The UK military began taking deliveries of this twin-rotor heavy-lift helicopter in late 1980, forming the first Chinook squadron at RAF Odiham in Hampshire in August 1981. Crews were still getting to know the capabilities of the aircraft in early 1982 when it was suddenly called on for its...
3,660m (12,000ft)-long paved runway. This represents a marked improvement over the previous use of a 2,135m-long strip, which Manning says at just 27m wide and with a guaranteed crosswind offered "very rewarding flying" for the crew of a heavy transport aircraft. ...
“This officer has carried out over 200 operational sorties which have included shipping reconnaissances, during which much valuable information has been obtained, and numerous attacks on shipping and enemy aerodromes in the face of heavy enemy fire. Flight Lieutenant Le Roux has destroyed 3 hostile...
In January of 1942, the Liberator II entered service with RAF Bomber Command. The Liberator II equipped Nos. 159 and 160 Squadrons, which became the first bomber units to operate this type of aircraft. They operated initially in the Middle East theatre of operations, but were later transferred...
A critical upgrade to the cockpits of the UK Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopter force has run into technical problems that have pushed its operational fielding in Afghanistan back until the "end of this year". The GBP408 million (USD641 million) upgrade effort,...
strategic bombardments of targets in France and Germany by a specialized force of heavy bombers. The strength of the RAF in November 1918 was nearly 291,000 officers and airmen. It possessed 200 operational squadrons and nearly the same number of training squadrons, a total of 22,647 aircraft...
strategic bombardments of targets in France and Germany by a specialized force of heavy bombers. The strength of the RAF in November 1918 was nearly 291,000 officers and airmen. It possessed 200 operational squadrons and nearly the same number of training squadrons, a total of 22,647 aircraft...