On17th May 2024, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester took the salute at a Royal Auxiliary Air Force Parade at Buckingham Palace.
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RAuxAF 100 – Royal Hillsborough Castle Gun Salute
On Monday 6th May, No. 206 (Ulster) Battery with support from No. 502 (Ulster) Sqn, Royal Auxiliary Air Force undertook a royal gun salute to mark the coronation of his Majesty King Charles III and the one hundredth anniversary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
RAuxAF 100 – 607 Squadron Marks Centenary with Iconic Gift
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in 2024, 607 (County of Durham) Squadron) presented the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum with an iconic gift
602 Squadron Enters the Space Age
At a ceremony held at the University of Strathclyde on 17 April 2024, 3 personnel from 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron were awarded Space Command Badges having completed a Space Foundation Course.
War Hero Receives Overdue Medal
Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank (Retd) who is 103 years old is the sole surviving holder of the Victoria Cross from World War 2.
Top Award for Dowding Scholarship Winner
The Dowding Scholarship is a Chief of the Air Staff initiative which encourages, inter alia, members of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force to undertake a course of advanced study.
RAuxAF 100 – A March for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
In 2-15, the Foundation Trustees debated as to whether the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) had its own march.
RAuxAF 100 – Centenary Dinner
A Dinner commemorating the Centenary of the founding of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force was held at Royal Air Force Cranwell on 28th February 2024.
RAuxAF 100 – 614 Squadron’s Tribute
At a moving Service held on 1st February 2024 at in Cathays Park in Cardiff’s Civic Centre, 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron planted a flowering cherry tree to mark the centenary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and also the 10th anniversary of the Squadron’s reformation.
RAuxAF 100 – Locomotive Naming Ceremony Part 1
In early 2023, a Trustee of the RAuxAF Foundation, Squadron Leader Alfie Hall, worked in partnership with the Nene Valley Railway and the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society to rename the steam engine “92 Squadron” as “Royal Auxiliary Air Force”.









