Royal Air Force

The Rev Ted Bale obituary

Other Lives: Northamptonshire vicar whose first congregation worshipped in his home

Diana Barnes

15, Jun, 2021 @4:11 PM

MoD document approves British troops for illegal bombing, charity claims

Directive gives exceptions where troops can engage in countries without parliamentary backing

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

19, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

RAF engaged in 10-day attack on Isis in Iraq this spring

Typhoon planes and cruise missiles used in biggest air raid against group in two years, ‘probably killing dozens’ says force

Dan Sabbagh Defence editor

07, Apr, 2021 @11:01 PM

UK army, navy and RAF all to be cut back, defence review confirms

Cuts come despite Boris Johnson’s pre-election pledge not to cut armed services ‘in any form’

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

22, Mar, 2021 @6:07 PM

Asylum seeker housing conditions under scrutiny at third ex-military site

Allegations of poor conditions, poor food quality and mental health crises at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk

Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent

14, Jan, 2021 @5:56 PM

Corrie McKeague died after getting into waste bin, UK inquest hears

Missing airman is believed to have died after night out in Bury St Edmunds in 2016

Jamie Grierson and agencies

13, Nov, 2020 @3:51 PM

Battle of Britain: 80th anniversary to be marked with events across UK

Commemorations include special immersive experience at Imperial War Museum in Duxford

Ben Quinn

14, Sep, 2020 @11:01 PM

Dutch salvage mission begins for RAF bomber shot down 77 years ago

Plane lost on way back from Berlin in 1943 was found by chance in lake near Amsterdam in 2008

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

07, Sep, 2020 @7:00 AM

Australian pilots drafted to help fly UK drones over Syria and Iraq

RAF crew shortage and concerns over stresses of piloting deadly aircraft behind MoD move

Dan Sabbagh

19, Aug, 2020 @5:58 PM

Bessie Thomas obituary

Other lives: Second world war radar operator and tireless fundraiser for the British Legion

Marilyn Cunningham

05, Aug, 2020 @5:17 PM

James Latimer obituary

Other Lives: Member of Bomber Command who flew 46 missions supporting troops in France and Germany

Colin Carr

02, Aug, 2020 @12:25 PM

Boris Johnson repaint may ruin plane for military use, says ex-pilot

Former RAF transport pilot says ‘no one wants to go to war in a brightly coloured lollipop’