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A Chinook pilot who twice entered a fierce firefight to extract casualties in Afghanistan, and the Royal Air Force (RAF) Force Protection (FP) Team RAF Regiment who protected the aircraft, have been honoured in the latest round of military awards. Major Laura Nicholson, then a Flight ...
Two members of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Search and Rescue team who found and rescued a fisherman lost overboard near the Falkland Islands have been honoured in the latest round of military awards. Flight Lieutenant Ian Campbell, awarded the Air Force Cross, and Sergeant Dan Allanson, a...
A Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who evacuated 182 people during the escalating conflict in South Sudan has been awarded the Air Force Cross. The efforts of Flight Lieutenant Tim Eddy (31), from Gloucestershire, were revealed during a ceremony at Lancaster House, London, on Wednesday, 25...
Squadron Leader David Montenegro, Red 1 and Team Leader, talks about the new Union flag tailfin design, which has been revealed on the Red Arrows' jets for the future.
As a recently qualified Duty Manager at the Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre (ARCC),Kinloss Barracks, Forres , little did Flight Sergeant Steven Flavell know that his actions on his first unsupervised shift would end up saving the life of a merchant seaman who had suffered lif...
The UK’s first A400M Atlas has been named “City of Bristol” by the Royal Air Force in a rare honour to highlight the important role industry in the city has played in the delivery of the aircraft. The wings of the next-generation military transporter plane were designed and manufactur...
Operational testing of the UK’s first F-35B Lightning ll aircraft started this week at Edwards Air Force Base in California by 17 (Reserve) Squadron, 100 years after the unit was first established. The squadron, which was first formed in 1915, will be responsible for all the test and ...
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby were scrambled yesterday after Russian aircraft were identified flying in international airspace close to UK airspace. Deep under the Northumberland countryside, the RAF Master Controller at the Control and Report...
