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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Manna

Eighty years ago today a group of young pilots and their crews began a series of daring raids which saved a starving nation.

When natural disasters strike the RAF is called on to deliver aid

When the Pacific islands of Vanuatu were devastated by Cyclone Pam, the international community rallied to help.

RAF's longest running airlift helped save the people of Sarajevo

The operation to keep the inhabitants of Sarajevo alive during civil war in the early 1990s remains the longest running airlift in the RAF's history.

Quick response was key to helping Iraqi refugees

When the RAF is called upon to help deliver humanitarian aid, a swift response is essential.

28 April 2015

RAF carried out vital food drops to tackle famine in Ethiopia

Former Hercules navigator Paul Hewson looks back on the humanitarian aid mission, Operation BUSHEL, which became one of the biggest air-drops of its kind when more than…

"It was like dropping a shopping basket" – memories of Op Manna 70 years on

For troops involved in Operation Manna, one of the RAF's first humanitarian aid missions, the knowledge they were helping to save lives rather than destroy them was key.