Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was stationed in the Falklands for 6 weeks in early 2012 as a RAF helicopter SAR pilot; a deployment which caused a diplomatic row at the time with Argentina.
It was an aircraft to be admired in the cold war years when keeping an eye on Soviet shipping was a vital part of winning the ...
The RAF will lose its fleet of 17 Puma battlefield mobility helicopters and 14 of its oldest ... (some of these Chinooks date from the early 1980s). "As it stands, the U.K. Armed Forces like ...
The RAF will receive the first aircraft for initial trials and testing in 2013 and it will enter service in May 2014. Three helicopters will be ready for operational deployment in early 2015 and ...
The Chinook's crew made a precautionary landing following a technical issue The Royal Air Force is working to fix a helicopter stranded in a field in Dorset. The Chinook, from RAF Odiham in ...
Sqn Ldr Macnaughton spent 30 years serving with the RAF and during his time, flew thousands of hours in Puma helicopters as a ... "People in their late 30s or early 40s were coming forward with ...