Private Robert Balfour died in action during WW2 and his body was never found. Now a remarkable discovery has been made ...

Little is known about Fife-born Pte Balfour's fate; his wife Doris was told he was missing in action. She would wait a year ...

Eighty years after leaving the Royal Air Force, Basil Smith is awarded his medals. More than 50 aircraft, some from Nato allies, are taking part in the annual event in Lincolnshire. The former factory ...

The former Second World War RAF air base near York, Yorkshire Air Museum, has fired up the iconic British bomber engine The ...

Nicknamed "buzz bombs" because of the distinctive sound of their pulsejet engines, the V1 created the drain on morale their Nazi creators intended.

At a special ceremony aboard HMS Belfast on Wednesday, a party from the Royal Auxiliary Air Force led the salute to the hundreds of women from Caribbean countries who volunteered for service with the ...

HMS Trooper, designated N91, went missing after a secret mission in early October 1943 to land three Greek resistance agents ...

The Royal Aeronautical Society is excited to celebrate Black History Month, honouring the remarkable contributions of Black ...

For more than eight years now, we at Vintage Aviation News have been extensively covering the efforts of the Hawker Typhoon ...

Indian Air Force (IAF) Day is celebrated annually on October 8th. It marks the establishment of the IAF in 1932 and honors ...

In recognition of its services during the war, King George VI conferred the prefix "Royal" on March 12, 1945. Thereafter the ...

Forty years ago, British troops were ... of containing Argentine special forces that sat in a compromising high ground position. Captain Rod Boswell of the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic ...