The engine of a World War Two plane has been restored as part of a campaign to recognise the contribution of reconnaissance ...

The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...

Ruth Dicksee celebrated her 103rd birthday earlier this month at the care home she lives in in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was ...

It might seem hard to imagine now, with duty-free shops and modern passenger jets on the tarmac, but the airport's original use was as an RAF base in WW2 ... war. It was then run by the Air ...

The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF ...

The funeral for the man believed to have been the last surviving World War Two Bomber Command pilot has been held in Kent.

Crewed by around 30 RAF personnel and bristling with ... being used to help Ukrainian forces in their war against the Russian invasion.’ A US Air Force briefing slide showing the inside ...

He trained as a wireless operator and air gunner, posted to RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. After the war ended, he re-enlisted in the RAF, working as a signaller. Lisa Hill, a genealogist who ...

The Battle of the Heligoland Bight took place on 18 December 1939 and is now regarded as a turning point in the war following heavy losses for the Royal Air Force during the disastrous daylight raid.

Jack Hemmings, a name synonymous with courage and compassion, leaves behind a legacy that transcends the skies. Discover the ...

I'm a historian and I've been going through the BBC archives looking for stories explaining the events of WWII. The war ... Air Auxiliary Force (WAAF). Their work led to decisions about when RAF ...