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RAF

# raf - Wednesday 6 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Diamond Jubilee

VIDEO: How London looked from a Spitfire plane during Queen celebrations

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has released the video taken from the wing of a Spitfire fighter plane. You can even spot Buckingham Palace…

# raf - Monday 23 April, 2012

Olympic organisers announce airspace restrictions

Private planes, light aircraft and hot air balloons will be banned from approaching within 30 miles of London’s current no-fly zone during this summer’s Olympic Games.

# raf - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie WWI Veteran This post contains videos

Last known WWI veteran dies aged 110

Florence Green, who served with the RAF as a waitress on an air base, was the last known survivor of the conflict.

# raf - Friday 2 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Germany

Germany evacuates half the city of Koblenz after WWII bomb uncovered

The 10ft unexploded bomb is one of the largest to be discovered in Germany since the end of the Second World War.

# raf - Tuesday 29 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Missing

Search for missing sailors called off

Five men remain missing in the Irish Sea following the sinking of their cargo vessel on Sunday. The Welsh coastguard has said there is little hope of them being found alive.

# raf - Monday 28 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Search And Rescue

Search for missing sailors to resume

The search for five missing crewmen who went missing when their vessel sank in the Irish Sea yesterday is to resume today.

# raf - Sunday 27 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Royal Rescue

Prince William involved in Irish Sea rescue mission

The Duke of Cambridge co-piloted one of the helicopters as search teams tried to locate the eight crewmen of a sunken ship.

# raf - Tuesday 28 June, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Spitfire This post contains images

Wreckage of WWII Spitfire raised from Donegal bog

An American pilot was aboard the Spitfire when it came down in a Donegal bog. He bailed out from the plane, but it has remained beneath the surface for 70 years.

# raf - Friday 18 March, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Libya

Libya calls immediate ceasefire following UN no-fly resolution

Libya’s foreign minister says his country will halt all military action – just hours after the UN votes to impose a no-fly zone.