The outbreak of the First Gulf War ... command of RAF Bruggen in West Germany, the RAF’s largest operational base overseas at the time, and where he had command of four Jaguar squadrons used ...

At the end of the Cold War, the British Army had five divisions. Today, we would struggle to muster even one. The RAF once operated 36 fast jet squadrons; now, we have only six. The Royal Navy’s ...

Finnish Border Guard Air Patrol Squadron H215 Super ... The Nimrod R1 provided the RAF with signals intelligence during the later years of the Cold War, before being deployed to Yugoslavia ...

On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, ...

He joined the RAF as an apprentice clerk on April 26 1939 before volunteering for aircrew duties later in the war. He trained as a navigator and joined 10 Squadron ... in West Germany into Gatow ...

The last unit to deploy for Icelandic Air Policing was 617 Squadron of the UK Royal Air Force, who provided the ... a neutral stance during the Cold War and fostered working relationships with ...

Deployed for daytime air raids over Germany and to target ... fighters were produced. The Royal Air Force deployed 32 Hurricane squadrons during the war, contributing to 60% of the destruction ...

Half an hour before the sun was due to rise over RAF Sullom Voe, Flight Lieutenant Robert Keddie and his crew steeled themselves for whatever ...

Half an hour before the sun was due to rise over RAF Sullom Voe ... Bob and his No. 210 Squadron colleagues were on 24-hour watch over the patrol routes, defying turbulent conditions and flying ...