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The RAF women's football team have got off to a good start

Champions make winning start in Lincoln as RAF defenders score to edge out Royal Navy

Defence Secretary John Healey meets Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas in Nicosia

Healey's arrival aims to quell concern about level of defence UK providing to Cyprus

Downing Street said the damage to the hangar was minimal after being struck by a drone

Drone which crashed at RAF Akrotiri hit hangar, not runway, Downing Street confirms

The crew of the 815 Naval Air Squadron Wildcat managed to take a few snaps of the Russian visitors

Eyes on: HMS Tyne and Wildcat called out twice to monitor Russian warships in UK waters

This Spitfire MkII of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is an early example - the final model was the Mk 24

The birth of a legend: History remembered as Spitfire made first flight 90 years ago

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Royal Navy netball impress in opening match but Army champions power to win

RAF F-35Bs have poured into Akrotiri in recent weeks as the UK steps up its capabilities to defend itself and its Gulf allies against an increasingly volatile security situation in the Middle East

How a single drone defeating RAF Akrotiri's air defences thrust Cyprus into the spotlight

Lieutenant General Sir Rob Magowan will succeed General Sir Jim Hockenhull as Commander of CSOC in 2026

Lt Gen Sir Rob Magowan: Meet the Royal Marine that has taken over top role at CSOC

Colin Bell pictured with a de Havilland Mosquito - Colin flew the bomber variant in raids over Germany

Last surviving RAF Mosquito pilot relives his 50 missions over Nazi Germany

Despite arming up, defence officials have said HMS will not leave for Cyprus until next week

Defence officials scramble to kit out HMS Dragon ahead of deployment to protect Cyprus