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16th May 2019

… Derek Bower 1: On secondment from No IV(AC) Squadron at RAF Valley, Flt Lt Bob Bailey (left) is one of two UK qualified … pilot seconded from No IV (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RAF Valley, Wales. Both are imbedded in 6 Squadron and fly …

15th November 2018

… ONE ADDITIONAL T-6C Texan T1 has been delivered to RAF Valley, Anglesey, for the UK Military Flying Training System … to Reykjavík, Iceland, and on to Glasgow and then Valley. The most recent deliveries prior to this were ZM327 …

18th April 2019

… RAF Developments The final Tornado flypast on February 20 … GR4 unit IX(B) Sqn officially re-formed on the Typhoon at RAF Lossiemouth on April 1. As well as air defence and QRA … T1 under the Military Flight Training System (MFTS) at RAF Valley, Anglesey, took place on February 21. The new advanced …

18th April 2019

… Air Force Eurofighter F-2000A, MM7339/4-61, on approach to RAF Lossiemouth on March 12. It was one of a pair that routed … Pilatus. 26/2 97-00105 UC-35A E/1-214th AVN, US Army. RAF BRIZE NORTON 4/2 198/62-HF CN235M-300 ET03.062, French … by road from Marham and became the gate guard on 22/2. RAF VALLEY 31/1 ZM140 & ZM143 F-35Bs 617 Sqn, both o/s. 7/2 ZM147 …

By Ron Mak 23rd April 2019

… UK and the only one preserved in Canada. While flying from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, to Offutt Air Force Base, … diverted to Goose Bay, Newfoundland. With the rest of the RAF’s Vulcan fleet being scrapped, it was deemed too costly … jet and it was donated to the nearby town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay as a symbol of friendship between the RAF …

21st March 2019

… System When reports emerged earlier this year that the RAF was sending 100 pilots to be trained at a private flying … win plaudits for helping schoolchildren on trips to RAF stations, participating in charity fundraising events or … No IV (Army Co-operation) Squadron based at nearby RAF Valley. Fast jet pilots can expect to spend 52 weeks on the …

By CARL HOPE 18th April 2019

… dep 24th. 25/1 9H-FGV Phenom 100 dep 27th. DURHAM TEES VALLEY 1/1 OY-JJB Do.328JET Sun-Air n/s also 5th. 12/1 OH-RBX … E195LR Stobart Air. 17/2 ZZ331 Voyager KC2 10/101 Sqns, RAF; I-ADJL E195LR Air Dolomiti for painting; OK-JFA Beech … 800XP. 31/1 SP-MRB Saab 340A(QC) Sky Taxi; YL-RAD An-26B RAF-Avia n/s; SP-KPR Saab 340A Sprint Air n/s. 1/2 OY-APM …

21st March 2019

… an inspection of UK and German military equipment at RAF Brize Norton on February 28. Among items on show was … Defence Ministerial Council. Cpl Adam Fletcher – RAF MOD BOSCOMBE DOWN 24/1 1326 Global Express, UAEAF . 25/1 … SOS, NJ ANG. 30/1 111 TBM 700 ET00.041, French AF. RAF VALLEY 24/1 ZM147 F-35B 617 Sqn, RAF o/s. RAF WADDINGTON 11/1 …

21st March 2019

… celebrating the career of the Tornado GR at the end of its RAF service, Thomas Newdick speaks to two of the final … brace of Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Jamie Hunter As the RAF’s Tornado GR4 Force (TGRF) returned from its tenure in … that might be coming up, for example if we’re in a valley and the valley takes a sharp turn left or right. …

21st February 2019

… United Kingdom Hywel Evans THE LATEST RAF Hawk T2 to wear the markings of No 25 (Fighter) Squadron is ZK032 ‘FH’, seen at RAF Valley, Wales, on January 9. The squadron re-formed at …

21st February 2019

… Snowdon looked in high resolution. The closest airport is RAF Valley on Anglesey and flying that route would also take me … little aircraft by the way). I took off from Runway 13 at RAF Valley and then crossed to the mainland between the two …

21st February 2019

… Meteor NF.11 WM145 – were previously at Durham Tees Valley Airport. Surveys have been carried out on all three to … repainting Westland Dragonfly HR.5, WP495. The former RAF Museum Cosford exhibit, transferred to the collection in …

21st February 2019

… Dassault Falcon 900, F-RAFQ (c/n 4), visited RAF Brize Norton on January 23. The aircraft is attached to … USAF Beechcraft M C-12W, 09-0678 (c/n FL-678), visited RAF M ildenhall. The aircraft, stationed at W ill Rogers Air … an AF. 18/12 T-784 Citation 560XL LTD B, Swiss AF. RAF VALLEY 3/12 N2872B/ZM 332 Texan T1 arrived on delivery; ZM …

20th September 2018

… the US Embassy Budapest was an unusual recent visitor to RAF Valley, Wales. The 45-yearold aircraft arrived from RAF Northolt, West London, using the callsign ‘Duna 95’, …

By Thomas Newdick 21st February 2019

… crews active on the Tornado GR Force. Jamie Hunter As the RAF prepared to call time on its Tornado GR4 fleet, the jet … debut in the 1991 Gulf War. The Tornado first entered RAF service in GR1 guise back in 1982 and initially trained … Flt Lt Shawyer came through the Hawk T2 syllabus at RAF Valley in Wales and finishe d on the Tornado Operational …