Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands marks four decades since its construction
Mount Pleasant Complex is a fighter and transport base for the UK military presence in the Falklands
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RAF Abnormal load: RAF Buccaneer takes a road trip after losing gate guardian role
Buccaneer S2 XK526 has been driven to its new location through Lincolnshire on top of a lorry with a police escort
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RAF Ex Formidable Shield: Nato's largest live-fire naval exercise in Europe gets underway
RAF Typhoons, the UK's primary multi-role combat aircraft, are taking part in the exercise along with Norwegian F-35s
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RAF Two new F-35B Lightning jets delivered to UK after transatlantic flight
Aircraft flown in from Texas mark latest boost to UK's fifth-generation fighter fleet
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RAF RAF lands Globemaster on frozen runway to deliver fuel to planet's most northerly station
Operation Boxtop sees RAF personnel take on the Arctic Circle, working in -40°C
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Football Boulmer hold off Lossiemouth comeback attempt to win seven-goal thriller in RAF Cup final
A spirited Lossiemouth comeback was not enough to stop Boulmer from becoming three-time RAF Cup winners
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Football RAF Odiham record three-goal blitz to beat Wittering to win Plate tournament in Oxford
It was a good afternoon for the Odiham attackers in the Plate final
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Netball Aki 7s Cyprus: RAF tournament proves to be a big win for grassroots netball
Stations from across the UK and Cyprus came together for a netball tournament at RAF Akrotiri for coaching and competition
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Rugby Union RAF star Amy Cokayne agrees two-year deal with Sale Sharks for next season
Royal Air Force and England Rugby International Flight Lieutenant Amy Cokayne will move to Sale Sharks from Leicester Tigers for the 2025/26 ...
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News PM announces £563m Typhoon contract for Rolls-Royce as part of defence spending boost
The government has pledged to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GBP by April 2027 to counter the threat from Russia
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WWII Why historians are fighting to remember the role Britain's WW2 airfields played in victory
While hundreds of airfields were operating during the Second World War many had no official recognition out of security concerns.
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Aviation History New funding to preserve RAF and Royal Marines' WW2 contributions for the future
As the UK marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, more than £13m funding is being awarded to two museums to keep the history of WW2 alive
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RAF RAF's parachute display team show off new Helix manoeuvre at first show of the season
The military's premier parachute display team have started their season with a display at Brize Norton
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VE Day 80 Wings of history, wings of victory: Which aircraft were seen on the VE Day 80 flypast
Twenty-three military aircraft soared over The Mall and Buckingham Palace as part of the VE Day 80 flypast
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VE Day 80 Crowds cheer as Red Arrows and Typhoons soar over Palace to conclude flypast
Many held their phones high in the air to record the moment as the aircraft - both vintage and modern - flew over the Palace in waves
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VE Day 80 Flypast a symbol of how freedom was won 80 years ago and is being maintained today
The RAF flypast will follow a route from holding patterns across southeast England before converging in formation over central London