The Latest Breaking News from RAF

RAF emergency as plane sounds 7700 ‘Squawk’ code at 5,000ft

It comes just two days after an RAF Typhoon fighter jet was forced to perform a U-turn and return to base after admitting a 'squawk'.

Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

Former RAF pilot killed in tragic jet crash over Italy as Ayrshire charity pays tribute

Dave Ashley, 49, co-owned Prestwick property firm Ashley Property Group with his Scots wife Heather Ashley.

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2022

US Air Force B-52 Bombers spotted on secret flight above UK skies amid Ukraine war

The two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses were tracked flying one behind the other over Glasgow, Scotland, hours after a spy plane nicknamed Dragon Lady landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

Nuclear war ‘steps away’, warns RAF chief, while China 'willing to help Russia'

RAF's Air Marshal Edward Stringer CBE has said that a nuclear war may be "just a few steps away" while at the same time there is fear that China could provide military support to Russia

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022

Police do not think man refuse collector saw was Corrie McKeague, inquest hears

The RAF gunner went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Nuclear war no longer unthinkable, warns former RAF chief

‘It is in realms of possibility,’ Air Marshall Edward Stringer says

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Formidable U-2 spy plane images reveal landing in UK base after unknown mission

The aircraft, nicknamed Dragon Lady, were spotted touching down in Gloucestershire. It came after they had been on an unknown mission.

Daily Record · Mar 15, 2022

Scots RAF gunner Corrie McKeague previously slept in bin and was 'heavy sleeper' when drunk

Corrie McKeague was 23 when he disappeared after a night out in Suffolk.

Daily Record · Mar 14, 2022

Watch huge USAF B52s fly with NATO allies after taking off from RAF Fairford in England

In-flight footage of pre-planned integration mission as war in Ukraine continues

Wales Online · Mar 14, 2022

RAF General highlights sign something 'going badly wrong' in Putin's Ukraine invasion

Former RAF Commander Edward Stringer highlighted the death of three Russian generals in less than three weeks as a sign things were going poorly for Putin's forces

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022