The RAF Regiment has become so strategically important that in July the Armed Forces Minister, Bill Rammell, announced a new squadron would be operational by October.

From Friday, the RAF Regiment – the air force’s ground fighting force for protecting air bases – will start accepting applications from women wanting to join the unit.

As a commander of RAF forces in Basra, Air Marshal Edward Stringer worked alongside Afghans to fight the Taliban. Now, he writes, we must fulfil our promise to give them security ...

The move is expected to create 200 jobs at multiple locations in the UK. StormShroud will be under the operational command of the 216 Squadron, with additional support provided by the RAF Regiment.

But the ORBs for the squadron he was transferred to in August 1944 (2742 squadron) gives the following account which demonstrates the versatility of RAF regiment personnel.

I have been piecing together my grandfather’s war service with the RAF Regiment from his Form 543A and from the Operations Record Books for the two squadrons he served with — 2777 squadron and ...

THE first female to join a frontline infantry unit since a ban was lifted quit after just two weeks of training. She reportedly fell behind her comrades in the RAF Regiment on endurance marches ...

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, is adding to her royal resume! All about the military appointments from King Charles — and who else was tapped for ceremonial roles ...

Leading Aircraftman Georgia Sandover, 19, managed to complete a 20-week course to become the first woman to join the RAF's infantry unit since a ban was lifted.

An RAF squadron has dropped its “Crusaders” nickname following a complaint it is offensive to Muslims. 14 Squadron, one of the RAF’s longest-serving and most senior squadrons, achieved the ...

Air Commodore Mickey Witherow, who has died aged 84, was one of the most influential post-war RAF Regiment officers specialising in desert warfare, airfield defence and diplomacy; he epitomised ...

Air VICE-MARSHAL DONALD POCOCK, who has died aged 88, was one of the founder members of the RAF Regiment on its formation in 1942 and the first full-career officer of the Corps to become its ...