| 单词 | Royal Air Force |
| 例句 | Before the war it had a posh civil flying club, and it has also been a Royal Air Force base for years. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If was the chief flight instructor for Oakway’s Royal Air Force squadron, the man who had given Maddie her flight test nearly a year ago. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The announcer was saying something about the Isle of Wight and the Normandy coast and Royal Air Force bombers attacking enemy coast-defense guns and United States Air Force bombers attacking shore defenses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Lockheed was on a war footing, punching out aircraft for the Army Air Corps and the Royal Air Force. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z By the middle of 1942, the Air Transport Auxiliary in the United Kingdom let women ferry every single type of aircraft that the men of the Royal Air Force flew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And Britain’s Royal Air Force, in a gallant and furious fight against the Luftwaffe, turned out to be a stronger opponent than Germany had expected. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And she saw the frank relief on the pilot’s face turn to bewilderment and apprehension as he was increasingly surrounded by blue uniforms and the stripes and badges of the Royal Air Force. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The local Royal Air Force squadron has been flying bombers from that field since 1936. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There, she would help refuel the Royal Air Force. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not. I am a First Officer with the Air Transport Auxiliary. And I bet no one believes you, either, when you tell them you’re a rear gunner in the Royal Air Force.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z These were super-light wooden planes, specially made for Britain’s Royal Air Force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Royal Air Force plane carrying six former POWs from Korea touched down at Abingdon Airfield in England in April 1953. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’d never touched a machine gun before,” said David Miller, a former Royal Air Force logistics officer. In Las Vegas, Gun Ranges Are Tourist Draws 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Your father was in the Royal Air Force, and was killed in a plane crash in Kenya when you were small. The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Photograph: Royal Air Force Museum/PA The only surviving German second world war Dornier Do 17 bomber is to be raised from its watery grave in the English Channel in an operation announced on Friday. German bomber to rise from its English Channel grave 2013-05-03T08:35:50Z The Royal Air Force also provides service twice a week from England. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The otherworldly display prompted a Royal Air Force helicopter to circle around to get a better look, at which point the waggish artist turned the “E.T.”-like installation off. A Light Safari in Wine Country 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z The picture of a young man in his Royal Air Force uniform had always stood in the centre of the mantelpiece of my childhood home. The pleasant-looking killers who took my father’s life 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force veteran and former cab driver delivers takeaways from the Indian restaurant in his Vauxhall Vectra in all weather, dressed smartly in shirt and tie - and without a GPS navigation system. 82-year-old takeout delivery driver voted best in Britain 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He volunteered during World War II and was one of only a handful of German-born pilots to fly for the Royal Air Force. Ken Adam, who made Bond villain lairs and ‘Dr. Strangelove’ War Room, dies at 95 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Unless we took the boat back to Cape Town, a nine-day voyage, the only way off the island was a British Royal Air Force flight to Brize Norton military base in England, which we took. One final chance to sail to St. Helena, a remote island in the Atlantic 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Prince William, a Royal Air Force rescue helicopter pilot, requested the simulated emergency landing procedure. Prince William performs water landings in Canada 2011-07-05T13:44:31Z Bill Griffith, Rowan Oak's curator, is among those who would love to own Faulkner's Canadian Royal Air Force Uniform or signed, first editions of some his works. Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection 2010-06-18T17:27:00Z The narrative jumps throughout the 20th century around the story of Teddy Todd, a Royal Air Force pilot in World War II who struggles with his postwar survival. These Are The Best Books of 2015 So Far 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z His mother, the former Lillian Charlotte Eaves, was a homemaker; his father, Charles Richard Watts, was in the Royal Air Force and, after World War II, became a truck driver for British Railways. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z William, 32, was previously a search and rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force and took part in over 150 search and rescue operations. Britain's Prince William to become air ambulance helicopter pilot 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z He did well enough, however, that next came jobs for the Royal Air Force recreating World War II scenes, for which he flew in vintage planes and rode in tanks over battle sites. David Shepherd, Who Both Painted and Preserved Wildlife, Dies at 86 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z He had been caned at boarding school and, enlisting in the Royal Air Force, was burned and maimed when his Gloster Gladiator plane crashed in the Egyptian desert. A Rosier View of Roald Dahl 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Instead, the story focuses on a fictional cozy English village on the outskirts of London and one affectionate upper-middle-class family whose oldest son, Vin, an Oxford student, enlists in the Royal Air Force. Films to Heal a Broken Moment 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “It was as if he had been born an airman in the Royal Air Force,” Hazel Carby writes in “Imperial Intimacies,” her new book of political history, which came out last month. An Intimate History of the British Empire 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z At the start of the second world war, he joined the Royal Air Force and was soon posted to the RAF school of photography, in Farnborough, Hampshire. Cornel Lucas 2012-11-19T15:34:38Z Assisted by the Royal Air Force, the collection left the UK last week, bound for Kabul, via the army base in Helmand. Looted art back in Afghan museum 2012-07-19T12:10:56Z Later he became a pilot for the Army Flying Corps, but crashed his plane and was nearly killed on the same day the Royal Air Force was created. Billy Cotton: A life less ordinary 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z He joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and spent World War II photographing nighttime bombing raids over Germany. Gilbert Taylor, Celebrated Hollywood Cinematographer, Dies at 99 2013-08-27T02:48:23Z The prince, a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force, is on duty at a base on an island off the coast of Wales and is expected to mark his birthday privately. Prince William celebrates his 29th birthday 2011-06-21T20:31:05Z Reach for the Skies, released last week, features samples of two of Churchill's most famous speeches, set to music by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Winston Churchill scores chart victory 2010-10-04T09:40:00Z The daughter of a dentist and a Polish pilot who flew with Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II, Ms. Kulczyk was raised in postwar Communist Poland. A Polish Collector’s Passion for Art and Dance 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z After serving in the Royal Air Force and the Merchant Navy, he became a photographer and amateur filmmaker. The Master of Cinematic Vulgarity: Ken Russell (1927-2011) 2011-11-28T20:17:50Z He studied in New York City during the 1930s and served in Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II. He received a master’s degree in physics from Cambridge in 1949. E.R. Braithwaite, author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z His active military career, a traditional rite of passage for senior royals, lasted more than seven years, first in the Army and then in the Royal Air Force. Palace: Prince William ends active military career 2013-09-12T19:07:09Z He served in the Royal Air Force in the early 1950s. John Stobart, Celebrated Maritime Painter, Dies at 93 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Musicians confirmed to perform at the royal wedding include the Abbey's choir, the Chapel Royal Choir and the London Chamber Orchestra and the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Britain's royal wedding to be on iTunes 2011-03-23T13:12:17Z As the British Royal Air Force continued to drop the bombs throughout the war, the name caught on, and it was soon used to refer to anything particularly explosive or extravagant. Why do we call hit movies "blockbusters"? 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z “Lockdown was probably the oddest experience in my life,” says McGowran, who spent nearly 26 years in the Royal Air Force before becoming a yeoman warder. As lockdown restrictions ease, a changed London awaits the return of foreign tourists 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z A British healthcare worker who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being evacuated to the UK on a Royal Air Force plane. Briton with Ebola virus being flown home 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Then, as chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929, he allowed economic considerations to slow the Royal Air Force development program. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The radio music was recorded by the 62-piece Royal Air Force Orchestra. Britten war scores get live premiere 2013-09-25T09:21:04Z After serving in the Royal Air Force, he worked briefly for The Daily Telegraph as an assistant to the editor before leaving to pursue a career in music. John Chilton, Jazz Musician and Historian, Dies at 83 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z He served briefly in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force, then moved to London, where he studied dance before turning to photography in his late 20s. Ken Russell, Controversial Director, Dies at 84 2011-11-28T11:22:23Z Mr. Hill served in the Royal Air Force during the war. Eric Hill, writer and illustrator of ‘Where’s Spot?’ and other children’s classics, dies The first, “Over to You,” came out in 1946, and features ten not-quite-conventional combat stories, based on his experience as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He went to work for a film lab at 15, and during World War II helped develop spy photography systems for the Royal Air Force. Cornel Lucas, Photographer Whose Portraits Defined Film Stars, Dies at 92 2012-11-19T01:24:05Z Mr. Horne turned down a Harvard scholarship to return to Britain, where he enlisted in the Royal Air Force but, because of poor eyesight, failed to qualify for pilot training. Alistair Horne, War Historian and Onetime British Spy, Dies at 91 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He did not start acting until he was studying sociology and psychology at the London School of Economics after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Ron Moody dies at 91; British actor played Fagin in the movie “Oliver!” 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z His father is a technician for the Royal Air Force in London. She Found Her Leading Man Backstage 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The restaurants are near the Royal Air Force base where William serves as a helicopter search and rescue pilot. Prince William's dinner party turned away in Wales 2011-04-14T17:26:09Z Harry is currently completing his Apache helicopter training at British Royal Air Force base Wattisham Station, in eastern England. Prince Harry says he is returning to Afghanistan 2011-12-21T14:18:57Z Harrison was a Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down and captured in November 1942 on his first mission, a raid on the Dutch port of Den Helder. British Great Escape veteran Harrison dies at 97 2010-06-08T15:01:00Z The year was 1956, and he was living in South Australia, where his stepfather was a pilot with Britain’s Royal Air Force. Philip Pullman Has Made a Career Building New Worlds. He’s Not Done Yet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The island itself played a crucial part in the war; the Royal Air Force had a base here. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force and also did intelligence work, but he dismissed reports over the years that he was a spy. Christopher Lee, famous for villainous roles, dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z MY parents, Betty and Terry Doonan, met in a Royal Air Force soup kitchen at the end of World War II. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: A Wedding? Oh, Yes, We Did That, Too 2011-07-22T21:27:18Z The 1933 film "The Eagle and the Hawk," starring Fredric March and Cary Grant as Royal Air Force pilots in World War I, doesn't shy away from the impact war has on its participants. Documentary examines Penn State in wake of Sandusky scandal 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z He is, of course, replaced by Winston Churchill, whose inspired leadership, along with the brilliance of the Royal Air Force, thwarted Hitler’s dreamed-of invasion of England. Review | The anti-Hitler resistance has one chance to avoid war in Robert Harris’s ‘Munich’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z He attended Oxford University and served in the Royal Air Force before beginning his acting career in Stratford-upon-Avon with the troupe that later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. Robert Hardy, British Actor Who Played Churchill Often, Dies at 91 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Several days before the war ended, it was bombed by the Royal Air Force. ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Hoping it would go away, she went through an all-boys public school, did national service in the Royal Air Force, began a career in mechanical engineering, married and had three children. 