RAF
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On the ground, Squadron Leader "Bally", an RAF F-35 pilot, explains the complexity of the mission.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Some of the Royal Navy helicopters now based at RAF Akrotiri were supposed to join the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales on her planned voyage to the North Atlantic.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Heavy B-1 bombers have been photographed loading munitions and fuel at RAF Fairford in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Maddie and the other WAAFs in her barracks still hadn’t got proper uniforms, but as it was winter, they had been issued RAF overcoats—men’s overcoats.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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