On This Day, 1999: On 5 June 1999 RAF Tornados flew their first combat missions from Solenzara in Corsica during Operation Allied…
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Formation & Interwar
On 27 March 1927, the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA entered RAF service, becoming the Service’s first all-metal fighter in squadron use.
On 7 February 1928, Bert Hinkler left England on a pioneering solo flight to Australia, highlighting the potential…
On 5 February 1920, Royal Air Force College Cranwell opened to train future RAF officers, marking a major…
On 21 January 1920, RAF aircraft began operations in British Somaliland in one of the service's earliest colonial…
On 6 January 1931, aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAF continued operations near Muan in northern Iraq during…