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In a recent evacuation operation, RAF A400M Atlas aircraft and crews actively engaged in transporting British nationals and their dependants from Tel Aviv, Israel to Larnaca, Cyprus. Over three days, ...
From 13 to 20 June 2025, the King’s Colour Squadron, the Royal Air Force’s sole ceremonial unit, assumed public duties at the ...
See more from the Royal Air ForceThe Chief of the Air Staff is the 4-star commander and professional head of the Royal Air Force. He is accountable to the Secretary of State for its fighting ...
History Trebelzue was commandeered as a satellite field for RAF St Eval in 1941, but transferred to Ferry Command to be an Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit. The runways proved inadequate, and new ...
The RAF will be equipped with twelve new F-35A fifth-generation aircraft, as part of the Security Defence Review.
The Gordon Shephard Memorial Prize For more than 100 years, the RAF has offered an academic prize in memory of Brigadier-General G F Shephard DSO MC RAF, who was killed in action whilst flying on 19th ...
History of the Typhoon FGR4 In 1979, France, West Germany, and the UK initiated the European Combat Fighter (ECF) study, with the RAF aiming to replace the Harrier and Jaguar aircraft. The RAF also ...
Innovation, technological performance and enhancing partnerships with NATO allies – this is the focus for Exercise Atlantic ...
History Trebelzue was commandeered as a satellite field for RAF St Eval in 1941, but transferred to Ferry Command to be an Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit. The runways proved inadequate, and new ...
In this Royal Air Force 60 Second Update we’re at RAF Gibraltar, seeing how movers load aircraft that use one of the world’s most challenging runways.
In a spectacular show of military precision, the skies over London emptied for June’s annual King’s Birthday flypast. A total of 29 aircraft participated in the ceremonial display, flying from the Nor ...
Operational skills were shared when Aircraft Engineers from Royal Air Force Coningsby in Lincolnshire demonstrated hot-refuelling on Eurofighter Typhoons to their Italian Air Force counterparts. Time ...