'Age has nothing to do with it': how it feels to transition later in life 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The setting, at the height of World War II, is a hotel in Lincolnshire, a gathering spot for Royal Air Force fighters stationed at a nearby airdrome. Terence Rattigan's 'Flare Path' salutes ordinary valor in wartime 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z He served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II, flying raids over France and Germany. Oswald Morris, Artful Cinematographer, Is Dead at 98 2014-03-27T07:11:58Z He also excelled in school but, told that he might aspire to Oxford, shocked his headmaster by saying he intended to join the Royal Air Force when he turned 18, which he did. In ‘The Outsider,’ Frederick Forsyth shares his life of intrigue 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Instead William returned to work as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter pilot and Kate was spotted pushing a shopping trolley in a supermarket car park near their home in Anglesey, Wales. William and Kate off on honeymoon -- at last 2011-05-10T10:24:44Z Wales, landed on the British outpost as part of a four-member Royal Air Force crew. Pilot Prince William in Falklands for 6-week tour 2012-02-02T18:05:09Z Throughout his youth, Joe remained an avid reader, and in 1945, when he was called into the Royal Air Force, his life changed forever because he scored 169 on an IQ test. ‘The Unfortunate Englishman’: a stylish spy thriller set in postwar Berlin 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The book's backward arc moves from Teddy's late life to his youth in the Royal Air Force. Kate Atkinson moves backwards through a life in 'A God in Ruins' 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Faced with the possible German destruction of the Royal Air Force’s bases in 1940, Churchill overruled his military command and drew Wehrmacht attacks to British cities. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z During , he joined the Royal Air Force and was assigned to entertain troops when he wasn’t maintaining Spitfire fighters. Max Bygraves, Jovial British Entertainer, Is Dead at 89 2012-09-08T22:15:06Z The bunker was built by the Royal Air Force in 1952 after the land under which it sits was bought compulsorily from the Parrish family. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z As Royal Air Force jets streamed red, white and blue smoke while flying over Buckingham Palace, Mr. Morgan said, “I wish I was king.” The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z Ryan, who works for the Royal Air Force in recruitment and selection, was quick to step in. One day. Six operations. Three kidneys. The story of an organ donor chain 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force and performed in a band at the headquarters of Bomber Command. 'Muppet Show' bandleader Jack Parnell dies at 87 2010-08-09T14:12:00Z We pass an anxious night in the lounge of a Lincolnshire hotel with this ever-hopeful assemblage, who thrill to reports of the derring-do of a Royal Air Force bomber pilot. Theater Review: Plays That Grapple With Grief in War and Love 2011-03-22T13:00:07Z In 1942, after the Royal Air Force devastated the German port of Lübeck, the Nazis reputedly worked their way through the Britain guidebook, and bombed Exeter, Bath, York, Norwich and then Canterbury. Footsteps: The Highlands by Rail, With 1910 Baedeker in Hand 2010-05-07T16:41:00Z He was more affable and voluble over lunch, offering anecdotes about his time in the Royal Air Force in 1944 and his Islington childhood. My geriatric “catfishing” cautionary tale 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z His father was a minister in the Royal Air Force and his mother a librarian. Lemmy, Singer and Bassist for Motörhead, Dies at 70 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In this case it’s northern Europe, where surviving crew members of a Royal Air Force bomber, shot down behind German lines, try to make it back to England. DVDs: On DVD, Errol Flynn and Raoul Walsh War Movies 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z He later served as a wireless operator in the Royal Air Force, including in British-controlled Malaya, now Malaysia. British author Alan Sillitoe dies aged 82 2010-04-25T16:46:00Z The wedding and William's decision to return to work as a helicopter search and rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force has transformed them. William, Kate praised for being serious 2011-05-01T15:59:42Z His superiors in the Royal Air Force were, suffice to say, rather upset. Prince William: Britain's Sea King of the skies 2011-04-14T13:17:15Z The widowed Jeanne, whose son is in the Royal Air Force, inwardly seethes at the German presence. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z In 1940 he volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force. E. R. Braithwaite, Author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ Dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z After attending the University of Cambridge and serving in the Royal Air Force, he apprenticed on documentary films in France. John Guillermin, director of “The Towering Inferno,” dies at 89 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z After the Germans invade, a French army captain devotes himself to helping British bomber crews forced to bail out over France make their way back to England to rejoin the desperately short-handed Royal Air Force. Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Decades later rumors swirled that the British Royal Air Force pushed that message as a cover-up for the recently adopted radar technology they were secretly relying on for their nighttime skirmishes. Do carrots really improve your vision? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Faulkner went to Canada and trained as a Royal Air Force aviator, but never saw combat because World War I ended before he completed training. Miss. hometown marks half century post-Faulkner 2012-07-04T17:16:04Z The display closes with a fly-past by Britain’s Royal Air Force. Prince Harry, Meghan attend military parade to honor Queen Elizabeth 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z He trained to be a teacher for some months, then served in the Royal Air Force in Singapore. Fred Tomlinson, Singer Who Led a ‘Monty Python’ Troupe, Dies at 88 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The Defense Ministry announced this week that the 29-year-old prince, a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot, will be posted to the British outpost for six weeks next year. Prince William's posting to Falklands defended 2011-11-13T16:11:09Z During World War II he did intelligence work for the Royal Air Force and spent a year learning Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Antony Flew, 87, Philosopher and Ex-Atheist, Dies 2010-04-17T02:21:00Z And it’s the British Royal Air Force, not the Germans, who drop bombs on occupied Delfzijl. A Young Soldier’s Moral Compromise 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Wales, as he's known in the Royal Air Force, was one of several pilots on call for search and rescue missions in the sprawling archipelago of 704 islands. Prince William returns to UK after Falklands tour 2012-03-21T10:22:16Z "All the companies and employers taking part today are providing opportunities which mean something very immediate and personal to us," said William, who is a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot for the British military. Kate, William depart US after charming Hollywood 2011-07-10T23:52:08Z Grant served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and qualified as a barrister before turning to acting. 2010-02-15T14:21:00Z He served in the Royal Air Force, where he was reportedly the shortest commissioned officer in the British forces. Ronnie Corbett, One of ‘The Two Ronnies,’ Dies at 85 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z He served with the Royal Air Force during World War Two as a pilot. 2010-02-14T17:57:00Z He did his compulsory military service with the Royal Air Force and then took a teaching post in English literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Paul West, Writer Who Shoveled Absurdity Into His Books, Dies at 85 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The pictures showing the second in line to the throne going through his daily routine as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot included images of unclassified user names, passwords and computer screens. Security fears force removal of Prince William pix 2012-11-20T17:39:12Z On Hogan’s Heroes, he played the incompetent Crittendon, a Royal Air Force group captain referred to as the colonel. Bernard Fox, Dr. Bombay on 'Bewitched', Dies at 89 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Scott, who was knighted in 2003, is about to make a film about the Battle of Britain during the second world war, when the Royal Air Force fought off the German Luftwaffe. Ridley Scott: aliens are out there and one day they'll come for us 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z William now lives with his wife in a rented house in Anglesey, north Wales, where he works as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter pilot. William and Kate to get new London home 2011-11-05T22:16:04Z In the Royal Air Force he served as a radio operator in Malaya. Alan Sillitoe, ?Angry? British Author, Dies at 82 2010-04-26T04:37:00Z William was among a four-man crew operating a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter, which airlifted a 70-year-old man with a suspected heart problem to a hospital Wednesday, the military said. Work, shopping: Royal newlyweds slip into routine 2011-05-06T13:01:05Z Wartime service gave him the chance to shine in several Royal Air Force entertainment shows, as well as a role in the Normandy landings. Obituary: Eric Sykes 2012-07-04T11:18:49Z Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, served for about five years in the military, beginning in 1971 when he trained as a jet pilot with the Royal Air Force. Combat is tradition for UK royal 'spare heir' 2012-09-07T12:43:12Z The duke began training and became a search and rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force in January 2009. Prince William gets new job, training to be ambulance helicopter pilot 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z After serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he spent several years producing and directing documentaries in Paris. John Guillermin, ‘Towering Inferno’ Director, Dies at 89 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The British Royal Air Force dropped 150,000 miniature copies over France, a remarkable print run for any poem in war or peace. Exhibitions: Occupation of France During World War II Revisited in Words 2011-06-08T12:05:29Z Carrots are good for your eyes: This narrative traces back to World War II. In 1940, British Royal Air Force pilots began using radar to shoot down enemy planes in the dark. Perspective | Apples keep you healthy, carrots help your eyes: What science says about such folk remedies 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Another veteran showing her work at the Veterans, Family, Wales exhibition, organised by charities Woody's Lodge and VC Gallery, is Samantha Dinsdale Brown, who spent six years in the Royal Air Force. Armistice 2023: Art bringing solace to traumatised veterans 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies. King Charles III leads a national memorial service honoring those who died serving the U.K. 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Sunak said Britain has sent Royal Air Force surveillance aircraft to the eastern Mediterranean to “make sure that no arm shipments, for example, have been sent to other terrorist organizations in the region.” Live: Live updates | Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force has been brought in to evacuate UK citizens from Israel, according to flight tracking websites. Green MSP Maggie Chapman regrets 'upset' over Hamas social media post 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Critics have suggested the unexplained aircrafts were planes heading to the former nearby Royal Air Force base at Brawdy. Alien and UFO 'Bermuda Triangle' explored in new Netflix documentary 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Thursday’s celebrations start with a parade with over 1,000 soldiers and 240 horses, and the Royal Air Force flying over Buckingham Palace. Britain Celebrates Queen’s “Platinum Jubilee” 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Sunak’s government has also said Royal Air Force aircraft will fly over the Black Sea as part of efforts to deter Russia from striking cargo ships transporting grain from Ukraine to developing countries. India hopes for progress on global agenda as G20 leaders meet despite rifts over the war in Ukraine 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Sunak’s government said Royal Air Force aircraft will fly over the Black Sea as part of efforts to deter Russia from striking cargo ships transporting grain from Ukraine. Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 44 others in Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Some of the best were a truck driver, a lumberjack and a piano mover, while England once had a Royal Air Force pilot on its team. The Rugby World Cup is about to open in France. Here’s what to know about the sport and its history 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr Weston, now 71 and still working as a nurse, spent nine years at Jane Walker after leaving the Royal Air Force. Nayland: The cemetery where iron crosses mark people with disabilities 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Thursday’s celebrations start with a parade with over 1,000 soldiers and 240 horses, and the Royal Air Force flying over Buckingham Palace. Britain Celebrates Queen’s “Platinum Jubilee” 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z One of the vehicles was donated by the Welsh Assembly, while the rest were sourced from the Royal Air Force and Defence Fire and Rescue. RAF trains Ukrainians on specialist fire engines at Wittering 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Afterward, a squadron of Royal Air Force jets streaked across the cerulean skies above Edinburgh’s royal mile. In an Ambivalent Scotland, a Second Coronation for Charles 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z They will be followed by more than 700 members of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. King Charles to receive Scottish crown jewels 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The veteran from Hull, who asked not to be identified, joined the Royal Air Force aged 19 in January 1986 as a painter and finisher of Nimrod aircraft at RAF Kinloss. LGBT veterans call for prime minister apology for their treatment 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z At 13, he became a cadet in the Royal Air Force flying Chipmunk trainer airplanes. Hamish Harding, an Explorer Who Knew No Bounds Until He Found One, Dies at 58 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, usually wows the crowds as they fly in formation leaving plumes of red, white and blue vapor trails. What to know as King Charles takes part in his first Trooping the Color birthday parade as monarch 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z There will also be a flyover by Royal Air Force pilots. Prince Harry and Meghan not going to King Charles’ birthday bash 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z LAX stole some of its thunder, but it still offered commercial passenger flights until the war put it to military uses, like training pilots for the Royal Air Force. What if LAX were literally anywhere else? It could have been 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z But the U.K. does not have any F-16s, and has ruled out sending Royal Air Force Typhoon jets. Biden set for critical talks on Ukraine this week with Denmark’s Frederiksen, U.K.’s Sunak 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The embassy was evacuated with the support of Britain's Army and Royal Air Force just over a week after the fighting began. Sudan conflict: 85-year-old British citizen abandoned opposite UK embassy 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force conducted nighttime bombing campaigns over German cities, similar to those Germany carried out over England. