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Defence Secretary Des Browne opens the new collocated RAF Headquarters at High Wycombe [Picture: Corporal Jon Ryder]

New Royal Air Force Headquarters opens

The RAF's new HQ was officially opened today, 17 October 2006, by Defence Secretary Des Browne. 17 Oct 06

Getting tough: The Harriers provide vital Close Air Support to ground troops. [Picture: RAF]

RN and RAF Harrier combat ops gear up as Royal Navy crews join the fight against the Taleban (VIDEO)

Recent video footage of Harrier pilots bombing Taleban targets in Afghanistan, the "view from the... 5 Oct 06

Group Captain Bob Judson at the controls of the 100th Typhoon off the production line [Picture: Ray Troll]

100th Typhoon arrives in style at RAF Coningsby

The 100th Typhoon off the production line arrived at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Monday 9... 10 Oct 06

Pat Stockdale now 84 returns to her wartime base at RAF Linton-on-Ouse today, the first time in sixty years. Picture Matt Clark

RAF's silver screen starlet remembers WWII

She regularly entertained hundreds of young men during World War Two, taking their minds off the... 10 Oct 06

Eye in the Sky: the Raven Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle keeping watch over southern Iraq  [Picture: RAF]

Raven keeps a lookout over Iraq

British military personnel in southern Iraq have teamed up with the US Army to gain access to a... 27 Sep 06