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Minister hears accounts from veterans of conflicts past and present

28 September 2009

VETERANS Minister Kevan Jones was in North Yorkshire on Friday to meet RAF personnel who have served in conflicts ranging from the Second World War to present day Afghanistan.

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York Minster service honours ‘The few’

Standards on parade at the service in York Minster yesterday which marked Battle of Britain Sunday

22 September 2009

VETERANS joined forces with present day airmen at York Minster yesterday in a service of thanksgiving to mark Battle of Britain Sunday and the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.

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Wally, Charles and Queenie reunited after 65 years

08 September 2009

SECOND World War pilot Wally Macfarlane, was fond of his Halifax bomber. Code named Q -‘Queenie,’ she looked after him and his 76 Squadron crew for almost 30 operational missions.

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Artists tribute to flying school

08 September 2009

HUNTINGTON School teacher and aviation artist Steve Teasdale has been on a high this summer, taking to the skies above North Yorkshire as a thank you from the RAF.

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Mal steels himself for Triathlon

08 September 2009

RAF LINTON-on-Ouse Air Traffic Controller Sgt Mal Rose has changed from airman into ironman after completing the gruelling Tri-UK Triathlon in Bolton.

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CAS leads ceremony to honour ‘The Few’

08 September 2009

THE newly-appointed Chief of the Air Staff was guest of honour at a Battle of Britain Commemoration Service and Parade near York on Sunday.

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Horses for courses at Linton

Linton Station Commander, Group Captain Mike Longstaff, with Gertmegalush which won the RAF Linton-on-Ouse Stakes at the John Smith’s Cup at York Race

04 August 2009

Recent high profile publicity campaigns by the RAF have received rave reviews for their innovation.

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French villagers in emotional visit to wartime base of crashed aircraft

28 July 2009

AS CELEBRATIONS get underway to mark the centenary of Louis Bleriot’s historic flight across the English Channel, a more sombre element of his legacy was marked in North Yorkshire today.

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IN PICTURES 90 years of RAF pilot training marked at Linton

A formation of nine Tucanos from RAF Linton-on-Ouse flies over York to celebrate 90 years of Number 1 Flying Training School.

13 July 2009

NINE DECADES of military pilot training was celebrated yesterday when Tucanos from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, flew in formation over York Minster.

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RAF base’s help for veterans is rewarded

11 June 2009

A YORK airbase has won a prestigious national award for its support to RAF veterans. Station Commander Group Captain Mike Longstaff accepted the Sir Geoffrey Bromet Trophy on behalf of RAF Linton-on-Ouse at the RAF Association’s (RAFA) annual conference in Bournemouth

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