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  • Armed Forces honoured at GQ Awards

    Britain's Armed Forces were amongst the recipients at last night's 14th annual GQ Men of the Year Awards which were held at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF reservist helps keep news coming from operations over Libya

    Helping keep the British public informed of the regular work the RAF is doing to support the UN resolutions in Libya from Italy is reservist Flight Lieutenant Tony Newton.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Earl of Wessex visits TA training camp

    HRH The Earl of Wessex pays a visit to reservist troops from the London Regiment who are taking part in a two-week annual training camp in Catterick, North Yorkshire.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British troops keep the peace in Cyprus

    Soldiers from the 3 Royal Anglian Group are in Cyprus at the forefront of Operation TOSCA - the UK's biggest overseas operation after Afghanistan. Ian Carr reports.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF rescue team aids North Sea ferry fall victim

    An RAF Search and Rescue crew was scrambled on Monday evening to assist a young woman who had plunged from a ferry into the North Sea.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD civilians help keep RAF flying over Libya

    UK forces based in Italy working to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 are being supported by a small team of dedicated MOD civilians, working hard to make sure costs to the UK taxpayer are kept down.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF crew rescue injured walker in the Lake District

    An injured elderly walker was last week rescued in the Lake District by the RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter crew from A Flight, 202 Squadron, based at RAF Boulmer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF Tornados conduct strikes on Gaddafi troops at Sirte

    British aircraft yesterday mounted a long-range mission against a military facility in the Libyan city of Sebha and conducted strikes on pro-Gaddafi troops at Sirte.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF imagery wing helps identify Gaddafi targets

    The RAPTOR (Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for Tornado) intelligence-gathering system is a canoe-sized digital camera pod which is capable of photographing…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First Airbus arrives in UK for conversion into RAF Voyager

    Cobham Aviation Services has received the first of 12 Airbus Military A330-200 aircraft at its Bournemouth facility for conversion into 'Voyager', the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK’s opt-in to Council Decision to sign and conclude the EU-Australia PNR Agreement

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by Damian Green and House of Lords by Baroness Browning, on 5 September…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Families centre stage at Armed Forces Welfare Conference

    The full-day conference was attended by representatives from the MOD, charity sector and other government departments. Speakers included the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cameron - Britain should be proud of role in Libya

    The Prime Minister spoke extensively about the situation in Libya and the UK Armed Forces involvement in it during an interview on this morning…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF and Navy take further action against pro-Gaddafi forces

    The Royal Navy and RAF took further action yesterday against pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya under NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ministry of Defence welfare conference

    Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans on Thursday 1 September 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Liverpool escorts Free Libya Forces flagship into Tripoli

    HMS Liverpool has escorted the Al Hani - flagship of the Free Libya Forces - into Tripoli harbour now the capital is no longer in the hands of Gaddafi's former regime.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RFA Wave Ruler delivers aid following Hurricane Irene

    RFA Wave Ruler sailed from Curacao on 23 August to deliver the disaster relief on behalf of the British Government. The ship arrived off Grand…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF delivers cash to Libya

    The newly-minted banknotes, printed in the UK, were part of a stock of 1.86bn Libyan dinars frozen under United Nations Security Council Resolution…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army and RAF personnel notified of redundancies

    Army and RAF personnel will today be notified if they have been selected for redundancy in the first tranche of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF destroys Gaddafi Scud missile launchers

    Early on Tuesday morning, 30 August 2011, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft used Paveway bombs to destroy a military command and control site…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government