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Like Charles, who served in the Royal Air Force, he is also a trained pilot in real life. Tom Cruise invites King Charles III to be his 'wingman' during coronation concert 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The Red Arrows, the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force, fly overhead after the coronation in London on Saturday. The Coronation of King Charles III, in Pictures 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z A six-minute ceremonial flight of 60 aircraft, including the Royal Air Force aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows, is set to fly overhead, passing by Buckingham Palace. What Will Happen During the Coronation 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z As the king and queen waved to a sea of people outside the palace, the Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, sped overhead, trailing red, white and blue plumes. Charles III crowned in ancient rite at Westminster Abbey 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Scarlet sleeves of Welsh Guards and white-gloved hands of Royal Air Force members swung in unison to a steady drumbeat. Live updates | King Charles III’s coronation 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The Royal Navy and Royal Marines are stationed at nearby Admiralty Arch, and the Royal Air Force are lining the route to Westminster Abbey. Live updates | King Charles III’s coronation 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z "Once everything is finished, and the Royal Air Force flypast is finished, I shall go and meet them and hopefully have a couple of drinks somewhere nice." The soldier in charge of military's coronation role 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The 1.42-mile route will be flanked by 1,000 members of the military from the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Coronation processions: What to look out for and when 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z There will be a fly past by military aircraft including the Red Arrows Royal Air Force aerobatic team and historic planes from World War Two. Factbox: Key moments in King Charles' coronation 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr Tweddall, who served in the Royal Air Force for 26 years, has recently been "validated", equipping him to handle flights at the airport. Inside Teesside Airport's air traffic control tower 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z A passenger plane belonging to Britain's Royal Air Force with about 40 civilians on board landed at Cyprus's Larnaca airport, said a foreign ministry spokesperson. First British evacuees from Sudan arrive in Cyprus 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z During World War II, the property was used as a station for the Royal Air Force and housed more than 2,000 personnel and scientists, the National Trust said. Statue Is Defaced in England After Children Were Given Crayons 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Around 1,200 personnel from the British army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force were involved in the rescue, and a C-130 Hercules and Airbus A400M transport aircraft were used. Sudan: UK sends military team as it weighs evacuation options 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He said the operation involved more than 1,200 British personnel from the Air Assault Brigade, Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force. British diplomats evacuated from Sudan 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Those there will witness the end of the day's public celebrations, with a six-minute fly-past involving members of the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and culminating in a display by the Red Arrows. Your full guide to King Charles III's coronation and the key times 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z One tactic was internment without trial, mainly of suspected Republican activists, at a former Royal Air Force based outside Belfast, then known as Long Kesh. Freddie Scappaticci, Who May Have Been British Spy ‘Stakeknife,’ Is Dead 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The King, who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy for a total of five years. King's coronation: Thousands from armed forces to take part 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z A former Royal Air Force engineer has said age is not a barrier after becoming a firefighter at 56. 'Age no barrier' as man becomes firefighter at 56 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The MoD said the F-35 Lightning was a multi-role, stealth aircraft containing "cutting-edge technologies", flown by both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. Ministry of Defence invests £161m in F-35 jet maintenance in Norfolk 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force flight crew who transported the Queen's coffin from Scotland to London, other coffin bearers, and senior government officials are also included in the Demise Honours list. Pallbearers of late Queen's coffin recognised in special honours list 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z It could just grind Ukraine out,” cautions retired Air Marshal Edward Stringer, a former senior officer in Britain’s Royal Air Force. Ukraine’s year of pain, death —and also nation-building 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Fanfares will be played by The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry and The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Force, the palace said. King Charles's coronation to feature 12 new pieces of music 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Charles trained as a jet pilot with the Royal Air Force in the 1970s. In U.K. and France visits, Zelensky asks for fighter planes to counter Russia 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z For the crew aboard the Royal Air Force’s Voyager, that means serving as a kind of gas station in the skies - providing air-to-air refueling of fighter aircraft carrying out the simulated mission. U.S., UK and Australia carry out China-focused air drills 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Prosecutors also allege that Farooq carried out “hostile reconnaissance” of a Royal Air Force base in northern England earlier this month after being encouraged online to attack it. UK student nurse charged with taking bomb to maternity ward 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Cast and crew are working at Bedford’s Cardington Studios, located in a hangar on a former Royal Air Force base north of London. Netflix's real-life 'Squid Game' players face frigid temperatures in UK cold snap 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The plane, piloted by a Royal Air Force pilot, returned to Cornwall. UK space industry mulls setback after satellite launch fails 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z After graduation, rather than go on to university, he eagerly took up a job with Shell Oil in Africa, then later joined the Royal Air Force during World War II, flying combat missions over Greece. Review | Roald Dahl is as troubling as he is beloved. Can’t he be both? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z George “Johnny” Johnson was the last survivor of the British Royal Air Force “Dambusters” who used specially designed bouncing bombs to breach German dams and flood German weapons factories during World War II. George ‘Johnny’ Johnson, last ‘Dambuster’ of World War II, dies at 101 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The parade takes place at Horse Guards Parade, before the royal party return up The Mall for a Royal Air Force fly-past they will watch from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Trooping the Colour: King's Birthday Parade plans announced by palace 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Patricia was the daughter of John Wilson, a Royal Air Force electronics engineer, and his wife Pauline. Bible John: The forgotten women at the heart of a serial killer mystery 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Early reports referred to her as a “diplomat’s wife” and said her husband, Jonathan Sacoolas, had been serving as a U.S. intelligence officer, stationed at the Royal Air Force base at Croughton. American Anne Sacoolas avoids jail in case of crash that killed U.K. teen 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Johnson retired from the Royal Air Force in 1962 and became a teacher. Johnny Johnson, the Last World War II ‘Dambuster,’ Dies at 101 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The Sea King was previously used by both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, with the last craft being retired by the Navy in 2018. Britain sending helicopters to Ukraine for first time - Ben Wallace 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The steam trawler, which sank after a strike by British Royal Air Force bombers, went down with its weapons and coal reserves. 80 years later, WWII German shipwreck still pollutes the seafloor 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Up to 30 former Royal Air Force pilots may have gone to China to train members of the People’s Liberation Army of China. U.K. military warns ex-pilots not to train Chinese air force 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The pilots have experience on fast jets and helicopters and come from across the military and not just the Royal Air Force. Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The recruited British pilots, the senior official said, included former members of the Royal Air Force and other branches of the armed forces. China Recruiting Former R.A.F. Pilots to Train Its Army Pilots, U.K. Says 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Gillan, a native Scotsman, came to America as a teenager with his father, a member of the Royal Air Force. Jamie Gillan, New York Giants punter, stranded in Britain because of visa issue 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The video showed him struggling to climb the stairs to board the plane, on which the light blue insignia of the Royal Air Force of Oman could be seen. Iranian-American, 85, held in Tehran for six years leaves Iran 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said Prince Abdul Mateen had spent the past fortnight with 64 other trainees completing the initial training to begin his parachuting career. Sultan of Brunei pins RAF wings on son at Brize Norton 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Now, we saw William in his Royal Air Force uniform saluting his grandmother’s coffin and the war memorial known as the Cenotaph, while next to him, his brother did not — but surely wished to. The artful messaging of the queen’s funeral: The monarchy endures 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Heerey, who works for the Royal Air Force, waited in line on Sunday and finally entered Westminster Palace to see the queen’s coffin at 1:15 a.m. on Monday. In the epic queue to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, they were the last 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z After the queen died Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle, a royal estate in Scotland, her body was flown to London via Royal Air Force. Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service is Monday. Here’s how to watch. 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force says it knows of only one surviving Battle of Britain pilot, the men Winston Churchill immortalized as “the few” who helped turn the tide of the war. Queen’s death is reminder of disappearing WW II generation 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Douglas Newham survived 60 bombing raids as a Royal Air Force navigator from 1942 to 1945, but he was haunted for the rest of his long life by those who didn’t return. Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z A hearse will take it to Edinburgh Airport, from where it will be flown in a Royal Air Force plane to Northolt, an air base west of central London. Charles to Visit Northern Ireland Before Queen’s Coffin Arrives in London 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The queen’s coffin will be taken to a Royal Air Force jet, which will transport it to the Northolt air base west of London. What to expect as Britain mourns the queen. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The queen’s coffin will be flown by the Royal Air Force to London on Tuesday and taken to Buckingham Palace. AP PHOTOS: Mourners and royals grieve Queen Elizabeth II 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The queen will lie in state until Tuesday afternoon, when her coffin will be taken to a Royal Air Force jet, which will transport it to the Northolt air base west of London. King Charles III Is Formally Proclaimed to His New Role 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z It will be flown by the Royal Air Force to London and taken to Buckingham Palace. What’s next for the UK as Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The queen will lie in state in Edinburgh until Tuesday afternoon, when her coffin will be taken to a Royal Air Force jet, which will transport it to the Northolt air base west of London. Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will be held on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey. 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Flight tracker websites showed unusual trips to Aberdeen — the nearest airport to Balmoral — from Royal Air Force bases in other parts of Britain. Covert plans, fake news: How the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death broke 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He was one of the first from the Commonwealth country to become a Royal Air Force officer. Queen remembered locally with mix of emotions, memories 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A Royal Air Force jet carried several other members of the royal family to the nearby city of Aberdeen, where they boarded a motorcade to Balmoral. Queen Elizabeth’s Death Comes at Moment of Great Uncertainty for Britain 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He then spent seven years in uniform, training as a Royal Air Force pilot before joining the Royal Navy, where he learned to fly helicopters. After a lifetime of preparation, Charles takes the throne 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Toy mascot Lucky Jim is in the museum’s collection, while Twinkle Toes is at the Royal Air Force Museum. The harrowing, forgotten journey of the first transatlantic flight 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Johnson and Truss flew in separate Royal Air Force passenger jets to arrive for their separate audiences with the monarch. Liz Truss gets queen’s nod, becomes U.K. prime minister, in day of pageantry 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The head of the Royal Air Force has written to all his personnel promising to address as a "priority" concerns around recruitment policies and staff conduct from within the service. RAF staff concerns a priority, says chief 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z He said these young people wanted to be doctors, teachers, sports coaches, or serve in the Royal Air Force. Hundreds affected by tuition fees residency rules in Scotland 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The RAF display team the Red Arrows is meant to be one of the crown jewels of the Royal Air Force. Red Arrows: What is going wrong at the RAF? 