16.The first pair of Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri just over an hour after MPs authorized military action against Islamic State targets in Syria.
18.He was especially critical of the failure to create a new modern, well-appointed British air-force and the rapidity with which the German Luftwaffe overtook the British RAF from 1935 onwards.
19.Today, it is also a microcosm of the climate culture wars, thanks to a fierce tussle over the fate of Manston airport a former RAF base that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain.
20.If the Queen dies abroad, a BAe 146 jet from the RAF's No 32 squadron, known as the Royal Flight, will take off from Northolt, at the western edge of London, with a coffin on board.