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Chief of the air staffvisit
RAuxAF at RIAT 17
Results areinfor Tri-service Families Contnuous Attude Survey (FAMCAS) 2017. Visit ourwebsitefor the results.
Shoes to seamines
The Chiefofthe Air Staff has visited Royal Air ForcepersonnelinRomania whoare conductng the NATO air policing mission which safeguards the integrity of Allies’ sovereign airspace.
Flexible working forArmed Forces
4624 Squadron has playedasignificant role at RoyalInternatonalAir Tatoofor numerous years. Based at BrizeNorton, 4624Sqn provide the entreATaircraſt handling capability eachyear at RIAT.
Familythat lives away from base?
Millionsofmetresofmud have been dredged, clearing the wayfor Britain’s newest aircraſt carrier to sail safely into her newhome at PortsmouthHarbour. Itemsfound includedanaircraſt engine.
Typhoononshow in Bucharest
Newarrangements to atract andretain the bestmen and women forour Armed Forces by adaptng service lifetomeet their modern needsand aspiratons were announced in the Queen’sSpeech.
Latest SSAFA Ambassador
We arepleasedtoannounce the launch of anew twoyear project aiming to understand the issues faced by the RAF’s Dispersed Families,and to makesurethat they receivethe support that theyneed.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Thousandsofvisitorstothe Internatonal Air Show at Budapesthad thechance to see one of the RAF’s Typhoon aircraſt that is currently deployedbyNATOtoenhance theAir Policing of theregion.
USAF anniversary showaspectacle
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has just appointedOlympian Will SatchMBE as its latest Celebrity
Ambassador.The charity’s ambassadorsinclude DameVeraLynn, Dan Snowand Kate Adie.
30 hoursfree childcare
Anovel approach could soon playa significantrole in helping Britsh military veterans overcome post-traumatc stress disorder (PTSD), thanks to anew Cardiff University research project.
F-35 Lightning training squadron
Future Accommodation
The FutureAccommodaton Model (FAM) is stll under development and no firm decisions have yetbeenmade on its adopton. New, useful informatonabout theFAM concept is available online.
Compensation Scheme fact sheet
DIO haslaunched anew compensaton scheme in theUKtocover missed appointments andsignificantissuesat move-in
forSFA.Details on howtoclaim is included in thefact sheet.
High-techTyphoon Defence
Defence Secretary has announcedan investmentof£40 million to improvethe defence of the Typhoon sustaining over 100 Britsh jobs. Contract awarded to UK-based company Leonardo.
Familyplanning andfertility
Aseries of spectacularflypastsand jaw- dropping displays ensuredthe USAF’s 70th anniversarywas celebrated in style at asold out Air TatooatRAF Fairford. The airshowtook place over threedays.
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HMRevenue &Customs andthe Departmentfor Educaton have confirmed therollout date for30hours free childcare. The relevant MOD policy has now been finalised.
Thesquadron whichwilltrain future RoyalAir Forceand RoyalNavyF-35B Lightning pilots at RAF Marham has been announced as 207 Squadron.
Fertlitypreservaton is something that manyofusrarely consider,but it does provide an opton to safeguardand plan forthe future. The CDP Service Personnel Support team at MOD explains.
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