InsideAIR

How the public perceives the RAF can be pivotal to its effectiveness, whether that’s with operations, recruitment or being accepted by the communities around its bases.  

We asked InsideAIR’s Corpora…

The InsideAIR team has handed the mic over to RAF Air Cadets for a special episode recorded LIVE at RIAT 2025!

Join Cadet Flight Sergeants Hannah and Tori as they take you behind the scenes of the ai…

Last time around on InsideAIR, we caught up with some of the 78 Squadron team based at the HQ of NATS in Swanwick, Hampshire. Part 2 picks the story up this week.

Flight Lieutenant Chris Sully is …

The UK has some of the most congested airspace in the world. Ensuring military and civilian aircraft don’t get in the way of each other is just one the reasons why 78 Squadron is co-located at Nation…

His job could be described as both getting the RAF in the news and keeping the RAF out of the news – neither are easy. This week’s InsideAIR heads to Main Building in the Ministry of Defence to hear …

Which is the best profession in the Royal Air Force? If you said Pilot, Aircraft Technician, or Regiment Gunner, Chef Warrant Officer Chris Beavis, might disagree.

InsideAIR dropped into the Warrant …

Juggling a Reserve commitment with a busy civilian job is something that’s part and parcel of life for the thousands of Reserves currently serving in the RAF.

Someone who knows that first hand is …

In this episode, we’ll hear from the team at RAF Marham in Norfolk, about how their ‘BeReady’ strategy is ensuring that the whole force team is coming together to deliver success and proving they are…

In this episode, we catch up with the Air Officer Wales and find out how his passion for the sport of orienteering ties in directly with life in the Royal Air Force.

The sport of orienteering is one…

The hope is there won’t be another Battle of Britain. However, should the unthinkable happen, what has changed since the last battle, how might an Integrated Air and Missile Defence system help, and …

In this episode, we’re talking about the next generation of aircraft to enter into service with the Royal Air Force.

Tempest, GCAP and FCAS.. want to know what it all means for the 6th generation o…

Have you ever crewed, been flown in or serviced a Puma? March sees the retirement of this medium support helicopter that has carried troops, supplies and humanitarian aid in operations and exercises …

In the second instalment of our two part feature about Channel 4’s documentary on the RAF we rejoin InsideAIR’s Air Specialist 1 Emma Kirwan as she goes behind the scenes of Top Guns: Inside the RAF.…

How do you make a TV documentary on a busy, operational and in places, secretive RAF station? Balancing the needs and wishes of the people being filmed, the film crew and ultimately the viewers, is n…

Acquiring new platforms, upgrading current platforms so they remain relevant, and ensuring the support solutions, supplies and spares are in place. This is the unsung role of Defence Equipment and Su…

A joint RAF & RNLI exercise took place recently off the coast of the Isle of Man with a 202 Squadron Jupiter helicopter from RAF Valley playing the lead role.

Flight Lieutenant Chris Sully watched t…

2024 saw the 60th anniversary of the formation of the RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. InsideAIR’s Flight Lieutenant Amy Casey finds out why they were founded, gets a tour of their famous Hawk Mk …

When the Atlas C.1 A400M entered service with the RAF ten years ago, many asked whether this tactical airlift aircraft would ever be as good as the much loved C-130 Hercules. Who better then to pass …

According to the RAF’s Chief Modelling and Simulation Officer, 'Commercial' is actually about delivering capability at pace that the war fighter needs. Group Captain Rauri Henderson-Begg and Tom Purs…