Calm after Kabul chaos
RAF PILOTS have spoken of how they faced chaos and bullets as they flew into Kabul to rescue more than 15,000 Afghan men, women and children fleeing the Taliban...
RAF PILOTS have spoken of how they faced chaos and bullets as they flew into Kabul to rescue more than 15,000 Afghan men, women and children fleeing the Taliban...
RAF PILOTS who lifted more than 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan have revealed how they flew into chaos as the Taliban seized control of the capital Kabul...
A400M PILOT Flt Lt Neil Franklin dodged rogue helicopters over the airstrip as he came in low but was forced to abandon an attempt to land on the Kabul taxiway at 100 feet...
SQUADRON LEADER Mark Parker (pictured) was one of the first to land with troops from 16 Air Assault Brigade. He held his ground as machine gun rounds hit the tarmac around him as the Taliban stormed the Afghan capital and closed in on the airport...
WG CDR Thom Colledge has taken command of Britain’s early warning station at Fylingdales as UK Defence steps up space operations...
THE RED Arrows are seeking environmentally friendly versions of smoke dye and diesel solvent as part of the RAF’s drive to cut its carbon footprint...
LOADMASTER SGT Andy Livingstone of 70 Sqn was on three A400M sorties out of Kabul, two to extract refugees, and on the last A400M flight picking up British soldiers...
WITHIN MINUTES of winning Paralympic gold in the wheelchair rugby, Stuart Robinson was brought back down to earth by his 11-year-old son George...
TRIATHLETE SAC Luke Pollard and his partner Dave Ellis lost out on a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics due to a mechanical issue...
A POSEIDON sub-hunter joined two Typhoons in a flypast to mark the naming of the P-8’s new £100 million home at RAF Lossiemouth as CXX Sqn was presented with a new standard...
BIKE ENTHUSIAST Warrant Officer Guy Mossman made a fast exit from Henlow – on a classic Harley Davidson...
CHINOOK CREWS battling Islamist extremists in Mali have a new chief...
CHIEF OF the Air Staff, ACM Sir Mike Wigston, officially stood up UK Space Command to combat the growing threat from Russia and China...
THE TYPHOON’S weapons and defensive systems are to get a major upgrade under a multi-million-pound deal...
EXPERT COMPUTER hackers are being offered cash rewards to test military security systems and combat cyber attacks from adversaries...
THE UK’S last Sentry surveillance aircraft has returned to Waddington after a final mission ending 30 years of service...
WOMEN IN the Royal Air Force and Army will be able to wear their hair in a variety of styles as Defence chiefs continue their drive to make the military more representative of British culture...
THE TEMPEST Future Combat Air System has been boosted by a £250 million UK Defence contract...
CHINOOK CREWS flew a crash probe team and bomb squad to recover a crashed French jet in Mali...
BRAVING TEMPERATURES of 45˚C on the southern edge of the Sahara, a specialist UK Forces team is engulfed in a wall of sand as a RAF Chinook supporting French anti-terrorist operations in Mali comes in to land...
A NEW fleet of 16 uncrewed Protector aircraft capable of mounting 40-hour surveillance and combat missions is set to deliver a massive boost to the UK global capability, Defence Chiefs say...
WILL IREDALE’S account of The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of World War II begins, not over the Ruhr, Berlin or Dresden, but appropriately much closer to home...
THE FIRST generation of RAF Space specialists are preparing to take on the challenge of safeguarding UK interests and combating the growing threat from adversaries in low-earth orbit...
THE FAMOUS Guinea Pig Club, whose members were Allied airman who suffered horrific burns in conflict, mainly in World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this year...
THE RAF has 50 new officers after the latest intake graduated from the Officer Training Academy at Cranwell...
RAF HOCKEY Olympian SAC Liam Sanford has promised to come back fighting after missing out on a medal in Tokyo...
THE RAF team soared away from the opposition to win the Inter-Services Gliding Competition at Keevil....
BRITISH RALLY co-driver Phil Hall remains in contention for the FIA Junior World Rally Championship title after a scintillating performance in Estonia, taking second place at the gruelling event...
BRANDS Hatch proved an unhappy hunting ground for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team with Ryan Vickers having only three 15th places to show for his troubles in the British Superbike Championship...
RAF HOCKEY star SAC Liam Sanford has had a dream start to his quest for Olympic gold with Team GB in Tokyo...
THE AIR FORCE is to get a fleet of 16 Protector aircraft capable of strike missions anywhere in the world under a £195 million deal...
GUNNERS CALLED in heavy armour from the British-led Nato battle group in Estonia to test the skills of the Alliance’s air attack controllers...
MEDALS AWARDED to RAF ace Gp Capt Peter Townsend, known for his romance with Princess. Margaret, have sold for £260,000, their top estimated price, at auction in London...
ANGLO˜GERMAN FIGHTER operations could soon be a reality following Nato Air Policing integration training in Romania...
BRITISH TYPHOONS are honing their ability to fight at short notice from multiple airbases across the Nato alliance by using ‘hot pit’ refuelling...
CELEBRITY CHEFS Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott and the Hairy Bikers have joined forces with serving personnel and vets to cook up a celebration for the Royal British Legion’s...
RAF engineering ace Flt Lt Danielle Rowe is making waves in the sailing world - beating 3000 of the UK's top skippers to be named Yachtmaster of the Year...
RAF CHIEF Sir Mike Wigston paid tribute to a pioneering WWI Indian fighter pilot during a visit to London’s Central Sikh temple....
A CYCLING challenge celebrating the centenary of the last surviving Dambuster, Sqn Ldr George ‘Johnny’ Johnson, has raised almost £150,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund...
AIR FORCE Reservists have netted more than £7,000 with a marathon fundraising challenge for an RAF medic with terminal cancer. Read...
ALLIED AIR CHIEFS have vowed to increase collaboration to revolutionise air power and develop the next generation of high-tech combat kit to counter the growing global threat from rapidly modernising Russian and Chinese forces...
DAVID TOMLINSON’S name may not be familiar, but his face will be – best known as Mr Banks in Disney’s 1964 film Mary Poppins, he also starred in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Love Bug and a host of other family favourites...
AIR FORCE traditions were both renewed and broken during the Covid-safe graduation of the latest multi-engine pilots at Cranwell...
THE 2021 Senior Men’s 50 over Inter-Services kicked off with the Royal Air Force taking on the Royal Navy at Vine Lane, with the ground still saturated after heavy overnight rain...
RAF RIDERS finished among the top places in the prestigious Royal Windsor Horse Show, in front of Her Majesty The Queen...
THERE WERE top six finishes for both Ryan Vickers and Lewis Rollo at Knockhill in Scotland...
THE SECOND pairs match of the year saw the team return to the Baden Hall Fishery targeting the main specimen lake, the Quarry, with carp up to 50lb swimming beneath the crystal-clear water...