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There will be an RAF fighter flypast at this year's Nottinghamshire County Show to mark the 80th anniversary of VE day. The annual show will be returning to Newark Showground on Saturday ...
Some of the money will be used to build a new exhibition that will house items from the RAF collection The Royal Air Force Museum in the Midlands has been awarded just over £9m by the National ...
Recently, the same court in Rahldeyah Esack v the Road Accident Fund dealt with the same legal question raised in Moss: can a claimant’s right to compensation under the RAF Act 56 of 1996 be ...
A pair of RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M "Coot-A" intelligence aircraft over the Baltic Sea on 15 April, while another two Typhoons intercepted an unknown ...
RAF Typhoons were scrambled twice in under 48 hours this week as Russian aircraft approached NATO airspace. The British jets, stationed in Poland as part of Operation Chessman, were sent up to ...
RAF ‘Top Guns’ are gearing up for the ultimate test of skill and endurance as they sharpen their abilities to face mounting threats from Russia. More than 54 aircraft will take part in ...
RAF fighter jets based at Lossiemouth have been scrambled and circled around Scotland to confront an unidentified aircraft after receiving an alert from NATO. A plane left from Brize Norton this ...
The M-346s are being considered by RAF chiefs who need to retire ageing Hawks. Replacing the aerobatic team’s iconic 50-year-old planes with Russian designed jets would be “outrageous ...
Tunnock’s tea cakes have been cleared to be taken on board RAF planes after a 60-year-old myth they explode was debunked. The snack was said to be banned from RAF flights in 1965 after one ...
An elite RAF trooper left so deafened by “incredibly noisy” aircraft and gunfire that his friends and family accuse him of ignoring them is suing for up to £100,000. Alastair Bidwell ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An RAF Puma helicopter was spotted flying over Clitheroe on Thursday morning, March 27. The flypast, which occurred nationwide, was part of ...
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has performed a series of farewell flights with its last Puma HC2 transport helicopters, as the veteran type bows out after almost 54 years of service. Conducted on 26 ...