This month Air Mail, the RAF Association's members' magazine, celebrates 80 years in print. To mark the anniversary, editor Annie O'Brien chats to Ambassador Anthony Inglis about an amazing link his family has with the publication. We have also put together an article which takes a look back in history at the very first Air Mail issue from 1944.

May also holds the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa. To mark this we bring you a story of one of the greatest RAF fighter pilots of WWII who fought against the injustices which ravaged his homeland.

Air Mail - where it all began

80 years ago the first Air Mail was printed and distributed to 10,000 Association members. Today Air Mail is sent out to around 47,000 members who opt in to receive a printed copy by post. Here we take a look back in history at issue one from May 1944.

Air Mail editors past and present

Current Air Mail editor Annie O'Brian chats to Association Ambassador and Connections for Life volunteer Anthony Inglis. While researching his family history, Anthony discovered an amazing link to Air Mail. Here is just a taster of the fascinating interview full of RAF, Air Mail, Association and family history.

The full 50 minute video podcast is also available to watch on our YouTube channel.

Fighting for freedom

Adolph ‘Sailor’ Malan was a South African volunteer now known as one of the greatest RAF fighter pilots of WWII. He also fought against the injustices of apartheid, which ravaged his homeland in the years following the war. Author and historian Dilip Sarkar MBE tells his story.

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