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By Ben Dunnell 8th November 2018

… his irst solo in a No 4 Flying Training School Hawk T1 at Valley in 1982. VIA DAVE RATCLIFFE Solo from Cranwell in a Jet Provost T5. VIA DAVE RATCLIFFE Flying on the RAF’s support helicopter force offered a huge range of … the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Flight moves from RAF Coltishall to Coningsby’. I went, ‘Wow, Spitfires’, so I …

By RICHARD TAZEWELL 8th November 2018

… world. One of them is New Zealander Murray Kendon, an RAF Coastal Command pilot and a committed Christian. Kendon … go to Africa, and speak to missionaries in person. Ex-RAF Sqn Ldr Jack Hemmings, RAF engineer Stuart King and Fleet … cloud covering the Ngong Hills on the edge of Kenya’s Rift Valley at the beginning of the first survey flight. “It was a …

By David Willis 15th November 2018

… took place at Fano in Italy (illustrated), the former RAF Woodbridge as well as locations in Canada. A close-up of … The following March, P02 crossed the Atlantic to Deer Valley in Phoenix, Arizona, to complete trials of the …

20th September 2018

… Texan T1 (ZM327)/N2856B (c/n PM-125) arrives at RAF Valley on August 20. Hywel Evans A FURTHER two T-6C Texan T1s have been delivered to RAF Valley, Anglesey, for the Military Flying Training System …

20th September 2018

… THE RAF has announced that No 25 (Fighter) Squadron will re-form at RAF Valley, Wales, as a second Hawk T2 unit. The squadron will …

20th September 2018

… logo. The service’s three Jupiter HT1s (H145s), based at RAF Valley, Wales were delivered last year, facilitating … HT1 with the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. … ’RAF100’ markings for Jupiter …

20th September 2018

… IDS, 43+25 was one of seven from TLG 51 that arrived at RAF Coningsby on August 31 for Exercise Cobra Warrior which … 2018 exercise took place simultaneously. Peter R Foster RAF BRIZE NORTON. 1/7 UR-82009 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines … T1A 736 NAS, RN arrived from Culdrose for storage. RAF VALLEY 3/7 ZM145 F-35B 617 Sqn, RAF; ZM148 F-35B 617 Sqn, RAF …

27th September 2018

… Jon Lake found himself at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus and took the opportunity to speak with … visited 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) to see how the RAF’s Typhoon force was fulfilling its commitment to … been squeezed and degraded into the Mid Euphrates River Valley (or MERV) in Syria, although it was now attempting to …

By Jamie Hunter 4th October 2018

… fast jet element as the Tornado bows out of service. The RAF Typhoons have now been involved in Operation ‘Shader’ for … ‘Shader’. Led by No 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW), the RAF has been engaged in coalition operations to eliminate … tackling the final IS enclaves in the mid- Euphrates river valley (MERV). Dickens says, ‘The biggest challenge is …

By Ben Dunnell 13th September 2018

… century of development is unique In April this year, the RAF’s centenary month, Jim Schofield flew his 100th different … Bristol F2B and, through his previous job as an RAF test pilot, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in his … of fun to be had. It started to get a bit more serious at Valley on the Hawk, with everyone stressing that you could be …

18th October 2018

… 19/8 N2856B/ZM327 ɦ N2857B/ ZM328 AT-6Cs on delivery to RAF Valley; OO-XLS Citation 560XLS+; LX-AID Cessna F.172N; 16+02 …

16th August 2018

… THE UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a further two RAF bases are to be closed. In a statement to Parliament on … and Minister for Defence People and Veterans, said that RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, and RAF Scampton, … Jet Training course using the T-6C Texan II, based at RAF Valley, Wales. Linton also houses the Yorkshire Universities …

16th August 2018

… to ‘shoot us down’ during a training sortie. I left the RAF last year and, during my military flying career, this was … anymore!” However, it still has its value and is why the RAF continues to train the skill. The earlier mention of our … at low level. Main photo: A Tornado GR4 manoeuvring in a valley using the terrain to mask it from a potential foe’s …

15th March 2018

… Texan II, N2843B, shortly after arriving at RAF Valley with N2770B. UK MOD Crown Copyright 2018/Cpl Peter Devine RAF Photographer A milestone was reached at RAF Valley, …

By DENIS J. CALVERT 13th September 2018

… Two of the observers, Will Roberts and Tim Miles, were RAF navigators on exchange tours. There were no ‘spare’ … between aerobatic teams. In the spring of 1968, the RAF Red Arrows were into their fourth season, on the … also recording how the Red Arrows took advantage of the valley at the southern end of Biggin’s runway by diving into …