The Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force

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.

RAF Commander admits to shredding spy plane documents

Nimrod spy planeAn 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.

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