With its flat land and huge skies Cambridgeshire was an obvious choice for airfields with 30 RAF bases and stations once peppered across the county. However, after the war ended most of these were ...

It might seem hard to imagine now, with duty-free shops and modern passenger jets on the tarmac, but the airport's original use was as an RAF base in WW2. It was built in August 1942 by American ...

The RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force to assist NATO operation Baltic Sentry.

Tucked away within the contemporary setting of Alconbury Weald near Huntingdon lies a treasure trove of wartime history. Alconbury Weald stands on a site once pulsating with military life as the ...

In a sleepy part of the Bedfordshire countryside, near the Cambridgeshire border, an RAF base that no longer exists played an important and largely unknown role in WW2. Secrets about wartime ...

Discover the ultimate in versatility with the de Havilland Beaver—your go-to aircraft for ops on water, snow-covered plains, or sandbars. MRN is perfect for families or as a revenue generating asset.

MSN 721 is a one of a kind DHC-6-300 series Twin Otter. A recent no expense spared refurbishment of the aircraft included 300 TSO PT6-27 engines, low TSN/CSN MLG, 300 TSO propellers, fresh Year 5 CPCP ...

Details for travelling to and from RAF Akrotiri. Discover this agile and multi-role combat aircraft used in all RAF operations.