Great to join @HMSQNLZ and @OC617Sqn this week, training hard day & night in rough seas – impossible to convey the hostility of the deck environment when the wind, rain and swell picks up in the pitch black – credit to the joint embarked team.
Our first full-scale Families & Friends Day at Marham since 2019! An absolutely incredible event and a fitting way to say thank you to all of our amazing families, friends and supporters helping us to keep the country safe. A huge thank you to everyone who made it possible.
The @RoyalAirForce has airlifted vulnerable Afghans and British Nationals to the UK from a neighbouring country.
83 Expeditionary Air Group will continue to support the enduring UK effort to relocate and support eligible people. ✈️
Today RAF Marham welcomed Gp Capt Phil Marr as the new Stn Cdr. Outgoing Stn Cdr, Gp Capt James Beck handed over the reins in a short ceremony at the Blue Bull Roundabout. Gp Capt Marr is no stranger to @RAF_Marham as he has served here on four previous occasions.
Anyone from a military background will understand this.
Steve 'Barndoor' & I met in 1987, trained together, served together. He was my Best Man (me, his), is my daughter's Godfather, looked after my affairs when I was a Prisoner-of-War.
Older, tunbier (me) balder (him) friends.
Absolutely phenomenal to see our 2nd @P8A_PoseidonRAF arrive on UK soil. Well@done to all involved. Initial Operational Capability will soon be declared and then our focus will be Force growth as we build to 9 aircraft over the next couple of years. #NoOrdinaryJob#NextGenRAF
A busy week for the RAF, operating across the globe.
A @NATO evaluation at @RAF_Leeming, Russian aircraft intercepts, delivering 37 tonnes of aid to displaced families in Hayat and the arrival of the second @P8A_PoseidonRAF maritime patrol aircraft.
#NextGenRAF#WeAreNATO
This is tough for us and it hurts to begin a #NextGenRAF campaign with this but the reality is, we need to reverse some long-term decline and the @RoyalAirForce Board is absolutely focussed on this issue and determined to make real change here as well as the more ‘clever’ things