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19th September 2019

… for advanced training in the UK. While the T2 fleet at RAF Valley in Wales has now been split into two units – No IV … of the 1980s. I speak as someone who went through the RAF’s advanced flying and weapon training syllabuses on a …

17th October 2019

… could enter commercial service they were employed by the RAF in the conflict and used on North Atlantic patrols. … up all the bunks, ready for them to turn in. One of the 24 RAF Short Sunderlands converted for wartime BOAC services to … were able to join excursions to visit such sights as the Valley of the Kings and Victoria Falls by moonlight. The …

31st October 2019

… supplying personal testimony of the first sector – the RAF’s ‘Air Route One’ to Cairo. “For the first two stages bad … passable aerodromes existed and I could rest assured of RAF assistance at almost every landing place” Ross … blocked all attempts at making visual progress through a valley, a strong headwind only prolonging their anxiety. …

By Derek Bower 19th September 2019

… of the aircraft that helped to train most of today’s RAF frontline fast jet pilots. The Royal Air Force Tucano was … to the more powerful Garrett TPE331- 12B and – due to an RAF requirement for the aircraft to withstand a 10ft (3m) per … BFJT course, now rationalised under No 72 Squadron, to RAF Valley, Anglesey. On July 23, 2018, it was formally announced …

19th September 2019

… The Tucano is bowing out of RAF service after three decades. Peter R Foster remembers its … helped train pilots and navigators for the front line. The RAF introduced a wraparound allblack colour scheme on … be a seamless transition to the Beechcraft Texan T1 at Valley for the next cadre of student pilots. The final Tucano …

18th April 2019

… veteran types are retired. Last year was momentous for the RAF as it celebrated its centenary and 2019 is also set to be … Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning. The RAF is the only European air arm to field a mix of solely … Squirrel. Matt Varley NEW TRAINERS The first flight at RAF Valley on Anglesey by one of the service’s new Beechcraft …

By Jamie Hunter 4th April 2019

… retirement events for the type. As the GR4s returned to RAF Marham, they formed up for an ‘elephant walk’ on the … with the ‘Goldstars’ special jet. THE FEELING OF pride at RAF Marham on February 28 was palpable. There was a sense of … will remember the Tornado GR4 — low and fast in a remote valley. Tom Dean The aircraft line up on the Marham runway as …

19th September 2019

… incident while being towed into a hangar at their base at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. The outer section of one of the main … also known as ‘Star Wars canyon’, to the west of Death Valley. The aircraft was from VFA-151 ‘Vigilantes’ at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. A Death Valley National Park spokesman said that six people on the …

30th August 2019

… – overall, the event had the feel and pace of an old RAF At Home Day, and its highlights more than mitigated for … the Honduran Air Force. ALL KEV BAXTER Flying from USS ‘Valley Forge’ and USS ‘Boxer’, F4U-4 BuAir 97143 (now owned …

15th August 2019

… of No 207 Squadron, touches down for the first time at RAF Marham. Crown Copyright Second UK-based Lightning … in January followed by a flight readiness review in June. RAF Tucano fleet winding down AFTER OVER 30 years of service, … as training on the new Texans will now take place at RAF Valley, Wales. Only around 28 examples remained operational …

21st March 2019

… A pair of GR4s from 617 Sqn flying through the Derwent Valley (one of the locations used for practice runs prior to … end of March. No.IX (B) Sqn has been the longest-serving RAF Tornado GR frontline flying unit. It has operated the … well as a Standardisation Squadron. This is a GR1 of the RAF’s ‘B’ Sqn. Key Collection No.27 Sqn started flying the …

19th September 2019

… on lease during 1979 to several carriers including Nile Valley Aviation, SATA of the Azores and Brymon Airways. … a Viscount. During the trip lowlevel passes were made over RAF Northolt, the Brooklands Museum and Southend. More …

15th August 2019

… the modern battlespace unscathed. In this example, an RAF Tornado GR4 gets down low ‘among the weeds’ in a Welsh valley before the type’s retirement earlier this year. Crown …

18th July 2019

… 62-4127/OF, of the USAF’s 55th Wing about to touch down at RAF Waddington on June 3. It left the Lincolnshire base two days later. Neil Dunridge RAF BRIZE NORTON. 1/5 ZZ407 Wildcat AH1 847 NAS, RN. 7/5 … Moreton in the Marsh for South Wales Aviation Museum. RAF VALLEY 29/5 J-065 F-16BM & J-871 F-16AM 322 Sqn, Royal …

By Peter Stark 20th June 2019

… Back to boot camp Well, not quite, but freshly graduated RAF pilots may spend some time at 4FTS at RAF Valley airbase in Wales learning to fly the faster Hawk …