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The pilot, Capt. John Alcock of the Royal Air Force, let the engines run a bit longer to build momentum, then signaled for the ground crew to release the wings. The harrowing, forgotten journey of the first transatlantic flight 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The Löwenbräukeller in Stiglmaierplatz, for example, hosted Nazi meetings in the early years of the Second World War, until a Royal Air Force bombing raid severely damaged half the building in 1944. What I’ve learned about Bavaria in beer gardens 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z He was a television engineer for 40 years and spent 10 years in the Royal Air Force as a radio technician, teaching at the No. 1 Radio School based at RAF Locking in Weston-super-Mare. Asda porter, 89, who loves to chat has no plan to retire 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Robinson, a former fighter pilot with the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, said the idea for Red6 and its augmented reality training program occurred in 2017. Fighter pilots will don augmented reality helmets for training 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Thirteen days before he was born, his father, Reginald, a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, died when his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over Greece. Christopher Meyer, Vocal British Envoy to the U.S., Dies at 78 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Weeks earlier, his father, a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, was lost on a World War II mission over the Aegean. Christopher Meyer, British envoy to U.S. amid buildup to Iraq War, dies at 78 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z British troops based in Estonia were flown to Finland in Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters as part of the exercise, according to the MoD. UK troops in Finland exercise amid Russia threats 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z British Royal Air Force's Typhoon Eurofighter jets demonstrate the interception of a Belgian air force transport plane as they fly over Britain, January 14, 2020. Britain's BAE names new chair, expects more defence spending 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The Army and Royal Air Force will be represented by athletes, with military personnel taking part in boxing, judo and athletics. Commonwealth Games: Military personnel join Birmingham 2022 team 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z She walked the Convention Center floor in real-as-possible officer cavalry boots and Royal Air Force gauntlets, and carried a 5-pound steel shield. Comic-Con returns in full force with costumes, crowds 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And the British Royal Air Force was forced to pause flights in and out of its Brize Norton air base after the heat melted a runway, Sky News reported. U.K. Shatters Heat Record Three Times in a Matter of Hours 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z This latest exercise comes just days after the MoD revealed that six Royal Air Force fighter jets flew to Finland and Sweden for joint training exercises. UK troops in Finland exercise amid Russia threats 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Sky News on Monday reported that the ground at a base for Britain’s Royal Air Force was cooked to the point that tar was sticking to the feet of workers. 'Britain is melting': The U.K. records its hottest day ever as a heat wave scorches Europe 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z "I'm proud to represent not only Team England but also the Royal Air Force and the armed forces," he said. Commonwealth Games: Military personnel join Birmingham 2022 team 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said the diversion had “no impact on RAF operations.” Europeans shocked by ‘heat apocalypse’ as temperature records fall 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force halted flights into and out of its largest base as a preventive measure, a spokesman said, because tar on the runway may have melted. Extreme Heat Puts Life on Hold in Britain, a Land Not Built for It 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z On Friday, Johnson visited a Royal Air Force base and took a ride in a Typhoon fighter jet, with “Top Gun”-style footage later released by his office. Where’s Boris? Johnson takes back seat as Conservatives feud 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Six Royal Air Force fighter jets have flown to Finland and Sweden for joint training exercises, the MoD has said. RAF fighter jets deploy to Sweden and Finland training exercises 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Buckingham Palace said Tuesday's event was also an opportunity for the three armed forces - the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force - to mark the Queen's Jubilee in Scotland. Queen appears at armed forces parade in Edinburgh 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z He paraded before the cameras once again when he graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, then went on to active duty in the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force. William at 40: A milestone birthday in a life under scrutiny 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z One was a royal review of the Royal Air Force, when Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited an RAF base to inspect the troops and watch a flyover. Perspective | The royal me: Reflecting on my Anglophilia during the queen’s jubilee 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z The four days of celebrations to mark the monarch's seven decades as queen began on Thursday with a military parade and a Royal Air Force flypast, and with a National Service of Thanksgiving on Friday. Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebrations end with pageant through London 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Seventy aircraft from the Royal Air Force carried out a noisy flyover. Analysis | The Queen’s jubilee can’t shake the ghosts of empire 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said sometimes live exercises were needed. Cardigan Bay: 'Danger area' warning during live firing 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z There was also a Royal Air Force flyover involving 70 planes, including 15 who flew over in a jubilee formation creating the number “70.” It's the Queen's Jubilee, but little Prince Louis' funny faces are the life of the party 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Air Force, and we lived on a Royal Air Force base. Perspective | The royal me: Reflecting on my Anglophilia during the queen’s jubilee 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z The crowds cheered as the royals watched a fly-past by modern and historic Royal Air Force planes. Beaming Queen Elizabeth waves to crowds as Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z There will be gun salutes at midday and a fly-past by modern and historic Royal Air Force planes. Factbox: Four days of celebration mark Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z This is British pomp at its best, concluding with a Royal Air Force flyover watched by the royal family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Platinum Jubilee: A last bash for Queen Elizabeth II and the party Brits need 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z William trained as a search and rescue pilot and was known as Flight Lieutenant Wales in the Royal Air Force. Prince William, Kate join Tom Cruise for ‘Top Gun’ premiere 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Mr Finn, who works at North Walsham Hospital, said he had a skiing accident when he was a teenager, which was made worse during his time in the Royal Air Force. Chronic pain: Mindfulness has 'massive effect' on mental health 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The company is the biggest supplier of large aircraft to the Royal Air Force, which plans to hold a jubilee fly-past likely to include Airbus transporters on June 2. Airbus bows to Queen's jubilee and delays key investor meeting 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Kishida’s first official visit to the U.K. as prime minister was marked with an overflight of London by three Royal Air Force planes. UK and Japan reach new defense deal amid Russia concerns 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The two men are scheduled to inspect a military honor guard and watch a Royal Air Force flypast on Kishida’s first official visit to the U.K. as prime minister. UK, Japan leaders meet with security, Russia on agenda 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The two leaders will observe a Royal Air Force fly past and inspect a guard of honour. UK's Johnson to meet Japan's Kishida to bolster defence, trade ties 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The UK celebrates the brave Royal Air Force pilots who outwitted the mighty Nazi Luftwaffe in the 1940 Battle of Britain. How Ukraine's 'Ghost of Kyiv' legendary pilot was born 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z The prince said: "As you join the service in its second century, the Royal Air Force has never been more relevant or in more demand in the modern era around the world." Prince Charles tells RAF graduates of 'shock' over Ukraine war images 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Walton was serving in the Royal Air Force in Canada in 1956 when Andrews was starring on Broadway in “My Fair Lady.” Tony Walton, stage designer who won Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards, dies at 87 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Prince William, a former British Royal Air Force pilot, spoke about safeguarding democracy and pointed out that Belize had joined many other nations condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Britain's Prince William pledges 'solidarity' with Ukraine on tour of Caribbean 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In retaliation, the Royal Air Force launched its first raid against Berlin, which in turn contributed to the German decision to begin the Blitz, the concerted bombing campaign of 1940-41. Column: Biden says he’ll keep us out of this war. But history suggests that won’t be easy 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z By some accounts, the flight itself was so dangerous that Britain’s Royal Air Force refused to go. John Billings, who flew Allied spies behind Nazi lines, dies at 98 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force officer took the icon back to Britain, where his son said it remained locked "in a box for years." World Digest: Feb. 23, 2022 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “It’s very unsettling,” said Ian Shields, an associate lecturer at Cambridge University who spent three decades in Britain’s Royal Air Force and flew nuclear-armed missions in the early 1980s. Russian mobilization in Ukraine raises concerns about a new Cold War-style era in Europe 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Nellist, a former UK Royal Air Force serviceman, was a member of a city scuba diving club and a regular swimmer at the beach. British diving instructor named as victim of fatal Sydney shark attack 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Nellist, a former UK Royal Air Force serviceman, was a member of the city’s scuba diving club and a regular swimmer at the beach. British diving instructor named as victim of fatal Sydney shark attack 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He told the BBC the Royal Air Force would "not be in a position to go in" and people there should "leave now". Russia-Ukraine crisis: UK won’t be able to fly people out - minister 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The U.K. has also sent hundreds of troops to Estonia and will deploy Royal Air Force jets to southern Europe and two Royal Navy vessels to the eastern Mediterranean. Boris Johnson’s woes follow him on diplomatic trip abroad 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Scioli said there had been seven Royal Air Force flights in January that had landed at Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre. Brazil plays down British flights to Falklands that worry Argentina 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Writing in The Times newspaper on Tuesday, he added that the UK was considering deploying Royal Air Force fighters and Royal Navy warships "to protect south-eastern Europe". Ukraine crisis: Macron says Putin pledges no new Ukraine escalation 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z At the time, his father served as a Royal Air Force navigator trainer, with Jackson’s fear compounded by worries about his father’s safety. Popular talk radio host Michael Jackson dies at 87 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z He was accompanied in the cockpit by Matthew Stannard, or Stanny, a test pilot for the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom who has been seconded to Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit launches first satellite mission after SPAC merger 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The company plans six launches this year, including two for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force that will originate from Cornwall in southwestern England. Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites into orbit 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z A Royal Air Force Typhoon jet has shot down a "small hostile drone" over Syria, the Ministry of Defence says. RAF Typhoon jet shoots down 'small hostile drone' in Syria 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z His father was a Royal Air Force pilot who flew Wellington bombers during World War II and abandoned the family when Francis was an infant. Frank Williams, Formula One racing team founder with winning record, dies at 79 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Caroline Paige, who served in the Royal Air Force for 35 years as a navigator on fast jets and battlefield helicopters, said it would be a proud and emotional moment. Queen to attend Cenotaph Remembrance service 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z When he won that historic gold, he had already seen active combat as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War Two. Jamaica's first gold medallist Arthur Wint remembered 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Over 15,000 people were flown out of Kabul by the Royal Air Force. Prince William rubs elbows with stars, Kate Middleton returns to royal duties as Prince Andrew suit escalates 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z A wartime crash that claimed the lives of three airmen almost 80 years ago in County Londonderry was remembered on Sunday with a Royal Air Force flypast. Ballykelly: RAF flypast honours bomber crew 80 years on 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Festival organisers have confirmed flying will resume at about 15:00, with aerial displays including the Royal Air Force's famous Red Arrows and Typhoon Display Team. Bournemouth Air Festival to resume after plane crashes into sea 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace had refused to airlift animals on Royal Air Force aircraft, pledging to prioritize people over pets. A Royal Marine rescued animals from Afghanistan in a mission dubbed ‘Operation Ark,’ but his staff was left behind 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Downing Street said the evacuation effort saw the Royal Air Force record its single biggest capacity flight ever when 436 people were carried on a C-17 aircraft. Afghanistan: Final UK troops leave Kabul 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Farthing’s supporters have clashed with Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who refused to airlift the animals on a Royal Air Force plane, saying “I have to prioritize people at the moment over pets.” Animal charity’s staff, pets seek way out of Afghanistan 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He served in the Royal Air Force for 16 years and has flown 140 different types of aircraft. Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew are safely back from space, ushering in a new era 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Branson set a new record for the fastest boat crossing of the Atlantic in 1986, a year after his initial attempt ended with a Royal Air Force helicopter rescue when his vessel capsized. Billionaire Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “It’s not something I’ll ever forget,” Watson, who left the Royal Air Force in the mid-2000s and is now a leadership coach, recounted in an interview recently. U.S. says humans will always be in control of AI weapons. But the age of autonomous war is already here. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Air Force personnel at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, declaring support for military families a “national security imperative.” First lady Jill Biden to keep up a busy schedule in U.K. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Her father, a member of the Royal Air Force, and her mother, who met him during travels in Britain, were Canadian. Katherine Barber, maven of Canadian English, dies at 61 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Her father, an engineer, served in an auxiliary to the Royal Air Force during World War II, landing in Normandy shortly after the D-Day invasion. Lyn Macdonald, acclaimed chronicler of World War I, dies at 91 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Members of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Royal Air Force and the British Army took part in the funeral procession. Piers Morgan says it's 'heartbreakingly sad' Queen Elizabeth sat alone at Prince Philip's funeral 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Members of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Royal Air Force and the British Army plan took part in the funeral procession. Princes Harry, William fuel royal reconciliation while exiting Prince Philip's funeral side-by-side 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Philip’s “insignia” - essentially the medals and decorations conferred on him, his field marshal’s baton and Royal Air Force Wings, together with insignia from Denmark and Greece, will be positioned on cushions on the altar. Factbox-Details of funeral service planned for Britain's Prince Philip 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Philip's "insignia" - essentially the medals and decorations conferred on him, his field marshal's baton and Royal Air Force Wings, together with insignia from Denmark and Greece, will be positioned on cushions on the altar. Factbox: Details of funeral service planned for Britain's Prince Philip | Reuters On March 28, 1941, the British fleet caught an Italian squadron off Cape Matapan in Greece and, with the Royal Air Force’s help, sank three cruisers and two destroyers. Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z "It was a week a year, in my holiday, going and training and being invited back by the awesome navy, Royal Air Force and army teams, going to train with them," she said. Cohen chases 'personal legacy' of representing Israel at Olympics 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Born in pre-World War II London, Cecil was a ham radio enthusiast by 9 and served as an engineer in the Royal Air Force while becoming an expert jazz player. Malcolm Cecil, synthesizer pioneer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, dies at 84 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The squadron uses the Hawk T1 jet, a two-seat training aircraft which is also used by the Red Arrows, the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force. Royal Navy jet crashes in England after pilots safely eject 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Moore was treated on his 100th birthday in April to a Royal Air Force flyby above his home in Bedfordshire, 50 miles north of London. Capt. Tom Moore dies after covid diagnosis. The 100-year-old raised millions for Britain’s NHS. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Philip was appointed to the highest ranks in the armed services: admiral of the fleet, field marshal and marshal of the Royal Air Force. Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z A “blockbuster” was one of the bombs dropped by the Royal Air Force that destroyed a whole city street. Opinion | The New Words for Our New Misery 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z His career was interrupted for two years by service in the Royal Air Force, but at 22, in 1953, he was selected to compete on the British and Irish team in the Ryder Cup. Peter Alliss, British sportscaster known as ‘the Voice of Golf,’ dies at 89 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Around 150 personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force also took part in the event there this year. Royals, veterans, politicians mark Remembrance Sunday 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Some 6,000 Canadian radar mechanics were placed with Royal Air Force units and sent to every corner of the globe. 'My grandfather's hidden wartime photo album' 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z After serving in the Royal Air Force, he took a similar approach to college, writing to every university in England before enrolling at the University of Durham. Harold Evans, crusading editor on both sides of the Atlantic, dies at 92 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z As a teen, he was evacuated to Wales during World War II. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he studied politics and economics at Durham University and received a master’s in foreign policy. Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In 2017, for example, engineers working on a sub-sea power link discovered what is believed to be the wreckage of a lost World War II Royal Air Force bomber off the coast of Norway. WWII German Navy wreck with Nazi symbol discovered 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The Battle of Britain in 1940 saw 630 Royal Air Force fighters repel some 1,120 Luftwaffe aircraft sent to attack London, and led to Hitler postponing his plans to invade Britain. Abbey service, flypast mark 80 years since Battle of Britain 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Royal Air Force fighters took off to confront the Luftwaffe and, during a ferocious hour of aerial combat, downed 56 of the German planes; the RAF lost only 40. Opinion | Yes, Churchill was racist. Does that mean his statues should come down? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said Monday that two Typhoon aircraft were launched from a base in eastern England to escort the passenger plane on Sunday evening. UK fighter jets escort plane as phone sparks security alert 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The immunity that protected Sacoolas, for spouses at a Royal Air Force base in Croughton that is used by U.S. intelligence agencies, was, in fact, a secret loophole. Harry Dunn killing: Britain considers trying U.S. diplomat’s wife in absentia 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z There will also be flypasts by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, over the four capitals of the United Kingdom. Prince Philip and royals to lead UK's VJ Day commemorations 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z At the time of the incident, Sacoolas was living with her husband near Royal Air Force Croughton, a station operated by the U.S. U.S. and Britain change diplomatic immunity rules in light of Harry Dunn’s death 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Thousands of people attended a rave at a disused Royal Air Force station in the United Kingdom, with police struggling to shut it down, according to officials. UK police: Illegal rave saw thousands pack former airfield, 'too big to stop' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Allen was stationed with the 48th Fighter Wing at the Royal Air Force Lakenheath base beginning in February. Air Force pilot killed during training laid to rest in Utah 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z A Royal Air Force Spitfire with the message “Thank U NHS” painted on its underside also flew over several eastern NHS hospitals. UK pays tribute to National Health Service on 72nd birthday 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z That plane was part of the 48th Fighter Wing, based at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, located 70 miles northeast of London. US Air Force F-16 jet crashes in South Carolina, killing pilot 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Elizabeth’s eldest son, Prince Charles made his mark in the Royal Air Force before changing course and joining the Royal Navy, according to People magazine. Queen Elizabeth honors military in personal statement: ‘I know the pride service personnel take in their duty’ 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z A department known as Defence Equipment and Support equips the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force with items ranging from jets and warships to field kitchens. Tsar says coronavirus PPE shortage crisis is over 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The British Royal Air Force used inert precision-guided bombs in the opening phases of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the French Air Force did the same in Libya in 2011. U.S. Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill Qaeda Leader in Syria 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z There were flyovers, first in Paris and then in London, performed by the French air force’s Patrouille de France and the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows. Macron visits London in first foreign trip since covid-19 lockdown 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force base that hosts the U.S. US Air Force plane crashes into North Sea 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The F-15C was part of the 48th Fighter Wing based at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the U.K, located 70 miles northeast of London. US F-15C aircraft crashes into North Sea, condition of pilot unknown 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The event usually features hundreds of parading soldiers and horses, a carriage procession by the royal family, and a Royal Air Force flypast over Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth’s birthday marked with smaller ceremony 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z The search is on for the mysterious World War II sweetheart of a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot who was killed in the famous Great Escape. The search is on for mysterious World War II sweetheart of RAF 'Great Escape' pilot 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force dispatched fighter planes in a birthday flyover of his family’s Bedfordshire home, a gracious compound, parts of which date to the late-16th century and sits on six manicured acres. ‘The First Step Was the Hardest’ 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In Britain, the national moment of remembrance included the jets of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows flying over Buckingham Palace in London. Locked Down on V-E Day, Europe Celebrates World War II Liberation 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force display team the Red Arrows staged a flypast over London, while RAF Typhoon jets flew over Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast. Queen to give speech marking VE Day 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The Duke of Cambridge is a former search-and-rescue helicopter pilot who served with the Royal Air Force. Prince William allows air ambulances to land at Kensington Palace amid the coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z And in the sky, the Royal Air Force organized World War II-inspired flypasts featuring a Spitfire and a Hurricane - which he observed while sheltering under a red plaid blanket in the garden. Britain celebrates inspirational veteran’s 100th birthday 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z "I do live in dread of the binmen arriving or the Royal Air Force flying over in extremely noisy Chinooks as they do sometimes," Bruce laughs. How radio is providing 'friendship and escapism' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Members of the Royal Navy, the British army and the Royal Air Force will be sent to five NHS ambulance trusts. Armed forces deployed to help ambulance staff 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z After he graduated in 1943, he worked at the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command, using mathematics to assist the military “to kill as many German civilians as possible,” as he later ruefully described it. Remembering Freeman Dyson 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z The patient was admitted to hospital on March 31 from the islands’ Mount Pleasant Complex, which is a Royal Air Force base. Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Warns of ‘a Lot of Death’ While Also Revisiting Easter Sunday Services 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The British Royal Air Force, unaware that thousands of prisoners were being held, bombed. Ex-Nazi concentration camp guard, living in U.S. since 1959, faces deportation 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The numbers include military personnel in the Army, the Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force. More than 2,000 government mobiles lost or stolen 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Britain’s final evacuation flight from Wuhan, carrying more than 200 people, landed at a Royal Air Force base in central England on Feb. 9. Factbox: Countries evacuating nationals from coronavirus-hit areas 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z In 2018, an extremely rare World War II Spitfire fighter plane flown by a Royal Air Force pilot who later took part in the "Great Escape" was recovered from a remote Norwegian mountainside. US WWII bombers, missing for 76 years, discovered in Pacific lagoon 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Farnes, who attained the rank of wing commander in the Royal Air Force, described his exploits as “just another day’s work.” Paul Farnes, last surviving ace of the Battle of Britain, dies at 101 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The plane is due to land at a Royal Air Force base in western England on Friday morning, before going on to Spain. UK's Wuhan evacuation flight will also carry 50 non-British citizens: PM's spokesman 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z When France fell, my grandfather did not join the “Vichy” government that collaborated with the Nazis; he served as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force. Opinion | Senators are showing their true colors in the impeachment trial 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z At the time of the collision, Sacoolas was living with her husband near the Royal Air Force Croughton station, which is operated by the U.S. U.S. refuses to return American diplomat’s wife to Britain to face charges of killing a teen in collision 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z After serving as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II, he received two degrees from the University of Oxford. Christopher Tolkien, who protected the legacy of his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, dies at 95 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept an unresponsive aircraft on 1 December. Claims sonic boom 'cracked' windows and ceiling 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Around 11,000 Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel are serving on 35 overseas operations in countries including Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of UK troops to spend Christmas overseas 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Its expertise played a significant role in the Falklands War, allowing the Royal Air Force to attack the remote Port Stanley airfield. PM defends controversial defence firm sale 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z President Trump’s reaction to the murderous rampage in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday by an officer of the Royal Air Force of Saudi Arabia was insensitive and grossly insufficient. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The killing of three U.S. sailors by a Saudi Royal Air Force lieutenant studying at the U.S. Pensacola shooting ‘looks like terrorism,’ Trump national security adviser says 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z But it was a different story when he applied to transfer to the Royal Air Force - because he says at that time they didn't allow tattoos below the wrist. 'I regret getting tattoos on my face' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z A collection of four double-sided World War II Royal Air Force pilot maps on silk were also sold at auction for $84, or 65 British pounds. Rare World War II 'escape kits' sold at auction 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, told Parliament last week that Sacoolas, whose husband worked at a Royal Air Force base that hosts a U.S. British Parents Trump Met Plan to Sue on Immunity 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He boarded a Royal Air Force jet in East London and flew to a European Council meeting in Brussels. How Brexit Will End 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The suspect in the case, Anne Sacoolas, 42, is the wife of an American diplomat who worked at a Royal Air Force base that hosts a United States Air Force communication station. Suspect in Harry Dunn Crash Agrees to Face U.K. Police in U.S. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z A Royal Air Force plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was forced to abort a landing in Pakistan after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. Royal plane aborts landing after Pakistan storms 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Stanley Dwight, a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, never attended one of Elton's shows, and never expressed pride in his son's success. Elton John: 'I still want my dad's approval' 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The crash occurred on Aug. 27 in Brackley, a town in Northamptonshire about 60 miles northwest of London and near a Royal Air Force base that hosts a United States Air Force communication station. Trump Makes Few Promises to U.K. Over Diplomat’s Wife Who Fled Crash 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Fifty years after the lunar landing the Royal Air Force is taking its first small steps into space. RAF pilot to help launch space satellite 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z One of the aircraft, an Airbus A330, doubles as a reserve aerial refueling tanker for the Royal Air Force and is leased with a crew from UK defense industry consortium Air Tanker. Factbox: Fleet of over 100 jets operated by troubled Thomas Cook 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z But the pilot, an unflappable veteran of Britain’s Royal Air Force, conveys a done-this-a-thousand-times confidence as the aircraft levels off at a nerve-shredding 50 feet above the Norwegian Sea. Special Report: The three young women racing to defuse a... 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Nichols was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in the mid-1940s and served in the entertainment corps in Southeast Asia. Peter Nichols, mordant playwright of ‘A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,’ dies at 92 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Among them the US marines and the Royal Air Force have sent food and water to those in need. Dorian: Who is helping the survivors? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z His father was serving in the Royal Air Force and was transferred to Maryland. Undrafted rookie discovers he made Cleveland Browns roster while at bar with dad 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z "The ability to assimilate information, react swiftly and co-ordinate actions whilst remaining calm under pressure are often attributes of people that are good at gaming," a Royal Air Force spokesperson tells the BBC. How playing video games could you get a better job 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force display team, the red Arrows, are on a tour of North America to promote the UK. Red Arrows display over New York 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The singer, born Deborah Anne Dyer, lived on military bases – her dad worked in the Royal Air Force – before moving to Brixton as a young girl, just around the corner from her grandad. Skunk Anansie's Skin: 'I was irritated when Beyoncé said she was first' 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Royal Air Force personnel will be allowed to grow beards under new rules aiming to promote inclusivity. RAF to allow beards for the first time 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Jacob Newson, from Leeds, met the Royal Air Force's aerobatic crew on 21 July after his father Andrew tweeted a request for them to salute him. Boy, 5, 'blown away' by Red Arrows salute 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Police said a Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter was now shifting 400 tonnes of aggregate - a mixture of sand, gravel and stone - onto the reservoir wall to reinforce it. British military drop ballast sacks on dam to prevent flooding of... 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s a model once favored by Royal Air Force pilots, moustached rakes and weekend racers, who prized the tiny machine’s nimble handling. Perspective | It was the 1950s. Beth Stucker was 20, single and wanted an English roadster. 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Emett’s art career was interrupted by World War II, which he spent helping to design actual flying machines: Royal Air Force warplanes, including the Lancaster bomber. Perspective | Air and Space Museum used to feature flying machines of the strangest sort 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z While stationed in Liverpool as a Royal Air Force physical training instructor, a doodlebug landed near Max, perforating his eardrums and leading to a spell laid up in hospital. The 'peacock' who clinched the last Portrush Open 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He conducted classified research on saturation bombing for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and travelled to Japan to document the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Jacob Bronowski: the complex life of a science popularizer 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Also performing on Saturday are military musicians including the Military Wives Choirs and bands from the Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force. Armed forces celebrated with flypast and concert 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Royal Air Force jets in Estonia took to the sky to intercept Russian military aircraft for the second time in one day, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said. Royal Air Force jets scramble to intercept Russian planes 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z In the ’50s, he served a two-year hitch in the Royal Air Force. ‘The Quiet One’ review: Shining a light on bassist Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Three of Britain’s most senior judges are now mulling whether the government’s licensing of billions of pounds of arms to the Saudi Royal Air Force has been legal. ‘The Saudis couldn’t do it without us’: the UK’s true role in Yemen’s deadly war 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force says it does not collate information on education background. Are too many Army officers privately-educated? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z After a flyover by the Royal Air Force and a salute from the Royal Navy, the veterans will return to the landing beaches overnight, just as they did 75 years ago. World leaders including President Trump gather to commemorate 75th anniversary of D-Day landings 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z We needed to recognise the “amazing professionalism of our Royal Air Force”. Raqqa is in ruins like a modern Dresden. This is not 'precision bombing' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z One morning in April, I took the train to Norfolk, two hours northeast of London, and continued on to a former Royal Air Force base near the village of West Raynham. Joanna Hogg’s Self-Portrait of a Lady 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Last year, an extremely rare World War II Spitfire fighter plane flown by a Royal Air Force pilot who later took part in the "Great Escape" was recovered from a remote Norwegian mountainside. Wreck of US WWII B-24 bomber discovered 74 years after it plunged into the sea off Bermuda 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The ship was destroyed in an attack by the British Royal Air Force and sold off for scrap metal. How one man launched a mutiny on a Nazi ship in New York City 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The U.S. and Royal Air Force honored the crew with a flypast Friday, fulfilling Foulds’ lifelong dream. US officials honor UK man who tends memorial of US Airmen 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The U.S. and the Royal Air Force are set to honor Lt. US Airmen saved him, now Tony Foulds wants them honored 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Vandals splashed paint on a statue of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and on a sculpture commemorating the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command in Green Park. Karl Marx’s Tomb in London Is Splashed With Red Paint 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z In 2017, engineers working on a sub-sea power link discovered what is believed to be the wreckage of a lost World War II Royal Air Force bomber off the coast of Norway. Wreck of US WWII B-24 bomber discovered 74 years after it plunged into the sea off Bermuda 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The Ministry of Defence said personnel from the Royal Air Force Regiment were involved in the deployment. Anti-drone equipment for airports 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The OED lists its etymology as “uncertain,” but it was apparently coined early in World War II by someone in the Royal Air Force. Perspective | There was a bit of a dust-up when military aircraft landed on the Mall in 1991 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Last year engineers working on a sub-sea power link discovered what is believed to be the wreckage of a lost World War II Royal Air Force bomber the coast of Norway. World War II fighter plane flown by 'Great Escape' pilot discovered on Norwegian mountain 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z "It's the one place in Boston where you wouldn't expect this to happen," said Simon Boyd, a British-born real estate executive and Royal Air Force veteran leading the initiative. US, British war dead honored at site where Revolution began 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “It’s the one place in Boston where you wouldn’t expect this to happen,” said Simon Boyd, a British-born real estate executive and Royal Air Force veteran leading the initiative. US, British war dead honored at site where Revolution began 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team will embark on its first major tour of the US and Canada in more than 25 years. Red Arrows set for North America tour 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z His father survived World War II in the Royal Air Force only to die in a traffic accident as he was coming home for Christmas in 1945. Review: Eric Idle on Monty Python, life’s brighter side 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Shot down on just its 16th operational mission and its 20th flight since being built, the plane was nonetheless flown by a number of notable Royal Air Force pilots. World War II fighter plane flown by 'Great Escape' pilot discovered on Norwegian mountain 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Royal Air Force fighter jets intercepted Russian nuclear-capable bombers that buzzed the British coastline along the North Sea on Thursday. Russian bombers intercepted by British jets after ignoring air traffic control, UK says 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In 1940, during the World War II Battle of Britain, the tide turned as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe. Today in History 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He told Elster that the Allies had 20,000 crack troops nearby and that U.S. and Royal Air Force bombers were ready to bombard the Germans into surrender. Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, European royal and Allied paratrooper, dies at 92 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s about honoring women such as Florence Green, a Londoner who served in the Women’s Royal Air Force and was the last surviving WWI veteran from any country. Americans love parades, right? