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Top military figures say it’s ‘unlikely’ UK will send fighter jets to Ukraine

‘Not going to work’, says former national security adviser

The Independent UK

President Zelensky vows Ukraine's forces will free nation from Russia's barbaric grip

In a rousing speech to a packed Westminster Hall in London, Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces will free Ukraine - but asked for Britain's help in his cause against Putin

Daily Mirror

Scots schoolboy earns pilot licence before passing driving test

George Walker Jnr, who is following in the footsteps of his late Grandad who flew in the Royal Air Force, has gained his Private Pilot Licence at just 17-years-old.

Daily Record

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Sprawling Edinburgh mansion that was top secret RAF HQ during Second World War

Torwood House played a pivotal role during the conflict as a RAF headquarters controlling barrage balloons that were crucial in defending Britain's skies from German aerial bombardment.

Edinburgh Live

Chris Peachment obituary

Other lives: Journalist and arts critic who started out in the RAF and also had a spell working backstage in the theatre

The Guardian - UK

Overseas buyer purchasing Victoria Cross triggers campaign to keep RAF medal in UK

The Royal Air Force Museum needs to raise £250,000 to keep the rare Victoria Cross in the country

Wales Online

Battle is on to keep Victoria Cross awarded to RAF World War Two hero in UK

The medal was awarded posthumously to Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, who was killed after leading a daring raid on enemy Japanese forces in Burma in 1941

Daily Mirror

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Meet the woman who found comfort teaching Chinese dance after devastating loss of husband

“Every time I dance on stage, I always think about my husband and I think he would be so proud of me.”

Belfast Live

Largest Royal Navy ship ever built sails through Welsh waters

The HMS Queen Elizabeth had a sea rendezvous with aircraft from an RAF base

Wales Online

This is why RAF Chinook helicopters have been spotted flying over Greater Manchester

You may have heard their distinctive 'wocka wocka' sound

Manchester Evening News

Russia 'resorting to First World War-style attacks' in Ukraine, says Defence Secretary

Amid mounting pressure on the West to supply Kyiv with fighter jets, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that even if the UK agreed to send British warplanes 'tomorrow' it would take 'months' to train Ukrainian pilots to fly them

Daily Mirror

Sunak resists Johnson’s call to supply RAF warplanes to Ukraine

Training a pilot to fly one of the RAF’s jets takes years and the Government is focused on support it can provide now, Number 10 said.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson demands fighter jets be sent to Ukraine despite UK’s refusal

‘Give the Ukrainians what they need as fast as possible’

The Independent UK

Give Ukraine western fighter jets to fight Russians, urges Boris Johnson

The former Prime Minister dismissed fears UK and US aircraft would prove complicated for Ukrainian pilots, pointing to the success of Polish airmen flying RAF planes in the Second World War

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The Independent UK

Johnson clashes with No 10 over Ukraine fighter jets

The former prime minister said President Volodymyr Zelensky should be given all the weaponry he asks for.

Birmingham Post

Ex-RAF Wing Commander brought in to put care home recruits through their paces

Ryan Mannering has flown fast jets including Tornado GR4 bombers and Eurofighter Typhoons all over the world

Birmingham Post

Military jet developer Aeralis to explore AirTanker collaboration

The Bristol-based start-up manufacturer has reached an agreement with the Royal Air Force aircraft maintenance firm, which is owned by Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Cobham, Babcock and Thales

The Independent UK

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack with homemade bomb at RAF base

Mohammed Farooq, 27, allegedly intended to use a device made out of a pressure cooker in the attack, a court heard.

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The Independent UK

Donald Trelford, former editor of The Observer, dies aged 85

The veteran journalist helmed the paper from 1975 to 1993.

The Independent UK

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack on RAF base

Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds last week

The Independent UK

Student nurse appears in court accused of planning terror attack on RAF base

Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds last week.

The Guardian - UK

Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets

Last week, Rishi Sunak flew from London to Blackpool – his third private jet trip in 10 days. He’s far from the only one using air travel for short journeys. Just how much damage is this doing?

The National (Scotland)

How the space sector can be crucial to Shetland's future

THE deputy CEO of a major space agency operating from the Shetland Islands has said he hopes the space sector can play a role in helping form a…

Birmingham Post

The Welsh firm that takes apart decommissioned planes with global growth on its radar

Ecube is an aircraft disassembly company headquartered in the Vale of Glamorgan but with sites in the US and Spain

Daily Mirror

'Tory sleaze and cronyism now arguably worse than in the last days of John Major'

Tax penalties, police fines, security breaches, bullying and using the RAF as a personal air taxi service - all are engulfing Rishi Sunak's government much like scandals in the late 90s did to John Major's Tories

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