Nation falls silent to mark VJ 80th
A SERVICE of remembrance to mark VJ Day took place on board the flight deck of aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, as the UK Carrier Strike Group continued its deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
A SERVICE of remembrance to mark VJ Day took place on board the flight deck of aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, as the UK Carrier Strike Group continued its deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
Historic Open first for men's road racers in Yorkshire
IWM DUXFORD’S Battle of Britain 85th anniversary air show next month will pay tribute to the late John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last pilot from the aerial conflict, who died in March aged 105.
Former RAF airfield still has important role to play in QRA and ACE training
BRITISH AIRCREW joined forces with their Japanese and Korean counterparts to keep UK F-35s flying during training sorties launched from the Navy’s flagship Prince of Wales and airbases in the Pacific.
FRONTLINE FIGHTERS from Air Forces across the world will fill the skies above Lincolnshire next month.
A FORMER St Mawgan storeman survived a torpedo attack, a brutal Japanese PoW camp, and saw the A-bomb drop on Nagasaki.
YOUNGSTERS ARE to be quizzed about their experiences when a military parent leaves the Armed Forces in a new study.
RAF WADDINGTON recorded a 7-4 victory in the station’s first ever darts match against RAF Cosford on a night of high scores and high tension.
Five golds and two silvers seal championship title for aviators
TEAMWORK was key to netball success at the second Aki Sevens tournament as two combined set-ups took home the silverware.
THE RAF Classic Racing Team produced a weekend of highs and lows at Donington Park Classic Festival.
HAVING DESIGNED the 2025 cross-country Inter-Service cycling course in Wales, AS1 Thomas Stegeman crowned it with a stunning victory a huge 11 minutes ahead of his rivals.
THE RAF and Royal Navy are joining forces to integrate training for frontline fighters with a new agreement.
RAF PADRE the Reverand Sqn Ldr Jonathan Newell has been visiting personnel on Op Kipion in the Middle East.
RESEARCHERS ARE for the first time to investigate losses sustained by RAF crews in the Far East.
BOULMER FIGHTER Controller Wg Cdr Graham Crow is handing over command of 19 Sqn and leaving the Service after a 23-year RAF career.
FAMILIES CAN have a hoot this summer at the RAF Museum Midlands.
VETERANS AND the Royal Family led the nation in a two-minute silence marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The RAF trail-blazers helping Service sport to take international rugby stage by storm
Aviators add 50-over crown to their T20 Inter-Services title
Young former factory worker AS1 Neville helps keep Typhoon flying
BROADWAY STAR Kerry Ellis will be joining Cosford’s Military Wives choir and a host of other acts at the summer Proms to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
Kiwis snap up RAF duo’s pioneering device
GAY MILITARY personnel who were dismissed or prosecuted under the UK Forces ban on homosexuality could receive compensation payments of up to £70,000 each.
Britain’s Cold War V-Force bombers were awe-inspiring in flight but had a deadly role as UK’s nuclear strike jets
AN EXCLUSIVE event taking place at the RAF Club in Piccadilly this autumn features touching wartime correspondence between a star of the silver screen and her husband – soldier and journalist Peter Fleming, brother of James Bond creator Ian.
THE RAF sidecar duo bid farewell to Cadwell Revival with a hat-trick of third-place finishes and a personal best lap time.
THE SERVICE’S carp anglers couldn’t keep up with the Hunt Joneses at the third round of the RAFCAA Pairs Match at Thorney Weir.
SHAWBURY GLIDING Club’s bursary programme saw its 100th student take to the air in the shape of AR Rebecca Hall.
THE SERVICE’S triathletes had a bumper month topped with an Inter-Service’s podium double in the Men’s Open from Flt Lt Jack Hindle and AS1 Sam Murray in Cleveland.
A NUCLEAR veteran whose father helped build the runways at Shawbury during World War II has been honoured for his role in Britain’s H-bomb tests.
ATHLETIC FLT Lt Juliette Lewis completed a three-person relay swim across the English Channel to raise funds for Dementia UK after her mother was diagnosed with the condition.
RECRUITMENT INSTRUCTOR Nathan Wilson is preparing to climb South Wales’ highest peak 10 times in 24 hours – the equivalent of summiting Mount Everest to raise cash for a military charity.
THE GROUND-breaking Airplay scheme for Forces youngsters marked its 15th anniversary with a fun-packed, four-day festival.
THE NEWEST squadron in the RAF got the Royal seal of approval when The King visited Scotland.
DEFENCE CHIEFS are hoping to make life on the home front more appealing by relaxing rules on owning pets, decorating and allowing Forces families to run small businesses from Service accommodation.