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Her final text contained just a single word, but it haunts Jean Hanlon's (pictured) family to this day. 'Help', the message read.

RAF Top Gun pilots intercept 50 Russian jets in just four months as Putin’s aircrews step up aggressive missions towards Nato airspace

Britain’s squadron of top gun RAF pilots have intercepted Russian warplanes 50 times in…
Her final text contained just a single word, but it haunts Jean Hanlon's (pictured) family to this day. 'Help', the message read.

Rishi Sunak angrily defends his use of RAF jets and helicopters to fly to UK visits in heated exchange with BBC presenter arguing ‘banning everything’ won’t solve climate change

Rishi Sunak angrily defended his use of RAF jets and private helicopters…
Her final text contained just a single word, but it haunts Jean Hanlon's (pictured) family to this day. 'Help', the message read.

RAF instructor ends up filming her own death in parachute

An RAF instructor filmed her own death when her parachute failed to…
John Foreman, who served as the British Defence Attache in Russia until September last year, said a number of Russian failures in the Black Sea region had made service personnel more aggressive

Russian ‘hotheaded’ fighter jets threaten safety of RAF pilots, military expert warns

‘Hotheaded’ Russian jets threatened international security by challenging a British surveillance plane,…
Organisers were inundated with requests to attend the service for Sergeant Peter Brown (pictured) died aged 96 in Maida Vale, west London, in December last year

Funeral of one of the last black RAF WW2 veterans will be moved to accommodate large crowds

The funeral of one the last black RAF Second World War pilots…
RAF chiefs initially feared women were too gossipy and prone to hysterics for vital military work in the Second World War, a new book reveals (pictured, The Women Behind The Few by Sarah-Louise Miller)

RAF chiefs feared women were too ‘prone to hysterics’ for military work in WW2, book reveals

RAF chiefs initially feared women were too gossipy and prone to hysterics…
Oliver Bayliss (pictured), 36, showed no remorse for the assault at a social occasion in 2022

RAF squadron leader will serve nine months for sex assault that led victim to try to kill herself

An ‘entitled’ RAF squadron Leader will serve just nine months in jail for…
British and German Typhoon fighter jets (pictured in a photo released by Germany's air force) scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonia in a joint NATO mission on Tuesday, hours after a Kremlin warplane downed a US drone over the Black Sea

RAF and German jets scramble to intercept Russian aircraft close to Estonia

British and German fighter jets scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft flying…
Earlier this week James Cleverly (pictured), who is both Foreign Secretary and the local MP, backed arguments from council leaders and residents

Foreign Secretary defends opposition to plans for migrant centre on old RAF base in his constituency

The Foreign Secretary has defended his opposition to Home Office proposals to…
Group Captain Lizzie Nicholl is said to be considering legal action against the RAF

RAF ‘broke the law’ with policy to prioritise job requests from minorities and women

The Royal Air Force broke employment law when it attempted to favour…