UK tightens links with Finland and USA during high readiness exercise
More than 750 troops from the UK, USA and Finland gathered this week in Niinisalo, western Finland.
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Ukraine How the RAF's been observing Ukraine and Russia fighting on Snake Island in 'real time'
A Typhoon pilot deployed to Romania said "war is happening in Europe" and the events in Ukraine have "focused the mind".
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Aircraft Take a tour of an RAF Typhoon fighter jet policing NATO's skies
RAF Typhoon jets are currently deployed to Romania to help NATO police the Black Sea region.
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RAF RAF wing commander missing, feared dead, in Pakistan
Wing Commander Gordon Henderson went missing on 19 July while taking part in the British Services Mountaineering Expedition.
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Athletics Commonwealth Games: World No 1 pair aiming to bring gold medal back to the RAF
Senior Aircraftman Luke Pollard is the guide for top visually impaired triathlete Dave Ellis at the Games in Birmingham.
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RAF RAF Typhoons cleared to fly as normal again after being grounded over technical issue
Non-essential flying of the Typhoon, the UK's main Quick Reaction Alert aircraft, was paused on Friday.
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RAF UK surveillance sorties surge since Russian invasion of Ukraine
A Freedom of Information request showed the number of flights trebled between December and March.
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RAF Ex-RAF cook discharged for being gay calls for support after cancer diagnosis
Simon Hinchley-Robson faced days of interrogation and was discharged, never receiving either an apology or his Armed Forces pension.
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Aircraft RAF resumes Red Arrows flights, non-essential flying of Typhoons still paused
The pause has been brought in over a technical issue that "may affect the safe operation" of the aircraft's ejection seats.
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RAF 601 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force receives new Standard
The head of the RAF presented the squadron with a new standard symbolising the importance the RAF places on it.
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RAF Business as usual at RAF Brize Norton after heatwave flight disruption
Flights in and out of the UK's largest air base had been halted due to the recent severe hot weather conditions.
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RAF Sustainable fuel set to power RAF reaches landmark new stage
British technology could have the potential to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in military aircraft.
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RAF RAF Brize Norton halts all flights due to heatwave
It had been reported that flights in and out of the UK's largest air base had been halted because part of the "runway has melted".
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RAF RAF chief to stay in role until 2023
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston has been in the role since 2019.
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Veterans Birthday wishes pour in for last known Battle of Britain pilot as he turns 103
Chief of the Air Staff Sir Mike Wigston said retired Group Captain John Hemingway, 103, "is an inspiration to us all".
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RAF Boris Johnson flies in cockpit of RAF Typhoon – describes takeoff as a 'vertical firecracker'
The Prime Minister was invited to RAF Coningsby to see the Quick Reaction Alert team in action.