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Arrests In Cyprus For Drugs And Explosives Possession

Four Cypriot men have been arrested for possessing drugs and explosives after Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Police officers and the Cyprus ...

First Glimpse Of New World-Class Rehab Centre

A rehabilitation centre for injured soldiers at Headley Court in Surrey is set to move to a stately home in Leicestershire. The new £300m ...

Churchill's Underground "Barn" To Be Opened To The Public

A disused London Underground station where Winston Churchill took refuge during the Blitz is to be opened to the public. Down Street station ...

GALLERY: French And British Gear Up For Griffin Strike

WATCH: High-Quality Footage Of Airstrike On Daesh Weapons Cache

Footage has been released of a coalition airstrike hitting a building controlled by Daesh. Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR)'s Combined Joint ...

Calls For Government To Tackle Sexual Violence In Conflict

In the age of the internet we can now see graphic horrors of war while far away from the conflict itself. The streets reduced to rubble, the ...

Mammoth B-52 Stratofortress Joins Fight Against Daesh

B-52 Stratofortress aircraft have arrived in Qatar to join the fight against Daesh. The long-range heavy bombers, which have been operated ...

Scrambled Typhoon's Sonic Boom Shakes Homes

Typhoon aircraft from the Royal Air Force's Quick Reaction Alert have been scrambled to intercept a civilian aircraft that was failing to ...

MoD Announces £167m Investment Into F-35B's Future Home

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced contracts worth £167 million to upgrade and build new facilities at RAF Marham, the future home ...

Inter-Services Rugby: RAF Stun Army For Second Year Running

The Royal Air Force have started their defence of their Inter-Services Championship with a nail-biting victory over the Army at RAF Halton ...

Invictus Games Hopefuls Prepare For Team Selection

The squad representing the UK Armed Forces at this year's Invictus Games will be announced at Buckingham Palace this week. Swimming athletes ...

Diego Garcia: Britain's Rare Tropical Posting

When it comes to military postings around the world, one of rarest and most sought after is in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia ...

Highest French Honour For WW2 Veterans

Speaking on the 70th anniversary of D-Day in 2014, president François Hollande pledged to honour all British veterans who had played a part ...

Fancy Getting Your Name On A Red Arrow?

The Royal Air Force has been celebrating its 98th anniversary in the build up to its centenary celebrations in 2018. And of course the date ...

The RAF At 98: A History

On April 1, 1918, the Royal Air Force was founded by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, becoming ...

The RAF's Pop-Up Museum

A Typhoon and Spitfire have appeared at Horse Guards Parade in central London. It's part of the build-up to the centenary of the RAF in 2018 ...