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Praise for veterans’ resilience programme

2022-09-15T14:22:39+01:0023 August 2022|News|

Military veterans who attended Loughborough University’s first veterans' resilience programme have described it as ‘life changing’. Created by the University and the Royal Air Forces Association, the mental wellbeing support programme invited small groups of veterans onto campus for a five-day ...

The first early warning radar network

2022-05-20T09:15:41+01:0018 May 2022|News|

In the month that marked 77 years since the end of the war in Europe, Association member and former radar operator Vera Ladds (pictured above) spoke to us about the vital work she and her colleagues undertook during WWII. “When war ...

Royal Flying Corps

2022-04-13T08:00:08+01:0013 April 2022|News|

At the dawn of aerial combat in WWI, the Royal Flying Corps was operating at the edge of the envelope. Many Royal Flying Corps airmen later joined the Royal Air Forces Association - and told truly hair-raising tales of how they ...

Falklands: crash sites and caracaras

2022-03-28T10:17:13+01:001 April 2022|News|

Former British Navy and RAF pilot David Morgan DSC was the most successful British fighter pilot of the Falklands War, and the last to be involved in a dogfight. Here he writes about his return to the Falklands, their wildlife – ...

Veterans’ Resilience Programme

2022-04-01T11:52:29+01:002 February 2022|News|

Applications now open for new veterans' resilience programme for East Midlands region. Open to veterans from the East Midlands who have served in any branch of the Armed Forces Bespoke programme designed to enhance the mental wellbeing of attendees Funded by ...

RAF Stories: 2021

2022-01-14T12:59:26+00:0014 January 2022|News|

Every year our members send their RAF stories and anecdotes to Air Mail magazine for publication in the letters page. With 2022 now underway, we bring you a selection of those RAF stories submitted over the past year. From a helicopter ...

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