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z It was translated into 22 languages and the Royal Air Force dropped summaries on Allied troops and behind enemy lines. The welfare state needs updating 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force launched fighter jets because the Russian aircraft were ignoring air traffic controllers, the statement said. Russian bombers intercepted by British jets after ignoring air traffic control, UK says 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The flight covered more than 3,000 miles before landing in Gloucestershire, England, where the Royal Air Force is holding its centennial celebration. Drone flight from Grand Forks lands successfully in England 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z One of the divers, who was medically discharged from the Royal Air Force in 1993, said his injuries were easier to cope with when diving. Wounded veterans explore 1906 shipwreck 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The annual event also marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Veteran, 99, attends Battle memorial event 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z It is the largest commercial aerospace company in the U.K., a leading commercial provider of military satellite communications and the biggest supplier of large aircraft to the Royal Air Force. Airbus threatens to leave Britain in case of no-deal Brexit 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z One of the biggest bombs ever found was a 4,000-pound “blockbuster” dropped by the Royal Air Force on Frankfurt. In a city littered with World War II-era explosives, Berlin's bomb squad is always on alert 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Born in Jamaica, he served as a Royal Air Force motor mechanic before moving to England on the HMT Empire Windrush. Portraits of the “Windrush generation” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z "Six-hundred men - military; they had army, commandoes, Royal Air Force, bloodhounds, Anson planes - and they still failed to find the twins." Missing twins remembered 75 years on 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Fashioned by UK Royal Air Force prisoners of war in Burma, they took the place of a set knocked out by prison guards. Rot, drills and inequity: the tangled tale of teeth 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The flypast was to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force and 75th anniversary of the Dambusters raid by 617 Squadron. Crowds annoyed at RAF flypast mix-up 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The bomb, thought to have been dropped by the British Royal Air Force, had been discovered at a construction site for faculty buildings on the edge of Goethe University. Thousands Evacuated in Berlin After World War II Bomb Is Found 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force was created on April 1, 1918 through the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Queen Elizabeth praises Royal Air Force on 100th anniversary 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z As the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary, there are calls for a Glaswegian to be recognised as its "founding father." Forgotten Scot was RAF's founding father 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Anthony learned that Frederick William Perry was a Royal Air Force veteran, who served in the Battle of Britain. ‘BBC helped me find family who never knew me' 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The event — billed as “Get Us Roger Stone” — includes a formal dinner at the private Royal Air Force Club in the swank Mayfair district of London. Inside the Beltway: Throughout chaos, Republicans stay on task 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The U.K. also says it will send three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters and dozens of personnel to join France’s military mission against Islamic militants in Africa’s Sahel region. UK to pay millions to keep France border agreement 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Britain’s Royal Air Force scrambled two fighter jets to intercept Russian bombers near U.K. airspace Monday in another illustration of ongoing tensions. World Digest: Jan. 15, 2018 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Air Force statement said one person was arrested, but it did not provide further details on the incident, which occurred at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, about 80 miles northeast of London. World Digest: Dec. 18, 2017 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force base says it was locked down after reports of a disturbance at 1 p.m. The Latest: US Air Force notes security incident at UK base 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The following year he joined the Royal Air Force, but was quickly discharged on the grounds of "nervous instability". The 'completely childish' man hanged for murder 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z A few years ago, a Royal Air Force wing commander visited the British aeronautics engineer Nigel Gifford, to discuss the idea of dropping aid from the sky to besieged civilians in Syria. Micro-Revolutions 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z He was a wireless operator and an air gunner with the Royal Air Force before his acting career. Roy Dotrice, Tony-winning British actor, dies at 94 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Britain’s Royal Air Force headquarters, along with about 100 British military personnel, are also based at Al Udeid. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar puts U.S. in Persian Gulf allies’ conflict 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z British police say they are responding to a “significant” incident at a Royal Air Force base used by the U.S. The Latest: US Air Force notes security incident at UK base 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z In 2009, a box of leaflets dropped from a British Royal Air Force plane landed on and killed a young Afghan girl in Helmand after the box failed to open mid-air. US military apologises to Afghans over offensive propaganda leaflet 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “Because I’m old, now 94, I recognize these omens of doom,” wrote Harry Leslie Smith, a Royal Air Force veteran, in an essay this week in the Guardian. WWII vets: the real American heritage 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z When he was 18, he joined the Royal Air Force and was assigned to a turbojet engine design project. Roy Lunn, Innovative Engineer of Celebrated Cars, Dies at 92 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The course was run by Whispercam's Alistair Johnson, a former Royal Air Force pilot with a degree in aeronautical engineering and a day job as a commercial pilot with British Airways. Cashing in on the drone revolution - BBC News 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z England held — what became its “finest hour,” in Churchill’s best-known phrase — because the Royal Air Force bested Hitler’s air force in the monthslong Battle of Britain. Remembering how world came chillingly close to a Nazi-controlled Britain 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Current deployments include Royal Navy ships serving in the Gulf, and the Royal Air Force patrolling the Black Sea as part of Nato deployments, and the war against so-called Islamic State. Armed Forces Day: Liverpool leads events across country - BBC News 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z In the Royal Air Force service during World War II, he discovered an interest in performing when he was cast in an amateur production of a Noel Coward play. Peter Sallis, British actor on ‘Wallace and Gromit’ and ‘Last of the Summer Wine,’ dies at 96 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z It also included Royal Navy visits to Bahrain and Royal Air Force training in “air battle management” to improve the Gulf state’s strike capability. UK aid paid for military band to play at Queen’s birthday event in ‘toxic’ Bahrain 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force responded with a new strategy they called “control without occupation.” The West used colonies as laboratories for weapons. It's not different today | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Army Air Corps before America entered the war, Cole headed across the border and joined the Canadian Royal Air Force. WWII vet, 102, receives high school diploma, overdue medals 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He earned his wings and was stationed in England with the Royal Air Force. More than 70 years later, WWII ace finds rest in Beaufort 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z He hopes to raise £1m for the RAF Association and the Royal Air Force Museum through sales of the single and video, as well as donations. Ricky Valance: First Welshman to have number one hit releases final song - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said it launched Typhoon jets from a base in eastern England to intercept the plane, which was flying from Lahore to London’s Heathrow Airport. World Digest: Feb. 7, 2017 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z In the Battle of Britain, it’s credited as being crucial “in enabling the outnumbered Royal Air Force to turn back the Luftwaffe over the skies of England.” Partly sunny or partly cloudy? The 5 questions the Weather Service hears most 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z A Royal Air Force drone strike in Syria killed three Islamic State group fighters in 2015, including two Britons. UK’s top law officer outlines legal basis for drone killings 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Midway through his sophomore year, he left the university and joined the Royal Air Force, fighting alongside the Free French forces. Christian Chapman, U.S. diplomat who survived assassination attempt, dies at 95 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z A pilot in Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II, he graduated from Cambridge in 1949 with a degree in physics and confidence that he was well suited for his chosen field. 'To Sir, With Love' author E.R. Braithwaite dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Rather than pursue medicine as a career, however, Dahl wound up on the military track, joining the war effort and flying in the Royal Air Force. Roald Dahl was fascinated by medicine and ‘The BFG’ is proof 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z I was accepted by the Royal Air Force and at first I worked in a factory repairing airplanes. He Was Convicted for Being Gay. 42 Years Later, He Wants an Apology. 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force said Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Coningsby and RAF Lossiemouth to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft. Military jets escort passenger plane to Prestwick Airport - BBC News 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z With the onset of World War II, he was sent to England as a flight instructor for the Royal Air Force. Bob Hoover, Aviator Whose Aerobatic Stunts Are Legend, Dies at 94 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z According to the Daily Telegraph, Royal Air Force was among the first bulk purchasers of the new-fangled writing instrument. Google honors Laszlo Jozsef Biro, ballpoint pen inventor, on his 117th birthday 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force will open the show with a flypast on selected evenings, including a planned flypast by the world-famous Red Arrows on Saturday at 19.30. Edinburgh's festivals kick off - BBC News 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z LONDON—British police said Thursday they aren’t discounting terrorism as a possible motivation in the attempted abduction of a Royal Air Force serviceman in Norfolk. U.K. Police Say Attempted Abduction of Serviceman May Be Terrorism-Related 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The occasion celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets; Kate Middleton is a patron of the unit. Prince George Throws A Royal Tantrum at Air Force Event 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Bob O’Connor of the Royal Air Force, was killed in the Iraq war, described Blair as “the world’s worst terrorist.” British inquiry on Iraq war finds flawed intelligence, 'wholly inadequate' planning 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Clinching the argument for Brexit was the memory of his father, who he said had served with the Royal Air Force and been killed by the Germans in 1940. Wigan’s Road to Brexit: Anger, Loss and Class Resentments 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Air Force pilot who would spend the next three years as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force, learning their ways, serving alongside them, flying their airplanes. In honor of American independence, a good-natured poke at the British 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Then he joined the Royal Air Force, where he trained as a nurse, and from there went into the steelworks. Was there a Brexit graduate gap? - BBC News 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He volunteered as a surgeon with the Royal Air Force and was quickly deployed to Basra, in Iraq, and later to Camp Bastion, in Afghanistan. Syria’s War on Doctors 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Born in 1926, Sam King volunteered for the Royal Air Force as an engineer in 1944 after spotting an advert in the local paper. Sam King: Notting Hill Carnival founder and first black Southwark mayor dies - BBC News 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z During a flyover by the Royal Air Force planned for 1 p.m., the royals will watch from the balcony. Celebrations Around U.K. to Mark Queen’s 90th Birthday 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The four Royal Air Force pilots ditched their broken bomber and dropped into the North Sea, near Britain. Why don’t birds get lost? They may have mastered quantum mechanics. 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He started lifting weights after he was inducted into the Royal Air Force in the 1940s. Manohar Aich, Indian Bodybuilder Who Was Mr. Universe in ’52, Dies 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Then on Saturday Elizabeth will attend the traditional Trooping the Colour parade of soldiers in ceremonial uniforms in central London followed by a fly-past of Royal Air Force aircraft over Buckingham Palace. Cathedral service starts celebrations for British Queen's 90th birthday 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The birthday parade will end with members of the Royal Family making their annual appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, where they will see a flypast by the Royal Air Force. Attenborough to read Bond's tribute at Queen's birthday service - BBC News 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Just after World War II, British radar scientists and Royal Air Force technicians puzzled over mysterious plots and patterns that appeared on their screens. