What is the Mach Loop and why is it ideal for fighter jet training?
The tight turns and bends of the Machynlleth Loop in Wales are perfect for combat training.
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Athletics 'Proudest moments of my life': RAF triathlon guide celebrates Commonwealth Games gold
Senior Aircraftman Luke Pollard guided Dave Ellis to the gold medal in Birmingham.
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Athletics RAF guide wins gold medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games
Senior Aircraftman Luke Pollard guided Dave Ellis to the paratriathlon win in Birmingham.
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Football All-female crew to lead RAF flypast over Wembley for Euro 2022 final
A C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, crewed by three women, will be flanked by two Typhoon fighter jets as they fly over Wembley Stadium
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RAF Ceremony marks end of RAF's air policing mission in Romania
Typhoons from 3 (Fighter) Squadron, alongside Romanian Air Force F-16s, conducted a flypast during the parade to mark the occasion.
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Nato 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.