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Czech Miles Magister flies following restoration
By Tony Harmsworth
… day at the Shuttleworth evening airshow. Owned by the RAF Station Czechoslovakia organisation, on May 15 N3827, … were also restored at Henstridge by Crumplin — on the RAF Station Czechoslovakia fleet. Built at the Miles Aircraft … on communications duties between Penrhos, Speke and RAF Valley. … Czech Miles Magister flies following restoration …
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What aircraft will fly in the Queen’s Jubilee flypast?
By Key.Aero
… Air Mobility Force assets are expected to participate from RAF Brize Norton , Oxfordshire. This includes three soon to … to be involved are the RC-135 Rivet Joint based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire and the P-8A Poseidon from RAF … Cranwell, Lincolnshire, Texan T1s and Hawk T2s from RAF Valley, Anglesey. A single Phenom T1, ZM336 took part in the …
![6 Squadron Jaguars doing a ‘flat turn’ in formation on recovery to RAF Coltishall. Aircraft ED is carrying a centreline fuel tank, Paveway II laser-guided bomb on the left wing, and TIALD laser-designation pod on the right wing. The Jag carried AIM-9L infra-red guided missiles on over-wing launchers. Crown Copyright 6 Squadron Jaguars doing a ‘flat turn’ in formation on recovery to RAF Coltishall. Aircraft ED is carrying a centreline fuel tank, Paveway II laser-guided bomb on the left wing, and TIALD laser-designation pod on the right wing. The Jag carried AIM-9L infra-red guided missiles on over-wing launchers. Crown Copyright](https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/styles/listing_card/public/2022-05/vid_1_-_pic_1_-jaguars_at_coltishall.jpg?h=3ab9822c&itok=eR2NCzKI)
‘Those sorties put hairs on your chest’: Jaguar pilot memories
By Dino Carrara
… (ret’d), whose book ‘Typhoon’ follows his career in the RAF and also what it was like leading a squadron on … in fact a low cloud layer rolling down the hill into the valley below and forming fog. I was totally disorientated. …
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B-52Hs versus ISIS
By Jon Lake and Angie Bee
… into a small pocket in Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley (known as the MERV). Lt Col Daniel Lambert, 69th EBS … deployment of F-15C Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing from RAF Lakenheath. The build-up came in response to threats … the 2022 Bomber Task Force deployment by four B-52Hs to RAF Fairford, a pair of aircraft conducted a presence patrol …
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The pre-war luxury aircraft that no one wanted
By MIKE HOOKS
… 1935 appearance. In 1929, Flt Lt Nicholas Comper left the RAF and founded the Comper Aircraft Company at Hooton Park … said that apart from some poor weather down the Rhône Valley conditions were good. He mentioned a few incidents, …
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UK MOD to invest £695m into the RAF's Hawk fleet
By Josef Campion
… by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to support the RAF’s fleet of Hawk T2s and the Hawk T1s operated by the Red … Following this investment, hundreds of jobs at the home of RAF fast jet pilot training, RAF Valley in Anglesey will be supported and secured. A fleet of …
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The intense aerial attacks that sunk Hitler's battleship Tirpitz
By GRAHAM PITCHFORK
… coast and the formation headed down the snow-covered valley to Kaafjord. They achieved almost total surprise. …
![A June 1941, and thus pre-delivery, image of Mosquito PRI W4051. The first such production example, this was the aircraft flown by Fg Off Victor Ricketts with observer Sgt Boris Lukhmanoff on post-strike reconnaissance following the attack on the Billancourt factory. VIA ANDREW THOMAS A June 1941, and thus pre-delivery, image of Mosquito PRI W4051. The first such production example, this was the aircraft flown by Fg Off Victor Ricketts with observer Sgt Boris Lukhmanoff on post-strike reconnaissance following the attack on the Billancourt factory. VIA ANDREW THOMAS](https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/styles/listing_card/public/2022-06/am_nov_5_billancourt_pic_1.jpg?h=0924726b&itok=mhEiLpuW)
Bomber Command raid on Renault plant
By Andrew Fletcher
… officer at Bomber Command, had informed No 1 PRU at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire that a most important sortie to … No 1 PRU was the first recipient of the Mosquito in the RAF. It was currently operating a detached flight of … in an effort to find the Thames and follow it through the valley. He levelled out at 850ft in order to avoid any …
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Exercise Iniochos at Andravida Air Base
By Alan Warnes
… Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath got down low as it passed through the Kalavryta Valley on March 29 All photos: Alan Warnes EXERCISE HISTORY … with ten F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, 11 F-16I Sufa from 201 Squadron ‘The One …
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100 Squadron: RAF's Hawk T1 aggressor unit disbands
By Josef Campion
… spending the last two decades as an aggressor unit of the RAF, No 100 Squadron at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, laid down its sword as an … as the remaining aircraft are bound for storage at RAF Valley, Anglesey, and RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, in the coming …
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How a pricey restaurant bill led an actor to start an airline with a Dragon Rapide
By Ben Dunnell
… career as ‘varied’ barely makes a start on it. As a young RAF airman he gained his pilot’s wings on a Tiger Moth in … any connection to Newquay Airport (the civil enclave at RAF St Mawgan). Thus was his operation formalised in late … operation took large numbers of passengers, not least at RAF open days in the south-west. Scillonia was always a …
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North American T-6 Texan vs Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
… during the early stages of World War Two and known then as RAF Westhampnett, Goodwood Aerodrome was active with Hawker … fly those fighters KEY COLLECTION The sleek and shark-like RAF Texan I is more aerodynamic than its predecessor, but … the aircraft is operated by 72(Fighter) Squadron at RAF Valley, located on the island of Anglesey, just off the …
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Hunter pilot reflects on air-to-air combat experiences
By Rod Dean
… F-15D in Oman (where I was on loan for two years from the RAF). A pair of F-15s were taken out by a pair of old Hunters … The first event pitted four PAF Sabres against two RAF Hunters. The odds seemed slightly in favour of the home … when it transpired that the No.2 was a student on the Valley advanced flying course who had been ordered by his …
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Latest BBMF boss Sqn Ldr Mark ‘Suggs’ Sugden interview
By James Peene
… in the cockpit. My first tour was on the Tornado F.3 at RAF Leuchars [Scotland] on 43 Squadron. I had four happy … Hawk T2. I spent a total of five years instructing at RAF Valley [Wales] on advance flying training and then I came …
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Lancaster Legend: ‘Mickey’ Martin
… of the crews tasked to illuminate the target situated in a valley at the foot of steep hills. Searchlights and heavy … and adding a second Bar to his DFC. Martin remained in the RAF and in September 1947, flying a Mosquito, he set a record … Martin went on to have a distinguished career in the RAF. He served as Air Attaché in Israel, was AOC of No 38 …