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On 28th November 2023,  The Right Honourable Lord Selkirk of Douglas (James Douglas Hamilton) died in hospital in Edinburgh after a short illness.

On Saturday 2nd September, members of the King’s Volunteer Reserves Medal Association (KVRM), formerly the Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal Association (QVRM), and their partners gathered at Windsor Castle for a very special event.

On 10th September 2023, at All Saints’ Church in Staplehurst, Kent, the Rector, Revd Silke Tetzlaff, officiated at the Parish’s annual Battle of Britain Memorial Service.

On 12th August 2023, Buckingham Palace announced that His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester would succeed Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, as Air Commodore-in Chief of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

On 24 July 2023, the Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Richard Knighton,  was the Reviewing Officer at a Parade at Royal Air Force Cosford during which he presented 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron with its new Standard.

To commemorate the centenary of the RAuxAF in 2024, Dr Louise Wilkinson and Sqn Ldr Tony Freeman (a Foundation Trustee) have co-authored a book providing an in-depth account of the Force’s history since its founding in 1924 up to the present day.

On 24 June 2023, Sir Charles Bowman, the Representative Lord Mayor of the City of London, presented 600 (City of London) Squadron with its Standard at at the Squadron’s base at Royal Air Force Northolt.

Three members of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force received awards in he King’s Birthday Honours List:

The RAuxAF Foundation held its annual Memorial Service at the National Memorial Arboretum on 21st June.

A Battle of Britain class steam locomotive adopted the nameplate ‘Royal Auxiliary Air Force’ at an unveiling service held at the Nene Valley Railway on 27 May 2023.

During the last two weeks of April 2023, 35 RAuxAF personnel from 4624 (County of Oxford) Squadron provided specialist air movements reinforcements at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and RAF Akrotiri, and Larnaca

Almost all RAuxAF Sqns and Units  have an Honorary Air Commodore (HAC). 

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force Foundation was delighted to have been invited to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III  [...]

The King’s Volunteer Reserves Medal Association held its Annual Dinner on 24th March at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London. The [...]

.The Royal Auxiliary Air Force awards for 2022 have recently been announced. Details are as follows:   Ser. Trophy / [...]

Squadron Leader Mary B O'Neill of 502 (Ulster) Squadron has been awarded the prestigious King's Volunteer Reservist Medal in the [...]

On the 29th October 2022, the Queens’s Volunteer Reserves Medal Association (QVRM) planted and dedicated a Copper Beech in Windsor [...]

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force enjoyed a long and much valued association with Her Majesty beginning in June 1951 […]

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Foundation were greatly saddened to receive the news that [...]

On 19th August 2022, No 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force was presented with a new Standard [...]

In 1954, in recognition of its outstanding peacetime and wartime service since its formation in 1925, 601 (County of London) [...]

On 22 June, Reserve Forces Day,  RAuxAF Trustees hosted a RAuxAF Memorial and Memorial Stones Dedication Service at the National [...]

In this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list, Wing Commander Howard Leader RAuxAF and Squadron Leader Mike Cairns RAuxAF, both from [...]

To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Foundation's Chairman has sent, on behalf of Trustees, a message of Loyal Greetings [...]

The Commandant General of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Munro, was the principal guest at the annual [...]

  On 30th September, Flight Lieutenant Amy Casey, a serving RAuxAF officer on 7644 Public Relations Squadron, received well-deserved accolades [...]

In November, 2020, Wing Commander Stuart Talton, Deputy Inspector RAuxAF, read in his local Lincolnshire paper that Spalding Council intended [...]

Giles and Tim Carbury never knew their grandfather, Brian Carbury DFC*, who died in 1961.   However, they always wanted to [...]

At a moving service held in Chester Cathedral on Friday 6 August a beautiful bronze plaque was dedicated in memory of the 79 [...]

The death has been announced of Sir Michael Oswald GCVO aged 86. Sir Michael was appointed Honorary Air Commodore (HAC) [...]

The RAuxAF Foundation Trustees were greatly saddened to receive the news that HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh had died […]

The Foundation Trustees are delighted to welcome Warrant Officer Shobha Earl as a new Trustee. Shobha has a wealth of […]

It was with great sadness that we received the news that Air Vice-Marshal BH (Barry) Newton had passed away at [...]

During the war, 608 (North Riding) Squadron was part of Coastal Command flying principally Ansons, Hudsons and latterly Mosquitos. A […]

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020, Warrant Officer John Webster, a serving [...]

On 7 May 2020, Flight Lieutenant Terry Clark DFM AE passed away at the age of 101. He was a [...]

It was with great regret that the Foundation learned that Group Captain ‘Robbie’ Robins, a father-figure of the Royal Auxiliary […]

A former wartime Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force and, after the war, as a member of the Royal [...]

Wing Commander Paul Farnes,  a member of 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron and the last surviving ‘Ace’ of  the Battle […]

The Standard of 2623 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment was paraded into Ely Cathedral on 16 January 2020 for […]

The Robins Efficiency Trophy: Awarded Annually to the RAuxAF unit adjudged to have done the most to improve the good name [...]

Squadron Leader Bill Brodie, a  pilot who began his Service career with 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron in March 1934, [...]

RESERVISTS gathered at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark 95 years since the founding of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. [...]

AVM RIT Munro was appointed as the new Commandant-General of the RAuxAF on 23 Sep 19.

On Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF received the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh The [...]

On  3rd September, 2017, many gathered once again to pay tribute to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, the Lord Hugh […]

The Foundation was represented today by Group Captain Bob Kemp at the funeral of Joe Parker, 602 (City of Glasgow) […]

The funeral of Sqn Ldr Nigel Rose took place yesterday at St Eigon's Church in Llanigon, nestling in the beautiful [...]

The RN/Army/RAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal is now being awarded to officers after 15 years’ service (with clasps […]

6 September 1929 -16 January 2017 A chartered engineer who successfully combined a career in industry with being a part-time [...]

SAC Susan Soutar, a reservist with No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force was killed on Saturday [...]