British Army soldiers and an RAF air crew have worked together on New Year’s eve to airlift more sandbags into a river breach just outside Croston, Lancashire. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (2 LANCS) spent the morning preparing one tonne sandbags so they could be lifted by a Chinook CH47 … Dowiedz się więcej
Members of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service, from RAF Valley and RAF Lossiemouth have visited the far east recently to help train their counterparts in the Hong Kong Civil Aid Service. The RAF Mountain Rescue Service has maintained close links with the Hong Kong Civil Aid Service since 1959, when this organisation took responsibility for … Dowiedz się więcej
Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel based in the Falkland Islands have conducted a long range rescue of a British man from a Russian cruise ship. HMS Clyde is pictured re-fuelling an RAF Sea King Search & Rescue Helicopter during a recent operation between The Falkland Islands and South Georgia The MV Akademic Sergei … Dowiedz się więcej
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, has paid tribute to Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham, who died on 24 October. Sir Michael was the second longest-serving Chief of the Air Staff after the Service’s founder, Lord Trenchard. He introduced the Tornado to service, helped pioneer … Dowiedz się więcej
The crews of two Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers that crashed over 70 years ago were laid to rest with military honours by the Queen’s Colour Squadron in two services at the Durnbach War Cemetery in Southern Germany on Wednesday, 21 October 2015. The first service was for Pilot Officer George Smith, flight engineer on … Dowiedz się więcej
RAF Odiham welcomed back the first Chinook returning from Ex Vortex Warrior today when it flew in on a C-17 aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. A Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft arrives at RAF Odiham to return kit and equipment from the USA. On board the C-17 is one of RAF Odihams Chinook helicopters. … Dowiedz się więcej