Lossie set for new E-7
A NEW maintenance centre has been opened at Lossiemouth ahead of the arrival of the UK’s first E-7 Wedgetail.
A NEW maintenance centre has been opened at Lossiemouth ahead of the arrival of the UK’s first E-7 Wedgetail.
EIGHTY MINUTES of effort and commitment is the secret to victory, according to RAF head coach Sgt James Hutchinson after the airmen’s 12-8 win over the Royal Navy in the Inter-Services rugby league.
THE PENULTIMATE RAF Course Angling Association event of the season proved a tough task for the 28 personnel on show at Linear’s St Johns Lake in Oxfordshire, hooking just 19 carp between them.
Pilot also put many Nimrods and Victors through their paces at Avro aircraft firm
The tragic crash and explosion of R101 killing 48 passengers marked the end of the fledgling British airship industry but its remnants remain at former RAF Cardington, as Ronan Thomas found out
Events across UK & Europe mark 84th anniversary of the battle for Britain’s skies
FORCES POOCHES are in the luxury dog house after a £23 million upgrade to their accommodation at Marham.
Seconds out for Padre Jim
HE HEROISM of pilots from three wartime Polish squadrons who operated from Woodvale was marked at a community event at the Merseyside station.
ODIHAM’S BRAEMAR Games tug of war team received the royal seal of approval when they were presented with The John Miller Shield by HRH King Charles.
“LAST WEEK’S camp was really positive,” was how UKAFFC head coach Cpl Darryl White described his charges’ latest stop on their way to Kentish Cup defence this December.
THE SERVICE’S open swimmers took three of six Inter-Service titles at Westhorpe Water Sports Club in Marlow, finishing runner-up to the Army in the team event.
A BLISTERING fightback saw the RAF women’s RL team win the all-important opening IS game 18-22 over the Navy in Portsmouth.
RELATIVES OF a World War II Mosquito crew downed on a French waterway took part in an unexpected remembrance ceremony.
RISKS TO British interests in space and on Earth increased this summer, it has been revealed.
LT COL Mike Carty has taken over command of 617 Sqn. It is the first time in British military history a Marines officer has commanded a fast jet squadron.
Survey counts on aircrew
AIR FORCE aircraft and transport helicopters are on standby to help thousands of people caught up in the Middle East conflict.
Supersubs Brewer and Morrell prove worth
IN JUST 18 months RAF firefighter AS1 Josh Hibbs has gone from novice to being selected for Weightlifting Scotland’s Commonwealth Games training camp.
Odiham stars reign in front of HM The King
Fundraising queen Hayley gears up for annual charity ball
ARMY PARATROOPERS have recreated the wartime Allied invasion of the Netherlands to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden.
THE RAF’S latest surveillance aircraft took to the UK’s skies for the first time for flight checks.
VISITORS TO a Suffolk airbase are to be greeted by a new sight as a Tornado jet becomes its gate guardian.
150 years since birth of the great wartime PM
HRH THE Prince of Wales carried out the Sovereign’s Review at Cranwell as the latest cadets graduated from the RAF College.
SERVICE BOULDERERS weren’t hanging around in the hunt for medals at The Climbing Hangar for the RAF championships.
RAF TENNIS under the UKAF banner dominated the AIRCOM tennis event in Poznan, Poland with a team win, men’s cleansweep and third for the women stars.
A DEPLETED RAF mountain bike team battled to Inter-Services cross country champion spots in the men’s and women’s events at the IS XC MTB Champs at Newham Park, Plymouth.
AN ATLAS A400M is bathed in the light from the Aurora Borealis during a stopover at Narsarsuaq in Greenland en route to Brize Norton after supporting the Red Arrows during the team’s recent tour of Canada.
FIGHTERS FROM across the world descended on a Lincolnshire airbase for one of the biggest exercises of the year.
BATTLE OF Britain plotter Kay Thomas celebrated her 105th birthday – as the nation marked the 84th anniversary of the epic fight for UK skies.
FOUR AIR cadets have become the first youngsters to take to the sky solo in a Tutor trainer under a new scheme.
UK Forces on standby