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But he still worked his way up through the Royal Air Force to become the most senior black officer in the British armed forces, and head of the RAF's Cranwell officer training base. Guyana's gifts to the world - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z They all served with either the British navy, army or Royal Air Force during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944. World War II veterans given France's Légion d'Honneur - BBC News 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The search in seas south of the Greek island of Karpathos involves Greek and Egyptian naval forces, and the British Royal Air Force. EgyptAir crash: Plane wreckage found near Greek island - BBC News 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In a cruel twist of fate, bombers from the Royal Air Force, unaware of events on the ground, flew into the bay and attacked the Cap Arcona. The Strange, Forgotten Story of the 'Nazi Titanic' 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Upon the parade’s conclusion, she joins the royal family, four generations of it, on the Palace balcony where they watch a Royal Air Force flyby, dozens of planes streaming the colors of the British flag. How to Party With the British Royals 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The event is organised by the Army and assisted by the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Dartmoor Rescue Group. Thousands start Dartmoor's Ten Tors challenge - BBC News 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Slater was halfway through his fifth tour with the Royal Air Force when the explosion broke the Englishman’s back and severely injured both legs. A 153-mile run through the Sahara — on prosthetic legs 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z He served his national service with the Royal Air Force and was, at only five feet tall in his stocking feet, the shortest commissioned officer in the British Forces. Obituary: Ronnie Corbett - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z According to the investigation, there were email exchanges between the two officers when both were based at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in England, where the U.S. has a military presence. A senior Air Force general officer has been fired from his job and will retire after an investigation found that he'd had an "unprofessional relationship" with a lower-ranking female Air Force officer 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z He had dreams of composing for films, but when he finished school he went through a few jobs and then enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1943. George Martin dies at 90; Beatles' producer helped create some of rock's landmark moments 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z As a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, I've watched the most extraordinary reconnaissance technology being used all over the world. Bloodhound Diary: Forewarned is forearmed - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z His father, a pilot, served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and later in the Royal Air Force. Eric Brown, unflappable British test pilot who set world records, dies at 97 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z He had said the previous December that the Royal Air Force was considering an order, but this too was to be dropped. Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? - BBC News 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z His father, a former chaplain in the Royal Air Force, separated from his mother when Lemmy was just three months old. Obituary: Lemmy, Motorhead frontman - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Pentagon officials also are considering putting a drone operations center at Lakenheath, a Royal Air Force base in Suffolk, England, but that would require an agreement with British authorities. Air Force seeks to add drone pilots and bases to meet growing demand 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But even when the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Why Air Power Alone Won’t Beat ISIS 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z At the University of Edinburgh, he studied modern languages and trained in flight through a Royal Air Force program. Eric Brown, unflappable British test pilot who set world records, dies at 97 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Immediately after parliamentary approval, the Royal Air Force launched bombing raids against ISIS. A Liberal’s Truth-Telling on Terror 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Hours after that approval, the Royal Air Force struck the oilfields that Cameron's government says are being used to fund attacks on the West. Assad says British bombing in Syria will fail, ridicules PM Cameron 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The last-minute dispute threatened to erode the comfortable majority Cameron was relying on when he sought to authorize the Royal Air Force to launch airstrikes against suspected Islamic State positions inside Syria. U.K. Parliament to vote on expanded attacks on Islamic State 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Four Royal Air Force Tornados took off from a British air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, shortly after the 397-223 vote by lawmakers in the House of Commons. The U.K. Launches Airstrikes Against ISIS in Syria 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The 397-223 vote in the House of Commons means Royal Air Force fighter jets - already operating against IS in neighboring Iraq - could be flying over Syria within days or even hours. The Latest: Britain votes to join airstrikes against IS 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force is already involved in air strikes over Islamic State-held territory in Iraq. What difference can UK forces make in Syria? - BBC News 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The British Parliament is expected to vote today on Prime Minister David Cameron’s request for the Royal Air Force to join airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. Your Wednesday Briefing 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Britain’s Royal Air Force is already part of a U.S.-led campaign against the militants in Iraq. World Digest: Nov. 30, 2015 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Cameron on Thursday is trying to persuade British lawmakers to back expanding Royal Air Force strikes against IS from Iraq into Syria. The Latest: UK's Cameron: Airstrikes on IS in Syria won't raise risk of attacks in Britain 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The Royal Air Force is part of a U.S.-led coalition attacking the militants in Iraq, but not in Syria. UK's Cameron: Britain must expand anti-IS airstrikes to Syria to deny group safe haven 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z First of all I always loved the Royal Air Force. The Candy Bomber returns to Miami where it all started 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z A former Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, he worked for the Press Association before 31 years at the BBC. Peter Dimmock: Former BBC broadcaster dies aged 94 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Born in north London's Stoke Newington, he served in the Royal Air Force and then went on to read physics at University College, Oxford. Warren Mitchell, Alf Garnett actor, dies aged 89 - BBC News 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z “The Royal Air Force has been playing a full part in coalition reconnaissance and strike missions to provide effective air support to them and other Iraqi ground forces,” a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, launch offensive in Iraq 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, a British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon will also be there, though not with the anticipation that accompanied its 2013 showing. Dubai Airshow: Will airlines pause for breath over sales? - BBC News 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z During World War Two the Royal Air Force experimented by burning large amounts of fuel on either side of runways to help disperse fog, but this was not continued. Who, What, Why: Why does fog still disrupt flights? - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Soldiers serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade are seated on a Royal Air Force C17 for the final leg of their journey to Afghanistan, in this picture entitled "Prepare for Landing". Army Photographic Competition: The winning images - BBC News 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Five other F-18s that took off as part of the same flight on Wednesday were diverted to Lossiemouth, a Royal Air Force base in northeast Scotland. U.S. Marine Pilot Killed in Jet Crash in England 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Neil, who lives in Norfolk, in southeastern England, was in Washington for the commemoration at the Mayflower hosted by the Washington-based Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation. Fighter pilot “Ginger” Neil, 95, recalls the bodies flying at him in combat 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Born in London to French parents, Guillermin attended the University of Cambridge before joining the Royal Air Force. Towering Inferno director John Guillermin dies at 89 - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Corrections & Amplifications: The ceremony on Tuesday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, specifically the day the Royal Air Force thwarted the German Luftwaffe’s most concentrated air attack on London. In Commons Debut, U.K. Opposition Leader Calls for a Less Rowdy Parliament 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The strike, which also killed two others travelling in the same vehicle as Mr Khan, including another Briton, Ruhul Amin, was carried out by a Reaper drone of the Royal Air Force on August 21st. Britain’s jihadi kill list 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Cameron a day earlier had revealed that the Royal Air Force drone strikes had killed two British jihadists in Syria on August 21, marking the U.K.’s first acknowledged military action in Syria. U.K. Prepared to Launch More Drone Strikes to Thwart Terror Attacks 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday that a 21-year-old British citizen was killed in a targeted Royal Air Force drone strike in Syria last month. British militants killed in Syria airstrikes, Cameron tells Parliament 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z The pilot, former Royal Air Force instructor Andy Hill, 51, is in critical condition. Police fear airshow crash toll could rise to 20 as wreckage from plane is removed from road 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The jet was a Hawker Hunter, a staple of the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. 7 Dead as Fighter Jet Crashes Into Highway at British Airshow 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The Pentagon similarly fails to note all of the $5-billion-worth of military and espionage installations in Britain, which have long been conveniently disguised as Royal Air Force bases. America occupies the planet: The grim realities of our endless War on Terror 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In my time in the Royal Air Force I fired many automatic weapons myself. Terror on the beach - BBC News 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The former Royal Air Force helicopter pilot started his first shift at 7 a.m. Prince William starts job as air ambulance helicopter pilot 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force scrambled four squadrons of Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes. The First Battle Fought Only in the Sky Began 75 Years Ago 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Period and current Royal Air Force fighter planes haven taken part in a flypast to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain in World War Two. Flypast for Battle of Britain anniversary - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It is being sold by art collector Thomas Kaplan, who will donate the proceeds to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and wildlife charity Panthera. Restored Word War Two Spitfire to be auctioned for charity 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z He was a Royal Air Force officer during the war and later worked for international refugee organizations and the Abbeyfield Society, a charity that assists the elderly. Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The Royal Air Force flight repatriated the bodies of six other Britons to the Brize Norton air base northwest of London. Solemn ceremony marks return of Tunisia attack victims to UK 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Four of the most seriously wounded were flown back to Britain on Tuesday by the Royal Air Force, and officials said all of the seriously wounded were now being treated in Britain. Gunman at Tunisian Beach Hotel Trained With Museum Attackers 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z A Royal Air Force transport plane is also being deployed to bring stranded families home. UK’s Cameron promises wide, long-term response to terror 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z A Royal Air Force transport plane is also being deployed to bring stranded tourists home. The Latest: Cameron promises full response to Tunisia terror 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before becoming a cameraman for the BBC, while writing as a sideline. Cumberbatch, Ejiofor and Redmayne named in birthday honours - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z He did not start acting until he was studying sociology and psychology at the London School of Economics under a serviceman’s grant after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. UK actor Ron Moody, best known as Fagin, dies aged 91 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He did not start acting until he was studying sociology and psychology at the London School of Economics under a serviceman's grant after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. UK actor Ron Moody, best known as Fagin, dies aged 91 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born on May 27, 1922 and took up acting on the suggestion of a cousin after serving in Britain's Royal Air Force in World War Two. Christopher Lee, evil count of cinema, dies aged 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In 1939, he volunteered to fight for Finland against the invading Soviet army but he saw no action and returned home to join the Royal Air Force. Obituary: Sir Christopher Lee - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Before embarking on his film career, he volunteered in the Royal Air Force in 1940 before working as an intelligence officer in Egypt, Libya, and Malta. Legendary British actor Christopher Lee dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z That year, she married Charles Patten, known as Bob, who was serving nearby with the Royal Air Force. Marguerite Patten, Acclaimed British Food Writer and Home Economist, Dies at 99 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The Duke of Cambridge previously served in the Royal Air Force, most recently as a search and rescue pilot. Prince William in East Anglian Air Ambulance role return - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z A seagull photobombed an image of Red Arrows, Royal Air Force planes that do acrobatics displays, at the Llandudno Air Show in North Wales. This Bird Pulled Off the Ultimate Photobomb 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The new floor was assembled by a team from 71 Squadron, whose normal day job is to keep the jets of the Royal Air Force in a state fit to fly. Bloodhound supersonic car gets tough underbelly - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Thousands perished, while others died serving with the Royal Air Force and the Army. Soldiers of the Caribbean: Britain's forgotten war heroes - BBC News 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z While serving as a navigator in the Royal Air Force from 1951 to 1952, he took a fall that injured a knee, preventing him from pursuing a career as a professional soccer player. Maurice Flanagan, who guided world’s largest international airline, dies at 86 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z |
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