Blogs about: Royal Air Force
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Updated: Flying Officers Arthur and Guy Venables
78 Squadron Royal Air Force Losing a member of your family in war must be heartbreaking. But to lose two, both brothers, in the same incident? Not only that, but in what seems to have been an accident… more →
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Remembering Keith Park
ruddweekly wrote 11 hours ago: We seem a tad reluctant these days to commemorate our heroes. So it’s great to see a memorial erecte … more →
Updated: Flying Officers Arthur and Guy Venables
James Daly wrote 2 days ago: 78 Squadron Royal Air Force Losing a member of your family in war must be heartbreaking. But to lose … more →
Remembrance Service and the film 'Up'.
aavey wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday was a big day. We remembered the 11th hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1 … more →
RAF Centre for Air Power Studies
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Ross wrote 1 week ago: A couple of years ago the RAF established a Centre for Air Power Studies. The centre has at its hear … more →
Victoria Cross Heroes - Eric Nicolson VC
James Daly wrote 1 week ago: Eric Nicolson VC Although the Battle of Britain has an esteemed place in British military history … more →
Flying Sikhs
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Tim Stevens wrote 1 week ago: A bit out of Ubiwar’s usual range but I’m really looking forward to seeing this. My film … more →
RAF good for black community
Platinum Tears wrote 1 week ago: Don Walcott, dad of England footballer Theo Walcott, tells why he’s been proud to have given 17 year … more →
Former Defence chiefs 'round on Brown'
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James Daly wrote 2 weeks ago: In an empassioned debate in the House of Lords three former Chiefs of the Defence Staff have asked s … more →
‘It’s very nice of you to arrange a fly past, but it really wasn’t necessary!’ – The Press Officer’s Guide Lesson 1 – Taking advantage of the situation
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johnault wrote 2 weeks ago: As Kennedy stepped from the Battlebus two RAF Tornados flew overhead to mark his arrival! The 2001 G … more →
Victoria Cross Heroes - David Lord VC
James Daly wrote 2 weeks ago: David Lord VC David Lord joined the RAF in 1939, training to fly biplanes on the Indian North West F … more →
The Next Stage...
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Ross wrote 2 weeks ago: Well it is time to move onto the next step for me. I finished my MPhil, though I am still waiting on … more →
Forces Crisis? Get rid of the Darlings!
James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: Blackadder's Captain Darling - the archetypal staff officer The Armed Forces are being stifled b … more →
Britain 'faces world choice'
James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: Britain still has a taste for being a world power – and a determination to be a key influence … more →
killed Colonel warned of Helicopter shortages
James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: Lt-Col Rupert Thorneloe A British Lieutenant-Colonel who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanista … more →
2009 Poppy Appeal
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James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: Poppy Appeal 2009 As October comes to an end this years Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal is upon us … more →
A Few Additions...
Ross wrote 3 weeks ago: Couple of additions to the library arrived this past week… Christina Goulter, A Forgotten Offe … more →
Victoria Cross Heroes - Albert Ball VC
James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: Albert Ball VC Among Victoria Cross winners, more than a few show that quintessentially english pers … more →
Costcutting blamed for Nimrod crash
James Daly wrote 3 weeks ago: And independent review into a fatal crash of an RAF Nimrod aircraft in 2006 has found that the Minis … more →
Some ramblings from me…. thoughts etc.
aavey wrote 3 weeks ago: What is it that we want from life? Over the years, I have often worked towards attaining something. … more →
