Month: September 2012

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RAF’s Quick Reaction Alert revealed

By Sharon Black

In an interview with Steve Wilmot, Flight Lieutenant Noel Rees of 29 (Reserve) Squadron explains how the RAF’s Quick Reaction Alert continues to defend British airspace seamlessly, night and day, in a way that has changed little in more than 70 years.

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Shackleton lifeboat completes sea trials

By Sharon Black

A pair of Royal Navy and Royal Marines adventurers have completed a summer of sea trials as they prepare to take an authentic replica of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous lifeboat back to the icy wastes of the South Pole.

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The Few remembered at Westminster Abbey

By Sharon Black

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall led the nation yesterday in paying tribute to the massive sacrifice of the men and women of Fighter Command who defended the skies of the UK during the Battle of Britain.