British Royal Air Force

IN PICTURES: Armed Forces raise money for Children in Need

Members of the Armed Forces and civilians working with them carried out various fundraising activities right across the UK to support this year's Children in Need event which took place on Friday 20 November 2009.

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Paralysed RAF man suing for £6m

A former RAF employee from Cornwall has begun legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD), claiming £6m after breaking his neck during a fun day. Robert Uren, 24, was trying to collect plastic toys from a pool during a...

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Joint military assistance in Cumbria ceases

A Military Operations news article The military assistance to the Cumbrian emergency services dealing with the severe floods in the area this weekend ended at 0900hrs today, Monday 23 November 2009. An RAF Sea King was used to...

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All-women combat RAF crew

Two women from the West Country are among the crew The RAF is to send its first all-woman combat helicopter crew into action in Helmand province in Afghanistan. The four women will fly missions taking troops and supplies to the...

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Air Commodore Tony Cullen: pathologist

Tony Cullen was an international authority on aircraft accident investigation. He was born Stephen Anthony Cullen in Liverpool in 1939. He joined the RAF in 1964 after qualifying in medicine from Liverpool Medical School in...

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Prince William and Prince Harry: A firm foundation for the brothers in arms

Prince William and Prince Harry are rising to the challenge of royal life together, says Andrew Pierce . Joining forces: WIlliam and Harry, training together with the RAF, are the first members of the Royal family to launch a...

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Soldiers kicked out of a pub for wearing their uniforms

By ROSS MCGUINNESS - Monday, November 23, 2009 A soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq was shocked when bar staff refused to serve him - because he was wearing his uniform. Guardsman Brad Thomas and Grenadier Guard Jimmy...

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Future Brize takes off

Over the last decade RAF Brize Norton has shown its worth as a key link in the chain to front line operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, with the planned closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012 and a shift of units and aircraft to...

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RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive

Bombs, bullets and rockets were the usual weapons on aircraft flying over Europe during the Second World War but it was often the camera that proved the most deadly. Photographs provided the generals and intelligence officers...

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Orig Williams: Welsh wrestler

Orig Williams was one of the most well-loved villains in sport, a Welsh-speaking native of North Wales who rose to television stardom as a wrestler under the unlikely pseudonym of “El Bandito”. His favourite saying was: “If you...

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