Originally used by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War, the base was placed on standby status after 1945 before reopening in 1950 as a joint RAF-USAF facility. Assigned to Strategic Air ...

The two youngest children, John and Jill, were born in the UK but spent much of their childhood on RAF bases in Cyprus and Germany as well as RAF Wittering and RAF Scampton. Geoffrey Bolton at his ...

With an awe-inspiring collection of army uniforms and the nostalgic reconstruction of a US military World War II airplane’s cockpit, this former Royal Air Force (RAF) base will catapult you ...

RAF veteran Dennis Bishop, who saw active service in France, Belgium, Germany and Africa, stands by the loading ramp of a Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft at RAF Brize Norton ...

Dennis Bishop visited RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Wednesday as it prepares for the VE Day flypast. RAF veteran Dennis Bishop, who saw active service in France, Belgium, Germany and Africa ...

The Red Arrows will be appearing at the VE Day 2025 celebrations on May 5, as the UK celebrates the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Allied Forces over Nazi Germany. Their display will begin ...

The RAF Allied bombing campaign was heroic but controversial for one reason Despite unparalleled losses, the men of Bomber Command displayed incredible courage in the air war against Germany.

From that remark, AFS estimates that approximately 100 U.S. B61-12 gravity bombs are stored in six air bases in five NATO countries – Aviano and Ghedi in Italy, Incirlik in Türkiye, Kleine Brogel in ...

The aircraft, an RAF C-17 Globemaster, was seen above the town on Friday night at around 7pm. It was from the 99 Squadron which is based at RAF Brize Norton - the home of the RAF’s transport and ...

The Royal International Air Tattoo has shown off one of the high-tech military planes that is set to appear at this year’s event.

Former RAF base near Cambridgeshire border with abandoned buildings now used as racetrack. ... Part of the former RAF Thurleigh in Bedfordshire, pictured in 2009 (Image: Google Maps) ...