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19th April 2018

… season. Corporal Jonathan Bayliss an engineer with the RAF’s Red Arrows was killed when the Hawk T1 (XX204) he was flying in crashed at RAF Valley at approximately 13:30hrs on March 20. The …

19th April 2018

… feature, Jamie Hunter returns to No 29 Squadron at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, to learn how Royal Air Force … “We lost a few people right at the end of [the course at] Valley”, says Craig. “But that was when they just couldn’t … today. Operation Ellamy over Libya in 2011 put the RAF Typhoon community under the spotlight when it became …

19th April 2018

… ‘Y’ and Squirrel HT1 ZJ264 ‘64’ perform a final flypast at RAF Shawbury on March 28 to mark retirement of both types from service with the DHFS. MOD Crown Copyright RAF Shawbury TWENTY YEARS of training on the Griffin HT1 and … three Jupiter HT1s (H145s), the latter being based at RAF Valley, Wales. All three Jupiters were delivered last year, …

19th April 2018

… US Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury, 163918, departing RAF Mildenhall on March 25. It had arrived on detachment on … DOWN 28/2 G-ETPG H125 arrived on delivery to ETPS. RAF BRIZE NORTON 7/2 01 C-17A NATO SAC n/s. 9/2 0452 C-295M … Aero. 27/2 XX335 Hawk T1 dep by road to Cosford. RAF VALLEY 16/2 N2770B/326 & N2843B/325 Texan IIs arrived on …

By WARREN E THOMPSON 1st June 2018

… operations, interdicting German reinforcements in the Po Valley and supporting the invasion of Southern France. A … a herd of St Bernard dogs. The planes were big, ungainly RAF Lancasters and they came by very close, their crewmen …

By Ben Dunnell 12th April 2018

… Having followed in his RAF pilot father’s footsteps, the current president of the … assignments have helped inform an extremely active post-RAF life — one which, by contrast, has brought a lot of … what I wanted. So I went off to do my advanced training at Valley [with No 4 FTS] on the Gnat. “I was single-mindedly …

19th April 2018

… as 617 trained for its date with destiny over the Ruhr valley in May 1943. Lancaster III ED817 ‘AJ-C’, shown here, … It was used for only a few months and never received an RAF serial. Via J D Oughton Avro Lincoln B.2s, such as RF513 … II. It is expected the unit will have been ‘stood up’ at RAF Marham in Norfolk by the time of the 75th Dams raid …

By Ben Dunnell 10th May 2018

… so he went back into the military and joined the RAF. They kicked him off his pilot’s course because they … to bail out and went to West Lancashire Aero Club at RAF Woodvale. I ended up as CFI [chief flying instructor] … fuel and oil up there. But down in the bottom of the valley there’s a huge hotel, which was going to be used …

By Wg Cdr John Butcher 19th April 2018

… raid. LCpl Jonah Lovy/USMC This is a special year for the RAF’s 617 Sqn – not only does it mark the 75th anniversary … new chapter when the unit re-forms on the F-35B. The RAF’s first frontline Lightning (the UK doesn’t follow … – fresh from flying the Hawk T2 with IV(R) Sqn at RAF Valley on Anglesey – also flew the F-35 for the first time in …

10th May 2018

… On 17 May Hucks and the Mercury I travelled from Primrose Valley to Scarborough and back (around 18 miles) in 19 … post-restoration flight on 17 September 1949 from nearby RAF Henlow, piloted by Gp Capt (later Air Cdre) Allen … ‘At Home’ event. In July 1950 the Type D appeared in the RAF Display at Farnborough, flown by Sqn Ldr Gordon Banner, …

22nd March 2018

… One of the first two T-6C Texan IIs, ZM325, delivered to RAF Valley, Anglesey, on February 16. Cpl Pete Devine/RAF Valley Photo Section The first two of a proposed fleet of …

By JOHN SWEETMAN 12th April 2018

… generating stations and “the low-lying Ruhr valley be flooded, so that railways and important bridges, … of these tests, Wallis sought scientific, ministerial and RAF approval for his new scheme. ACM Sir Arthur Harris at … then had a monumental shock. Acting on advice from an RAF staff officer, the Vickers-Armstrongs chairman ordered …

15th March 2018

… a two-part feature, Jamie Hunter visits No 29 Squadron at RAF Coningsby to learn how the Royal Air Force trains new … the Typhoon. With just an hour of live flying time in the RAF’s premier multi-role fighter under his belt, it’s time to … direct from the Advanced Flying Training course at RAF Valley, in Wales, on the Hawk T2. He is what is known as an …

19th April 2018

… encountered a problem shortly after taking off from RAF Valley, Wales, for a return flight to its base at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. While attempting an emergency …

1st May 2018

… both in Libya, to exchange aircraft with 260 Squadron, RAF. From the 16th they flew harbour patrols over Benghazi in … on the Tebaga Gap, a massive assault along the length of a valley offering the defenders natural protection in the …