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Royal Air Force squadrons recognised for gallantry
The MOD has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of Battle Honours to squadrons of Her Majesty’s Royal Air Force.
The Battle Honours have been awarded to commemorate notable battles, actions, or engagements in which squadron aircrew or RAF Regiment personnel played a memorable part.
Battle Honours...Read More »
News story: Royal Air Force squadrons recognised for gallantry
The Battle Honours have been awarded to commemorate notable battles, actions, or engagements in which squadron aircrew or RAF Regiment personnel played a memorable part.
Battle Honours were approved for 27 operational flying squadrons and eight Royal Air Force Regiment squadrons for their service during Operation TELIC in Iraq. Five...Read More »
News story: ‘Top of the range’ military training facility opened at Garelochhead
The £3 million project took around 2 years to complete and is designed to provide the optimum ‘safe place’ training environment for armed forces personnel in order to equip them with the skills required for operational duties at home and overseas.
The project has seen the existing Garelochhead ranges transformed...Read More »
RAF Typhoon fly their longest sortie in the fight against Da’esh.
On 23 September a pair of Typhoons flew for seven hours and 46 minutes on a mission which saw them attack and destroy a weapons cache before conducting a simultaneous strike against four truck bombs.
Flight Lieutenant Tom [surname withheld for security reasons] led the mission from RAF Akrotiri. He...Read More »
Speech: Employer Recognition Scheme Awards
I’m delighted to be here and it’s a great honour to have Prince Harry joining us fresh from a triumphant Invictus Games and from raising awareness of mental health issues in the Armed Forces earlier today.
We are, Your Royal Highness, incredibly fortunate to have someone with such immense energy...Read More »