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By João Paulo Moralez 16th July 2020

… on-the-job training. The Short Tucano T1 used by the RAF had more than 900 differences compared with the standard … produce the Tucano under licence. The variant used by the RAF was to have a lifespan of 12,000 hours (against 6,000 for … Tucano. It was replaced by the Beechcraft Texan II at RAF Valley, Anglesey, under the Military Flying Training System …

By Ben Dunnell 11th June 2020

… nothing is confirmed — to be able to work with the RAF Museum when the time comes, and to come to some sort of … Possibly we could also refurbish those wings, so the RAF Museum would get a set of refurbished wings, we’d get all … as RB396, being displayed above last year’s Chalke Valley History Festival for the D-Day 75th anniversary. …

By Tom Spencer 18th June 2020

… Stirling to service, an appropriate honour befitting the RAF’s senior bomber squadron. Powered by four Bristol … flown by Flt Lt ‘Sask’ Howard-Smith. 7 Sqn Records THE RAF’S FIRST HEAVY The Stirling mounted the RAF’s first … did bomber crews ironically call the Ruhr the ‘Happy Valley’. Defences were the burgeoning capabilities of the …

By JEANNE FRAZER 11th June 2020

… I’ve ever seen”. Within a month of being delivered to RAF Hornchurch to serve on the front line with No 222 … of both BP and Shell. At this stage Ray was still in the RAF — he retired from the service in May 1971. ADRIAN M. … where he was renowned for taking advantage of the adjacent valley, re-emergence from which added an extra frisson of …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 5th June 2020

… reinforcements using the roads to reach Ranville. For the RAF, the lift for Operation Tonga was to be executed in three … quite suitable when viewed from the air, being in a valley it had become extremely wet and treacherous when the … position. Close fighter escort by 15 squadrons of 11 Group RAF was given to the long and vulnerable stream of slow …

By Tim Ripley 16th April 2020

… the full fleet of nine should be operational from nearby RAF Lossiemouth. Niall Paterson As the world’s first ever independent air arm, the RAF has led the way in many aspects of air warfare. For … students began training on the Beechcraft Texan T1 at RAF Valley, Wales, in October 2019. Crown Copyright 2019 EYES IN …

By STEVEN POTTER 1st May 2020

… and World War Two. The Mustang owes its existence to an RAF specification in 1940 requesting a single-seat fighter … site, plans are afoot to move the aeroplane to the Hunter Valley region in New South Wales under the care of Matt Hall …

By THOMAS McKELVEY CLEAVER 14th May 2020

… to enter combat outside the Pacific theatre, joining the RAF in Egypt just before the Battle of El Alamein. On 18 … shipping lanes, ports, and airports from the northern Po Valley south through the Apennines.” Conditions at Alto … Portugal, Turkey, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. DATAFILE: RAF SERVICE The leading foreign user was the RAF, which …

By Rod Hawkins 1st April 2020

… Former RAF navigator Rod Hawkins shares stories from his first … with 14 Squadron on the Cold War front line. I arrived at RAF Wildenrath, about 26 miles from Düsseldorf on a Friday in … Christmas party – a crew would usually fly across to RAF Valley in Wales to pick up meat, then on to Machrihanish or …

By Malcolm V Lowe 1st April 2020

… represented a leap forward in power and capability for the RAF and Royal Navy Airframe XM299 was the first of nine … bed for the Gnome engine installation pioneered for the RAF’s Wessex HC.2. JB VIA MALCOLM V LOWE A growing acceptance … duties. The Search and Rescue Training Unit formed at RAF Valley in Wales during 1979 on the HC.2, but before this – …

By Stephan de Bruijn 26th March 2020

… in early 2013 by the Typhoon, with customer flights at RAF Coningsby in the UK and in Doha. It’s worth highlighting … training and type conversion in the UK on the Hawk T2 at RAF Valley, Anglesey, and with a joint Royal Air Force/QEAF …

By Jamie Hunter 4th March 2020

… Operational Evaluation Unit, and station commander at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. In January he gave an exclusive … Hunter during which he outlined the current status of the RAF’s Typhoon fleet and plans to expand to an eight-squadron … with fewer pilots coming out of the fast jet course at RAF Valley than had been hoped for. This, combined with people …

By Mark Ayton 13th February 2020

… used to instruct ab initio students with No 72 Squadron at RAF Valley, Anglesey. Texan T1 serial ZM327 over Anglesey in July … Beechcraft Texan T1 trainer aircraft for the UK arrived at RAF Valley in February 2018, kickstarting a complex and …

By Martin-Baker, Dave Unwin 13th February 2020

… will work just the same.” Those words were written by an RAF Javelin pilot for Blackwood’s Magazine in 1961, but … accidentally used each other’s straps. Unusually for an RAF aircraft, the Gnat’s ejection seat was not supplied by … ejection seat. While flying a Hawk T1A from RAF Valley, Dave sat on an MB Mk10B. Unlike the Gnat, which …

By JAMES KIGHTLY 13th February 2020

… name appear on an independent company. Intended for the RAF, Northrop-built Vengeance Ia EZ856 was diverted to the US Army Air Forces, but retained its RAF camouflage and serial. CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY On 29 January … major air operation to reinforce and supply the Imphal valley. April saw 344 sorties, one Vengeance failing to …