just 28 marine craft launches but no dedicated air-sea rescue aircraft. The Marine Craft Section came into being on 12 April 1918, only 11 days after the formation of the RAF on 1 April 1918.

American military aircrew have performed sea rescue exercises off the Norfolk coast. Two Osprey helicopters from RAF ...

Two British warships were deployed to escort a pair of Russian military vessels from the English Channel, it has been revealed. The RAF said today ... territory. The air force said its ...

The Russian ships, which included destroyer RFN Severomorsk, landing ship ... the North Sea and through the Strait of Dover. HMS Somerset and her Merlin helicopter from 814 Naval Air Squadron ...

The UK’s RAF has brought the curtain down on 54 years of Puma helicopter flying with a special UK-wide farewell flypast.