A NORTH Yorkshire squadron which has trained pilots for the RAF and Royal Navy has disbanded after 94 years. Based at RAF Church Fenton, 85 (Reserve) Squadron, was disbanded as part of the ...

A second frontline squadron has been stood up to fly the F-35 Lightning stealth fighter jets. The first of the United States-built warplanes touched down at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2018.

He joined 85 Squadron flying Hurricanes in December 1938 and went with the squadron to France on the outbreak of war. ... He joined the RAF on a short service commission in April 1938.

Group Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway, 101, who served with 85 Squadron, ... Prints of the dramatic painting by artist Michael Rondot, an RAF combat veteran who flew in the 1991 Gulf War, ...