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On Saturday 17 June, the RAF Museum Midlands will host a free Community Family Day in collaboration with Telford and Wrekin Interfaith Council.

Veterans are being urged to come forward and have special badges and medals presented by the Mayor of Dudley at this year’s Armed Forces Day event.

EXCLUSIVE: In early 1943, Britain was engaged in an epic struggle to defeat Germanys U-boat menace. Coastal Command would ultimately help win the Battle of the Atlantic in the face of overwhelming odds. But as a thrilling new book reveals, first they had to combat neglect, underfunding and derision.

EXCLUSIVE: With rapid advances in aircraft development during the Second World War, countless test pilots were dying in crashes, including James Martins best friend. His solution was the ‘ejection seat. The story of its birth, as revealed by RAF Gulf War ejectee John Nichol, is one of genius, bravery and baffling eccentricity.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the famous ‘Dam Busters’ raid, the a href= http://rafmuseum.org/london target= _blank Royal Air Force Mus

Following their famous May 1943 mission, the Dambusters went on to drop 6- and 10-ton “Earthquake Bombs”

RAF Thornaby is the forgotten airfield. Everyone knows about Leeming and Catterick; certainly everyone knows about Middleton St George, now Teesside…

Two specters haunt the leaders of the U.S., Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Canada and the U.K. as they convene in Hiroshima, Japan, for the G-7 summit: the Doomsday Clock and the ghost of Harry S. Truman.