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It was love at first sight – for Arthur at least!

One chance meeting, two children, six RAF postings, three careers and 44 years later Arthur and Marilyn Botham are still going strong.

12 February 2018
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"The telephone friendship groups really have changed my life"

For Margaret Peckham, life changed when her husband, best friend and soulmate, David, passed away in 2014.

17 January 2018

"We were stronger than the Germans!"

For 96-year-old Gladys Wissett, a call-up to the WAAF in 1940 was her chance to help the war effort.

"Proving my doubters wrong made me realise I could do anything"

Considered a trailblazer as the first female medic to serve on the frontline with the RAF Regiment, former Flt Lt Michelle Partington had a successful RAF career.

4 December 2017

Photography course provides new focus for Tony

RAF veteran Tony Beck's life was turned upside down in 2007 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

30 November 2017

Don't get in a pickle - join the RAF100 Cookbook high-fryers!

No need to wing it when it comes to creating a culinary masterpiece – get yourself a copy of the RAF100 Cookbook instead!

27 October 2017