Single living pledge
NEW SINGLE Living Accommodation will provide 1,800 bedspaces, the MOD has announced.
NEW SINGLE Living Accommodation will provide 1,800 bedspaces, the MOD has announced.
It's third place for UKAF in International Defence Cup
Laser-guided bomb pioneer Browne dies at age of 77
CAS Harv Smyth pays tribute to The Few at Stormont
KCS raise the Ensign for Changing of the Guard
BENSON-BASED four-year-old Darcie Sparey netted a kids’ charity award for battling the deployment blues while her crewman dad serves with the Oxfordshire stationís frontline helicopter force.
THE RAF Benevolent Fund spent £15.1 million to support members of the RAF Family last year, the charity has revealed in its 2024 Impact Report.
INNOVATORS HAVE been awarded more than £4 million to develop software systems for future RAF aircraft.
Scot Flt Lt John Cruickshank was modest hero of Coastal Command
RAF CATERING cooked up a footballing storm with its annual five-a-side cup tournament going the way of RAF Wittering A.
IT WAS every skater for themselves at this year’s Castle Combe six-hour endurance event, with RAF personnel producing top 10 finishes at the Wiltshire race circuit.
THERE WAS UKAF Tri-Service Cup Winners Cup glory for RAF Benson in the outdoor hockey at HMS Temeraire.
SERVICE RUGBY league is back and RAF head coach Sgt James Hutchinson is aiming to see his championship-winning side defend their title over the autumn Inter-Services series.
ANY PERSONNEL who fancy making a racquet can take advantage of the Tennis Association’s T4All project, held monthly.
NEW CHIEF of the Defence Staff ACM Sir Richard Knighton arrived outside the Minstry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall to be greeted by Defence Secretary John Healey and outgoing Chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, who retired after four years in the post.
A400M TRANSPORTERS will be able to launch rigid-hulled inflatable boats after a Welsh company won a £25m deal to enhance the aircraft’s capability.
HOT WEATHER testing of Britain’s latest unmanned aerial system has taken place in Cyprus.
MARITIME PATROL rookies joined ex-Nimrod aircrew at Lossiemouth as they graduated from the latest Poseidon conversion course.
BRITAIN’S AIR defences are to be beefed up with systems accurate enough to hit a tennis ball travelling twice the speed of sound.
THE ROYAL British Legion has announced a new 10-year strategy to support the changing needs of Britain’s Armed Forces community as the number of younger veterans increases.
AIR FORCE historians have revealed how they helped identify a pilot killed during the Battle of Britain and mistakenly buried as an ‘unknown soldier’.
UK marks 85th anniversary of epic battle for British skies
THERE WAS a goal-tastic 12-6 charity match between RAF Ice Hockey and Tri-Base Lightning for the Mark Long Trust.
They lead Loriners Inters
Sqn Ldr led 126 missions of psychological jungle warfare
Tributes to WWII U-Boat raid pilot Flt Lt John Cruikshank
Afghan Harrier veteran lands F-35 command
NEW CHIEF of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth inspected an RAF Regiment Guard of Honour at Cranwell for the first time since taking the top job.
ARMOURERS WHO died in the line of duty are to be remembered at the National Memorial Arboretum.
POLISH VETERANS reached out to today's RAF personnel as they remembered the bravery and sacrifice of their countrymen during WWII.
Three aviator teams in with a shout of Inter-Services glory
SNETTERTON WAS the venue as the RAF sidecar duo recorded their first class victory as the SSD entered its penultimate round.
18 IS titles in a row for fishermen
Aviators help UKAF to Defence Cup third
THERE’LL BE no rest for the Service’s triathletes as they close out the season with a series of testing events beginning in Nottingham and ending at Hever Castle in Kent.
RAF WOMEN’S rugby will make history at the World Cup quarterfinals when Flt Lts Amy Cokayne and Sarah Bonar face off in Bristol.
NEW WAYS to jam and destroy incoming enemy drones from the ground are being sought by defence experts.
BRITAIN’S NEWEST fighter took centre stage as the UK Carrier Strike Group arrived in Tokyo as part of Operation Highmast.
THE RAF’S Chaplain-in-Chief is to take on the spiritual welfare of Forces veterans with the Royal British Legion as its new National Chaplain.
AIR CADETS got a week-long look at the world of space and airpower during their annual summer camp to RAF Syerston.
IN AN article in the July 25 edition (1613) of RAF News on the final flight of a Saudi-based Tornado by Flt Lt Nick Cogley, we wrongly identified RAF officer Sqn Ldr Mohammad Tahir Jamil as a Royal Saudi Air Force officer. We are happy to correct this error.
THE WARTIME exploits of an RAF crewman shot down over the Burmese jungle in 1945 have been recognised at St Mawgan.
Dowding bust and war icon honour chief and The Few