After advanced flying training at RAF Shawbury, he graduated from the Wessex Operational Conversion Unit in 1978 to join his first squadron, No 72 Squadron then based at Odiham in Hampshire ...

Fleet Air Arm in 1961 and with the Royal Air Force (RAF) the following year. One of the key differences between the Wessex and its Choctaw progenitor was the replacement of the piston engine ...

Protesters gathered outside the gates of an RAF station yesterday to oppose plans to fly US drones from the base. Demonstrators led by the Oxford Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Drone ...

Helicopter ace and father of three Stubbings was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013 after a thirteen-year career in RAF Search and Rescue. Mr Stubbings trained Prince William when he was stationed at ...

Used as a base for the Royal Air Force, and the United States Army Airforce, RAF Rivenhall was a base which stationed thousands of pilots. Operations which came from the Braintree base were ...

Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, have returned from a highly successful visit to Nepal, where they captivated crowds and reflected on the strength of their 25-year marriage.

Nine Wessexes were lost during the campaign. The RAF was the governmental entity to retire the Wessex, doing so in 2003. As for the actual H-34 Choctaw being “impersonated” (so to speak ...

William was working as a Flight Lieutenant at RAF Shawbury, when moved to Shropshire, which is about 130 miles from Kate's family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Instead of staying in the military ...

SOPHIE Wessex has rightfully climbed the royal ranks, becoming a ‘secret weapon’ for the family. And so it may not come as a surprise that Prin ce William, 42, has ‘major plans’ for The ...

BEING in the royal family certainly has its perks, particularly when it comes to extravagant gifts. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, who celebrated her 60th birthday this month, recently dazzled in a ...

After her wedding, she was known as the Countess of Wessex. In March 2023, Edward and Sophie were given the title of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. The pair share two children - Lady Louise ...