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Last Surviving Short-Fuselage de Havilland Comet 1XB Transferred from RAF Museum Midlands to South Wales Aviation Museum

The RAF Museum's last surviving short-fuselage de Havilland Comet 1XB, G-APAS, has been moved to the South Wales Aviation ...
The Aviationist

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...
Flying

Spitfires Served as Heroes of the Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air, where the Royal Air Force (RAF) successfully defended Great Britain against Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe, preventing an ...

Former RAF base that has been transformed into a tiny museum only open one day each month

The area used to be home to a large number of RAF bases thanks to its location close to the coast and its flat geography. ...