-attack

    ATLAS PILOT Flt Lt Jamie Jackson celebrated 3,000 hours on the RAF’s heavyweight transporter with a spectacular flight through the famous Mach Loop in West Wales.

  • Teen SOS scramble

    AIR FORCE mountain rescue teams winched an 18-year-old hiker to safety in a 16-hour mission after efforts to haul him from a freezing stream by a Coastguard helicopter failed.

  • Splatt's the way to do it

    A FIRST place was the perfect start to the cycling season for Cpl Sarah Toms as she took the senior class women’s crown in the Kings Lynn MTB club race.

  • Cyprus tribute

    BIG-HEARTED AMY Briggs hit the road in Cyprus to raise more than £2,000 in memory of Air Force pal Cpl Richard McLellan, who took his own life in 2023.

  • Injured vets win funding

    INJURED AND disabled veterans could receive grants following the launch of a Forces mobility fund.

  • Stateside Kingpins eye threat

    UK BATTLESPACE specialists based in the US are supporting Coalition operations by monitoring airspace across the Middle East from North Carolina.

  • Stations’ showdown

    AIR FORCE stations are set to go head to head as welfare chiefs announce the shortlist for this year’s RAF Benevolent Fund awards, hosted by actor Alistair Petrie.

  • F-35 scrambled for NATO bomber drill

    F-35 LIGHTNINGS have been scrambled from the UK’s flagship carrier in the High North to intercept US B-1 Bombers simulating an enemy threat in the latest Nato war games.

  • Wife Nat’s in the running

    AIR FORCE wife Nat Haynes is on track to achieve her London Marathon hopes – after a 13-year wait.

  • Museum’s starring role

    THE RAF Museum Midlands has teamed up with local astronomers to hold a series of star-gazing events over the Easter break.

  • Ox-ing clever

    GLOBE-TROTTING Oxford Reservists scooped the Clyde Trophy for Public Relations.

  • UK Lines up at Minhad

    HRH PRINCESS Anne has opened a permanent UK military facility at Minhad airbase in the United Arab Emirates.