Latest posts tagged with #Raf on Bluesky
"14 ARRESTED FOR PEACE BLOCKADE AT LAKENHEATH"
#ChristopheDomec for @mstaronline.bsky.social
Fourteen peace activists calling for an end to British complicity in the #UnitedStates' war were arrested at #RAF: #Lakenheath.
#MorningStar
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Another from today
#spitfire90 #raf #aviation #photography
Caught the Spitfire anniversary flight, wish I’d had a longer lens on me at the time!
#spitfire90 #raf #aviation #photography
Crumbs! - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #RAF #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #ItalianImperialHistory #BattleOfBritain #ImperialJapaneseHistory
#HistBookChat
#R4Today
#WesStreeting: “Should #KanyeWest come to #UK? Absolutely not”
“He sang ‘Heil #Hitler; plastered #swastikas on shirts”
“If only he had actually adopted Hitler’s #Genocide, introduced #EthnicCleansing and an #Apartheid #DeathPenalty … THEN we could have armed him and handed him the #RAF”
📡 UPDATE: Police arrested 7 protesters at RAF Lakenheath. The facility is linked to US military operations involving Iran. Analysts report an F-15E fighter jet downed Friday was stationed at the base. #RAF #Iran
The English Electric Lightning was pure power, speed and noise. A Cold War icon that could climb like nothing else and still turns heads today. Proper British engineering at its finest.
#aviation #raf #fighterjet #coldwar #planes
RAF Base Protesters Arrested Near US Flights: Seven protesters were arrested on 5 Apr 2026 near a UK RAF base used by US aircraft (Al Jazeera), raising local security and reputational questions for defence… 👈 Read full analysis #RAF #Protesters #USFlights #DefenceContractors #SecurityConcerns
I have a concern that the F15s that took off from RAF Lakenheath,should not have been where they were and doing what they should not have been. I'm glad that the crews are safe. But, there was a deal. #UKgov #MOD #RAF #UKPM
How many runways can you see for Rafaela airport (Argentina) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/safr/en #rafaelaairport #airport #rafaela #argentina #safr #raf #aviation #avgeek vl
Iran published images of what it said was a downed US fighter jet from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #USF15 #DownedJet #MilitaryNews #RAF
Spitfire Mark VB, R6923 QJ-S, of No. 92 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill, Kent, enroute back to the airfield - May 1941. CREDIT : ron_eisele #ww2 #worldwar2 #spitfire #kent #bigginhill #england #raf #royalairforce
UK receives final F-35B fighter from initial 48-aircraft order #F35B #LockheedMartin #RAF #UK www.airdatanews.com/uk-receives-final-f-35b-...
RRR4985 #RAF #A400 Atlas ZM 415
Tallinn to BHX...flying below the cirrus fibratus
#clouds #loveukweather #aviation #avgeek #aircraft
Harrier jet on the ground
1 April 1969: The Hawker Siddeley #Harrier - the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities - entered service with the Royal Air Force. #History #RAF
Arman Tsarukyan looks to make it 4-0 on the #RAF mats as he faces fellow #UFC vet Urijah Faber at RAF08. Who ya' got?
Today we mark the founding of the RAF.
Formed on 1 April 1918, the Royal Air Force became the world’s first independent air force.
A moment to reflect on the people and stories behind its history.
#RAFFoundersDay #RAF #rafmuseum
Looking for something to do this #Easter #BankHoliday weekend? Why not visit Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre for everything #RAF, #RFC, #WW1, #WW2, #ColdWar & 1940s life in #Lincolnshire! Fun for all ages, and a very warm welcome awaits! Check them out at -
thorpecamp.org
On this day 1st April 1918 the forming of the Royal Air Force.
"Without any formal inauguration the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps became merged into one body under the title of the Royal Air Force.
#OTD #RAF #RFC #RNAS #RoyalAirForce
1 April…
While 2026 leans into 90 years since the Spitfire first took to the skies… … the people, the aircraft, the quiet professionalism that has carried through since 1918.
Proud to have played even a small part in that story.
#RAF #Spitfire90 #MilitaryHeritage #Veterans #AirPower
#RAF #Poseidon #P8A #Iceland #NorthAtlantic #NATO #AviationNews #MaritimePatrol #MilitaryTraining #HighNorth
Les 20 ans du RAF²: «C’est comme un enfant qu’on voit grandir avec la société» 🌟
#RAF #lecourrier #avecnoscommunautés
➡️ LIEN: lecourrier.com/actualites-p...
ZA147, Vickers VC-10 K.3, Royal Air Force, RAF Brize Norton, 19th March 2012. #aviation #photography #aircraft #militaryaircraft #militaryaviation #RAF #RoyalAirForce #VC-10 #avgeek #aviationgeek #planespotters #planespotting #planepics #planes #rafbrizenorton #BZZ #aeroplane #jet #aviationlovers
30 March 1944: #RAF Bomber Command suffered its greatest loss of the war when 95 bombers were lost during a raid on Nuremberg. #History #WW2
🇬🇧 Britain's armed forces are making history
RAF personnel have become the first ever drone “aces” after shooting down multiple hostile drones in the Middle East.
🫡 Some are just 18 years old and only months out of training!
bigupbritain.co.uk/2026/03/30/r...
#raf #military #uk #goodnews
Good bit of #RAF Battle of Britain history tonight on #AntiquesRoadshow