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A community portal about The Royal Air Force with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Royal Air Force is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. The RAF was formed on April 1, 1918 and has taken a... [more]

A community portal about The Royal Air Force with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Royal Air Force is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. The RAF was formed on April 1, 1918 and has taken a significant role in British military history since then, playing a large part in World War II and in conflicts such as the recent war in Iraq. The RAF has 998 aircraft and, in 2006, 46,880 personnel. The only founding member of the RAF still living is Henry Allingham at age 110.

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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER

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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER At the Cenotaph on Whitehall at 10.25am (Sunday 8 November), Westminster SNP Leader Angus Robertson MP will join the Prime Minister and other Party leaders. He will lay a Scottish Poppy Appeal wreath on behalf of the SNP and Plaid Cymru with the message "Lest we forget" in English, Gaelic and Welsh. Mr Robertson represents the largest number of service personnel in Scotland with both RAF Kinloss and RAF Lossiemouth in his Moray constituency. The 14 servicemen who died aboard Nimrod XV230 from RAF Kinloss in 2006, was the biggest lost of military lives in a single incident since the ... Read Full Story

PM PUSHED ON NIMROD FAMILY COMPENSATION.

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PM PUSHED ON NIMROD FAMILY COMPENSATION. The Prime Minister has been pushed to resolve unsettled compensation payments for the families of 14 service personnel killed when RAF Nimrod XV230 exploded in Afghanistan more than three years ago. Angus Robertson, the MP for Moray, whose constituency is home to the Nimrod fleet at Kinloss, raised the issue during Prime Ministers Questions in the House of Commons. Last week an independent review published a hard-hitting and highly critical report into the tragedy in September 2006. Mr Robertson, leader of the SNP at Westminster and party Defence spokesperson, said: “The widows, partners and families of the service ... Read Full Story

CAMPAIGNERS WELCOME MILITARY DEATH INQUIRY TIMETABLE.

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CAMPAIGNERS WELCOME MILITARY DEATH INQUIRY TIMETABLE. SNP Westminster Leader and Defence spokesperson, Angus Robertson MP, has welcomed confirmation today (Tuesday) from Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill that plans to allow fatal accident inquiries into the deaths of military personnel killed abroad to be held in Scotland are set to receive Royal assent later this year. At Westminster the Coroners and Justice Bill has been amended to allow such inquiries to take place in Scottish courts. Changes to the law, which will mean that families of Scottish service personnel killed abroad will no longer have to travel to England to attend their loved one's inquests, ... Read Full Story

Mr. Kipling's Workshop advises 1/48 Spitfire Mk. IX with RAF Pilots & Ground Personnel announced from ICM

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Town of Mono, ON ( Mr. Kipling's Workshop ) Eric Chan from Borgfeldt (Canada) Ltd. sends this announcement for the latest addition to ICM's WWII Aircraft Series: ICM48801 - 1/48 Spitfire Mk. IX with RAF Pilots & Ground Personnel This kit includes: Model of Spitfire IX of British ace Sqn. Ldr. J. Plagis (15+2 victories) Seven figures (three pilots, three mechanics & one WREN member of WWII British Royal Air Force) with dog figure and airfield equipment. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War and on ... Read Full Story

RAF Commander admits to shredding spy plane documents

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An RAF commander destroyed a number of official documents after the loss of a Nimrod spy plane and its 14-man crew over Afghanistan, it emerged last week. The Nimrod XV230 caught fire and broke up shortly after refuelling in mid-air over Afghanistan in September 2006 killing all 14 on board. All documents relating to the aircraft were immediately impounded but Sqn Ldr Guy Bazalgette, commander of the Nimrod detachment in the Gulf, managed to retrieve one file. Read more Read Full Story
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RAF Holyhead
* Anglesey Airport ← Previous revision Revision as of 12:17, 6 November 2009 Line 1: Line 1: Unreferenced|date=June 2009 Unreferenced|date=June 2009 '''RAF Holyhead''' was an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] situated at [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]], [[Wales]]. It was the most westernly RAF base in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. '''RAF Holyhead''' was an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] situated at...  
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Royal Air Force roundels
Roundel history: Valiants in AFW used a less faded 'Pale' type D for a while ← Previous revision Revision as of 11:23, 3 November 2009 Line 41: Line 41: |- |- |[[Image:RAF roundel D pale.svg|50px|center]] |[[Image:RAF roundel D pale.svg|50px|center]] - |Type D pale||A pale 'faded' version of the Type D. This was sometimes used when applied over [[anti-flash white...  
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List of Royal Air Force air chief marshals
List of air chief marshals: Palin retired 1993 ← Previous revision Revision as of 21:42, 3 November 2009 Line 386: Line 386: | sort|Palin|Sir [[Roger Palin]] | sort|Palin|Sir [[Roger Palin]] | align="right" | sort|1991-04-22|22 April 1991   | align="right" | sort|1991-04-22|22 April 1991   - | promoted 22 April 1991LondonGazette |issue=52518 |date=29 April...  
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Icarus Releases Gloster Gladiator for FSX
The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) was a British-built biplane fighter, used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered ob...  
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Air Vice-Marshal Ranjan Dutt: wartime RAF pilot and Indian Air Force chief
One of the first group of Indian officers who were seconded to the Royal Air Force in 1940, Ranjan Dutt was sent to England later that year and after further training became one of three Indian pilots to be posted to 32 Squadron. In 1941 he flew fighter sweeps over occupied France and the Netherlands, one of the few Indian pilots to serve in the European theatre during the Second World War, before returning to India via RAF service in...  
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