British Royal Air Force

Family plucked to safety in Seaham beach drama

Nov 17 2008 by Richard Fletcher, The Journal A COUPLE and their 11-month- old baby were at the centre of a dramatic rescue effort last night after the onrushing tide cut them off during a beach walk. An RAF helicopter, the...

Ernst & Young whip Thais to storm into final

Ernst and Young sealed their berth in the final of the Asian Champion Clubs hockey tournament with a resounding 13-2 win over Thai Royal Air Force in a Group A tie at the KL Hockey Stadium here yesterday.

Remains of RAF crew airlifted from jungle

KOTA BARU: The skeletal remains of 12 crew members of the British Royal Air Force flight KN630 who died in an air crash 58 years ago were removed from their jungle grave in Gua Musang late Friday. The remains were exhumed on...

RAF exercise over Iceland is cancelled

Hildur Helga Sigurdardóttir in ReykjavÍk Nato has decided to cancel RAF air patrols over Iceland that had been due to take place next month. The Icelandic Prime Minister, Geir Haarde, and the Foreign Minister, Ingibjörg Sólrún...

Off-course plane given RAF escort

Published Date: 15 November 2008 A LIGHT aircraft was escorted to safety by an RAF helicopter after it was blown off course. The Piper Tomahawk, with a student pilot on board, was en route from Dundee to Inverness when he was...

Jack Scott: BBC forecaster

Jack Scott presented weather forecasts for BBC television from 1969 until 1983. He was known in households across the country in the 1970s, and widely liked and admired for his meteorological expertise and avuncular delivery....

Prince Charles: 60 facts

From April to June 1969 he studied Welsh at Aberystwyth University. :: In July 1969 he was invested as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle. :: He became the 21st Prince of Wales. :: The Queen invested her son with the Insignia...

RAF Halton girls raise their fitness for charity

14-Nov-2008

Four determined women from the Regional Medical Centre at RAF Halton have successfully completed the RAF Regimental Operational Fitness Test, normally only undertaken by male personnel, to raise money for charity.

How we came to worship the demi-gods of the RAF

Our fascination with fighter pilots harks back to an age of gauche innocence when their bravery was visible, says Patrick Bishop FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2008 Watching air power in action in Helmand this summer I was struck by...

1940: German bombers raid Coventry, destroying much of the city including the Gothic cathedral.

Location: London and other major cities Outcome: Allied victory at a high civilian cost. The Blitz reduced pressure on the RAF, cost Germany enormous numbers of aircraft and personnel and failed to pave the way for the German...

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