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Two groups operating in the area have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Fivemiletown United Football Club and Omagh and Fermanagh RAF Air Cadets have both been honoured with the prestigious award during National Volunteer’s Week. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, is thought of as ‘the MBE for vol...

It was graduation day yesterday (June3) at RAF Honington as 12 members of TG 5-20, El Alamein Flight graduated to become the newest members of the RAF Regiment.

UPDATED: Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, laid to rest Joshua Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general and former military administrator of Plateau, died at the age of 80 last month. 2 min read The remains of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, were laid to rest in Langtang, Plateau State, on Friday. Mr Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general and former military administrator of Plateau State, died at the age of 80 last month. According to his first son...

Dambusters RAF base that is home to the Red Arrows will be axed and put up for sale by the end of next year in cost-cutting bid to save the Ministry of Defence £140 million RAF Scampton near Lincoln will go on sale next year as part of cost-saving measures the MoD has confirmed The base is the current home of the Red Arrows display team who are set to move to nearby RAF Waddington News was confirmed in letter to Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh who laid out ambitious plans for the site

Daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft detained by Belize police in connection with midnight shooting of top cop Superintendent Henry Jemott at San Pedro Ambergris Caye beach.

The United Nations appointed Major General Maureen O'Brien as Ireland's Deputy Military Advisor, making her the first woman in Irish history to take on the role.

Press release Ireland’s first female Brigadier General Maureen O’Brien appointed by the United Nations as Deputy Military Advisor in the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations   The United Nations has announced the appointment of Maureen O’Brien to the post of Deputy Military Advisor in the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations. This appointment is at the rank of Major General. Image: Maureen OBrien 03 The...

Major-General Maureen O’Brien’s appointment to this rank was described as a “great source of pride for the Defence Forces” by Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney.

A distinguished officer and a man of great compassion: Commodore Deasy served with distinction on the waves The late Cmdre Deasy is photographed as Captain (NS) inspecting an NCOs Course in the late 1980s. Photo: Irish Naval Service/Twitter/Facebook Dermot Keyes COMMODORE Joseph Deasy (Retd.), the Irish Naval Service’s first trained diver who died on Monday, May 3, has been described as a distinguished officer, an intelligent leader and a man of great compassion. Cmdre Deasy, a Dungarvan nati...

It is 20 years today since the first C-17 Globemaster III arrived at RAF Brize Norton. The C-17 is the most powerful aircraft in the RAF, capable of delivering strategic effect anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. Today, 99 Squadron is one of only eight C-17 operators outside the US, and the UK is the only nation in Europe to operate an independent fleet of C-17s.  C-17 loaded with freight and personnel to support Operation Ruman, humanitarian support of hurricane Irma. Picture ...