Royal Air Force
June 2025
Ban on Palestine Action as ‘terrorists’ is shameful
Palestine Action expected to be banned after vandalism of planes at RAF base
Pro-Palestine protesters break into RAF base on scooters and deface two aircraft
UK minister admits rules banning armed forces from speaking out are unlawful
Frederick Forsyth obituary
Growing threats, new weapons, more troops: key points of UK’s defence review
Relatives of 1994 Chinook crash victims initiate legal action against MoD
May 2025
Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims call for sealed documents to be released
‘How can you not know?’ Black and Asian people went overboard for Britain, says WW2 veteran
April 2025
UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels
RAF fighters scrambled twice to intercept Russian planes last week
March 2025
John Hemingway obituary
Ex-RAF pilot who killed himself and four others on M6 was suicidal, inquest hears
John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105
British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one
Sharon Graham
February 2025
Starmer unlikely to unveil plan for rise in defence spending this week, says minister
Bridget Phillipson calls 2.5% target ‘ambitious’ days before PM meets with Donald Trump in Washington
January 2025
Medals of second world war pilot who flew 500 miles with plane on fire to be auctioned
When Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire after being hit by Japanese shell, he and crew kept flames doused with flasks of tea
December 2024
More than 10,000 members of UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’
- Other livesReginald Ellicott obituary
November 2024
UFO expert not ruling out Russia or China links to drones seen at RAF bases
Sightings over three airbases in East Anglia could relate to foreign powers’ concerns about possible nuclear weapons