I volunteered for the RAF in July 1940 at Croydon recruiting centre having been refused for the Royal Navy, as I was not old enough for the job I wanted to do.I was accepted by the RAF but put on ...

The Royal Air Force has taken a small but significant step closer to its ambitious goal to achieve Net Zero operations by 2040, as one of the UK's military flying clubs has begun operating training ...

This story is taken from an interview with Geoffrey Metcalfe at the Dublin WW2 Commemoration, and has been added to the site with their permission. The authors fully understand the site's terms and ...

A continuing shortage of capacity in its flying training organisation has led the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to return to training pilots on Hawk T1 aircraft, three years after it retired the analog ...

On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...

The first instructors for the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system (RPAS) fleet have begun simulator-based training in the USA.