Lima Charlie: How prepared are the Armed Forces for evacuations?
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Royals Duchess Of Cambridge Gets Stuck In During Cumbria Cadets Trip
Kate, Honorary Air Commandant of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets, also took part in mountain biking during the visit.
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RAF P-8A Poseidon: RAF Welcomes Sixth Submarine Hunter Aircraft
The aircraft, named Guernsey's Reply, is the RAF's sixth Poseidon aircraft to be part of Lossiemouth's eventual nine-strong fleet.
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Op Shader Op Shader Exclusive: What Next For UK's Fight Against IS?
The RAF's Middle East operations commander exclusively told Forces News it is difficult to know when the UK's mission against IS will end.
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Op Shader RAF Conducts Air Strike Against IS In Iraq
A single Paveway IV guided bomb was fired from a Royal Air Force Typhoon during the operation.
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Gibraltar Gibraltar Freedom Of The City Honour For RAF
Personnel from RAF Gibraltar and across British Forces Gibraltar were present at the prestigious ceremony.
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Remembrance Prince Charles And Duchess Of Cornwall Attend Battle of Britain Service
Their Royal Highnesses honoured Battle of Britain Pilots and groundcrew at Westminster Abbey.
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Football Back To Winning Ways: RAF Ladies' Impressive Victory Over Sporting Khalsa
A 7-1 loss to an English Colleges team was put behind them with a 2-1 victory over Sporting Khalsa at RAF Cosford.
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RAF Tributes Paid To 'Selfless' RAF Sergeant Who Died In Parachuting Accident
Sergeant Rachel Fisk was described by one RAF colleague as "a natural and conscientious instructor and a role model for her students".
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RAF In Pictures: RAF Typhoon Display Team Honours Battle Of Britain Anniversary
The Typhoons were retracing the footsteps of the heroic Battle of Britain pilots, known as "The Few".
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Royals Kate To Meet Military Personnel Involved In Afghanistan Evacuation
The Duchess of Cambridge will speak to those who took part in Operation Pitting – the UK's evacuation mission from Afghanistan.
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RAF 'Synthetic' Training For Typhoon Pilots As BAE Systems Wins £220m Contracts
The multimillion-pound investment will support about 120 jobs at RAF bases and a further 60 engineering jobs at BAE Systems.
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Aircraft RAF Chinooks And C-17 Globemaster Fleet Set For Nearly £400m Investment
The UK's C-17 fleet will see improvements to its airlift capability while the Chinooks will become harder to detect by adversaries.
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Aircraft Lancaster Returns To RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Fleet After Maintenance
The Officer Commanding for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight said the hangar "felt empty without the Lancaster".
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Aircraft In Pictures: Amazing Shots Of RAF's Future Protector Aircraft Flying Over UK
Speaking at RAF Waddington, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace praised the flight of the SkyGuardian as a "huge milestone".
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Cricket Army's T20 Title Defence Starts With Loss To RAF
All three teams still have a chance to win the championship after the first two matches of the day.