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From left: Sgt Bradley Panter, Jan Jennings (RBF), Officer Commanding Paul Burns and Cadet Warrant Officer India Emerson Jeffries

RAF cadets receive Richardson Brothers Foundation support

Police patrol the perimeter as a US Air Force Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford

Two men re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran over RAF Fairford incident

Police in Whelford after a major incident was declared

Terror probe suspect called police before arrests made near air base

Fairford incident

RAF Fairford suspect called police an hour before farmer raised alarm

Fairford incident

‘Quantity of petrol’ but no homemade bombs found in vans near RAF base – police

Rubio

RAF Fairford suspected terror plot involved ‘a foreign actor’, says Marco Rubio

Armed police at one of the gates of RAF Fairford

Police cordon remains in place around three vehicles at RAF Fairford

Fairford incident

Police keeping ‘open mind’ over suspected airbase plot as five bailed

A police checkpoint near RAF Fairford

Suspects arrested over potential RAF Fairford terror plot all released on bail

John Swinney smiling in a Holyrood corridor

Swinney warns Russia poses ‘significant threat’ after terror plot at RAF base

Police at Fairford

Five British nationals arrested over suspected bomb plot near airbase

Police in Whelford

Police investigate whether Iran linked to suspected RAF base terror plot

Police at a road block

RAF Fairford terror plot ‘looking to do big damage’, Donald Trump says

An armed policeman walking on a road, next to a police car with its blue lights on

Five held under anti-terror laws after three vans stopped near RAF base

A military vehicle blocks an access gate at RAF Fairford

Counter-terrorism police leading inquiry after explosive arrests near RAF base

Road block

Men arrested under Explosives Act as villagers evacuated near RAF Fairford

The RAF has confirmed that a formal investigation into the cause of the crash is now underway

RAF suspends flights after crash left pilots in Birmingham hospital
A formal investigation into the cause of the crash is now under way
Dan Stacey

The entrance to RAF Valley

RAF pilots who ejected moments before crash ‘expected to make full recovery’

The entrance to RAF Valley

RAF pauses Hawk jet training after pilots ejected moments before crash

33 pictures marking 90 years of the Spitfire and its Shropshire links

Chris Gordon in uniform holding up a medal

War hero ‘finds himself needing help from others’ in stem cell transplant appeal

Pattingham Drama performs 'Spitfire Girls'

Pattingham Drama to tell story of wartime women pilots

Wreckage of crashed Chinook

Chinook crash widows call for meeting with PM as he reaches 50 days in office

The Red Arrows will be flying over Chatsworth Country Fair on September 6, between 11.30am and 12 noon, weather permitting (photo: Getty Images/Matthew Horwood)

Exact time you can see the Red Arrows soaring over Midlands

Chairman Chris Ballett with Speaker Sqn Ldr Webb

Cannock Probus members hear about changing role of women in RAF

Watch: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aircraft flies over region

A Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa 5711 (G-HURI) fighter aircraft prepares to perform an aerobatic display at the IWM Duxford on 18 October 2012 in Duxford, England.

Where BBMF aircraft expected to fly over West Midlands this weekend

Protesters in Thetfod

Dozens of protesters gather outside former RAF base after Thetford unrest
Campaigners gathered for another protest outside RAF Barnham in Suffolk on Sunday.
Ellie Crabbe, Press Association

Red Arrows display

Mayor ‘distraught’ as Red Arrows pull out of UK displays

Migrant accommodation

Protest planned outside former RAF base after Thetford unrest

A general view of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus

British man accused of spying for Iran at RAF base could be extradited to UK

Chinook families in Downing Street

Chinook crash families urge new PM to back fresh review into 1994 tragedy

The Wolverhampton & District RAFA (Royal Air Force Association) building in Wolverhampton is something of a hidden gem

'Hidden gem' historic Wolverhampton Air Force building looking forward

The Princess Royal stands alongside musical director Stephen Crooks as she speaks to members of the Ballyreagh Silver Band during a visit to the Castle Archdale Museum in Irvinestown

Princess Royal meets air cadets as she celebrates milestone anniversary

Royal Mail new stamps

Royal Mail unveils military jet aircraft stamps

A Hurricane Mk I from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at Biggin Hill Airfield on 20 August 2010 in London, England.

Where and when BBMF aircraft to fly over West Midlands this weekend

Relatives of the victims of the Mull of Kintyre air crash speaking to the media

Throwing out 1994 Chinook crash legal case a ‘travesty’, serviceman’s son says

Families from the Chinook Justice Campaign outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday

Legal challenge over 1994 Chinook crash thrown out by High Court judge

Families of those who died in the 1994 Chinook crash outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday (Doug Peters/PA)

Legal challenge over 1994 Chinook crash should continue, High Court told

Wreckage of a Chinook helicopter which crashed on Mull of Kintyre

Chinook crash bereaved say MoD ‘cannot be allowed to win’ over inquiry call

Mugshot of Kenny Dalgleish

RAF serviceman jailed for 11 years after two-decade campaign of abuse

Rugeley woman celebrates 105th birthday

Kemi Badenoch

‘PM-in-waiting’ Burnham has questions to answer on defence, Badenoch says

Red Arrows

RAF flying aces paint the sky red, white and blue for America’s 250th birthday

Independence Day

US feels the heat as it celebrates 250th anniversary of breakup from Britain

East Midlands Airport is hosting part of a fleet of RAF aircraft from July until later this year.

East Midlands Airport to act as temporary base for RAF aircraft

Five Red Arrows flying in formation

Red Arrows to thrill US crowds celebrating 250th anniversary of independence

BBMF Dakota

When to see of Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota this weekend

F-86 Sabre

RAF Cosford Air Show 2026: Major changes to line-up

Royal Air Force Cosford Air Show 2019

No ticket? Best alternative spots to watch the RAF Cosford Air Show

Crowds at the RAF Cosford Air Show

No ticket? Best alternative spots to watch the RAF Cosford Air Show

F-86 Sabre

RAF Cosford Air Show 2026: Major changes to line-up

Cosford’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1

Last-minute change to RAF Cosford flypast: Spitfire replacing Dakota

Red Arrows training

Red Arrows expected to soar over West Midlands this weekend

Kirsty Murphy MBE

Only female Red Arrows display pilot joins Midlands firm as speaker

Equipment is landed on the island

Parachuting on to island in hantavirus response a ‘dream mission’ – paratrooper

Tandem parachuters upside down, with clouds behind him

Paratroopers in ‘pretty tasty jump’ on to remote island in hantavirus response

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