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As the RAF's leading welfare charity, the RAF Benevolent Fund has supported the RAF Family, through thick and thin, for 100 years. We ensure that your donations are spent directly on meeting the needs of the RAF Family, those serving, veterans and their dependants.
This week saw us embarking on a campaign of a different kind – we released a Christmas single with the wonderfully talented RAF Spitfire Choir and Flight Lieutenant Matt Little from RAF College Cranwell.
It's anchors away for Sunderland resident and RAF veteran John Robertson, who will be sailing in this year's Paralympics in Rio. This will be the fourth Paralympics for John and teammates Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas.
Today is Roald Dahl Day and this year's celebration marks the 100th anniversary of the ever-popular author's birth. In this blog, we learn more about Dahl and how his mischievous 'Gremlins' helped the RAF Benevolent Fund back in 1943.
In an exclusive interview with Mary Stopes Roe, daughter of bouncing bomb inventor Barnes Wallis, we asked her for her thoughts on whether the Dambusters raid was a success.
Today marks 12 years since Hercules C130K flight XV179 was shot down over Iraq killing all ten crew. In this blog Group Captain Mike Neville pays tribute to the families left behind.
Since its launch a year ago, more than 3,000 serving RAF personnel have signed up to use the mindfulness app, Headspace.
Former Royals pilot and retired RAF Squadron Leader Graham Laurie was assigned to fly Diana's body back to London from Paris. He spent nearly 20 years flying the Royals as part of The Queen's Flight.
This New Year's Day marked the 70th anniversary of the enactment of the National Service Act, which led to more than two million young men being conscripted into the British Armed Forces. 
Wing Commander Simon Ling tells us about the work of the RAF following his recent deployment to Afghanistan.