Air Historical Branch are responsible for providing Air Staff, the wider RAF and MOD and other government departments with RAF related historical support on operational and other matters.
We have specialist historians and researchers who use material held within the Air Historical Branch or other official sources through which we can provide support.
We offer advice, respond to requests, and provide content for the public, media, and other audiences. Specifically, we sponsor RAF-themed books for public access, supply images of RAF badges for authorised use, and handle historical casualty inquiries from the public.
Additionally, we contribute to RAF and air power publications and conferences, offer information on RAF history under the Freedom of Information Act, and help the public interpret RAF Service Records. We also provide details on RAF aircraft accidents older than 15 years and assist with the clearance of presentations, articles, and books by RAF personnel or former members seeking to publish works based on their service experience.
In addition, our historians produce official narratives for the RAF, the most recent of which are, at present, classified. Unclassified narratives produced by AHB are available to the public in the National Archives or through RAF CASPS.
We also have a duty to respond to requests from the media which are passed to us by the MOD News Desk, Defence Public Relations and Air Command Media and Communications officers. All media requests should be submitted through these channels.
