Deployed on NATO's enhanced Air Policing on the Alliance's eastern flank, Royal Air Force personnel deployed ...

From 20 July to 7 August, Exercise Pitch Black 2026 will bring together 20 nations and more than 100 aircraft for three weeks ...

In modern warfare, one voice on a radio can mean the difference between success and disaster. That voice often belongs to a ...

Celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as a notable event over her 70 year reign. The RAF memorial at Runnymede is unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen. It commemorates 20,389 airmen and ...

Mount Pleasant Complex was opened in 1985 to establish a fighter and transport presence in the Islands. Currently based at Mount Pleasant are No 1435 Flight with 4 Typhoon FGR4, No 1312 Flight, with a ...

The Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (ACAS) is the 2-star commander of Air Command’s Central Business Pillar. ACAS is responsible for central coordination of Air and Space Command strategic planning, ...

Meet some of our people and their varied roles across the RAF.

Celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as a notable event over her 70 year reign. The first offensive sortie against the Argentinian Forces on the Falkland Islands was mounted by the ...

92 Squadron is based at RAF Waddington, providing air training and tactics advice to commanders and units for the tactical employment of air power. It shares its squadron number with a Battle of ...

Powered by Frank Whittle’s W.1 jet engine, the Gloster E.28/39 Pioneer (sometimes referred to as the Gloster Whittle or the Pioneer), successfully completed its historic first flight at RAF Cranwell, ...

The Chief of the Air Staff's Global Air and Space Chiefs' Conference 2026 will take place in London on 15/16 July 2026. Details on previous conferences will appear on the Air and Space Power ...