This is the moment John Watts first saw the bomber plane flown by his father’s squadron during the Second World War and grew closer to knowing the man he never met. John Watts grew up without ever having the chance to meet his father – a hero pilot of the Second World War who died … Read more
RAF pilot is set to become first non-American to fly US President on Air Force One The unnamed Wing Commander has served for a number of years in the US The pilot will first fly and co-pilot other aircraft before joining reserve list The President and his advisors have two planes which alternate as Air … Read more
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag. As the bombs rained down, he’d order the population to stay indoors, huddled under the stairs or in flimsy, back-garden, corrugated iron Anderson shelters, and stand down The Few to … Read more
An RAF serviceman was found hanged in his barracks after worrying about having his first child with his ex-girlfriend, a coroner has heard. Luke Neeson, 25, had been socialising with his colleagues at The Eagle Public House in Oxfordshire on Boxing Day when he started saying he was ‘anxious’ about becoming a first-time father. He … Read more
The Royal HAIR Force: RAF will allow dreadlocks, braids and ponytails in bid to boost diversity in the service The fashion-conscious can also keep cornrows and twist to promote inclusivity New rules follow close on heels of the force allowing its airmen to grow beards RAF say it’s so it can ‘deliver a next- generation Air … Read more
RAF Typhoon are jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was on a exercise off Scottish coast RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers near Norway Two Tupulev 160 bombers were heading in direction of HMS Queen Elizabeth £3billion aircraft carrier was off Scottish coast on … Read more
RAF Reaper drone wipes out suspected ISIS terror unit in Iraq attacking them with a 500lb laser-guided smart bomb The drone attacked ISIS suspects in Anbar province, west of Baghdad Iraqi defence forces called for assistance after they were attacked by ISIS Coalition fast jets hit the suspected terrorists before the drone arrived The drone’s … Read more
A British World War II Tallboy bomb has exploded while being made safe underwater by Navy sappers in northwestern Poland on Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident. The 5.4-ton bomb was found September 2019 beneath a waterway leading to the port of Szczecin during work to deepen the passage. Polish Navy sappers were … Read more
The Prince of Wales thanked secret service staff on both sides of the Atlantic for their work as he visited the top-secret US spy base RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire today. Prince Charles, 71, travelled to the communications and intelligence site near Harrogate, which for the last 60 years has been used by personnel from … Read more
Hundreds of residents were evacuated on Monday as Polish military divers began a delicate operation to defuse a massive World War II bomb in a channel near the Baltic Sea. The 19ft, 12,000lb device, designed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallace, was nicknamed ‘Tallboy’ and also known as an ‘earthquake bomb’. It was dropped by … Read more