On August 15, 1940, 85 years ago, the Royal Air Force (RAF) secured its first aerial victory of the Battle of Britain. Squadron Leader Ernest Archibald “PeeWee” McNab, commanding a Royal Canadian Air ...

Britain and the war in the air -- Battles in the sky, battles in Whitehall -- April Fools' Day 1918 -- "A very grueling business": saving the RAF "The birth of the Royal Air Force during World War I ...

This extra-length history of the RAF covers every significant event from WWI to 2003's invasion of Iraq. Also included is action-packed footage of over one hundred different aircraft types flown by ...

Dubliner, John "Paddy" Hemingway, an RAF pilot and member of "The Few", is remembered as a hero. Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway was born in Dublin in 1919. He enlisted in the British Royal ...

RAF Regiment gunners have been named as "aces" for the first ever in the unit's history. The term "ace" is traditionally used for pilots who shoot down five or more enemy aircraft. But for the first ...