How one female Chinook crewman turned her life around after nearly ending it all
The longest-serving female RAF Chinook Force crew member has shared her experiences of life across her 17 years of flying.
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Feature The Stage Door Canteen and its fight for racial equality during WW2
The New York venue and others like it welcomed serving personnel of all races and ethnicities.
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Exercises Exercise Joint Warrior: The largest military exercise in Europe explained
Taking place over two weeks, Exercise Joint Warrior includes airborne assaults, amphibious landings, evacuations and live-fire exercises.
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News New monument to celebrate vital Caribbean contribution in WWI and WWII
The National Caribbean Monument Charity has been raising funds to get the monument at the National Memorial Arboretum.
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RAF RAF Typhoon jets and Chinook helicopter train over white cliffs of Dover
Both aircraft have recently been deployed in Eastern Europe to work with NATO partners and allies.
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Veterans 'The Few' honoured with a 12ft sky-gazing statue at Biggin Hill Airport
The sculpture pays respect to all who fought during the Battle of Britain.
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Navy Exercise Joint Warrior: UK hosts 11,000 personnel in 12-day virtual battle
Land, sea and air forces will be tested from Cape Wrath and the Hebrides to the North Sea and Channel.
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News Frontline personnel take on 3,863-mile Yompathon for mental health charities
The men are hoping to raise £800,000 for mental health charities close to their hearts.
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History Battle of Britain: Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aircraft compared
Both aircraft served alongside one another in combat, with people often wondering which was better.
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WWII Second World War airman laid to rest 78 years after fatal flight
Flight Sergeant William Robert Stephen Hurrell's remains were buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
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RAF RAF helicopters spend hours fighting fire in Cyprus
The RAF Griffin helicopters were involved in the firefighting effort and the fire is now under control.
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Tri-Service What is top of the military's shopping list?
We examine how the Royal Navy, British Army and RAF might wish to invest with potential extra funding.
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Technology 30th birthday for RAF 'cheese grater' radar as it watches Ukraine war missile threats
RAF Fylingdales says it has detected more ballistic missiles in the past six weeks than in the previous year.
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RAF MOD admits 'mistakes were made' in RAF diversity recruitment drive
"While overall standards did not drop, in hindsight we accept... some mistakes were made," the Ministry of Defence says.
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Operations Eight years of Operation Shader: The UK's mission against IS
The UK has flown more than 8,000 sorties providing strikes, surveillance and reconnaissance, air-to-air refuelling and transport.
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RAF Take a tour of the 'factory of the future' for the RAF's next-generation fighter
It is where Tempest will be built, the RAF's next-generation fighter jet.