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RAF High Wycombe AFI Visit – 1 Jun 21
On 1 Jun 21, Air Officer Commanding Number 2 Group (AOC 2 Gp), Air Vice-Marshal Al Gillespie CBE MA BSc RAF carried out the Annual Formal Inspection of RAF High Wycombe. The Annual Formal Inspection is an opportunity for the […]
Monopoly Challenge London
UK SPOC Force Development Event – Monopoly Challenge London On 19 May 2021, personnel from the UK Space Operations Centre (UK SpOC) conducted a Force Development day by taking part in the RAF Monopoly Challenge in London. Following the latest […]
NAPTASTIC ON THE CRICK!
On 7th, 8th and 9th of June Naphill hosted a jam-packed weekend of activities for the local community and RAF High Wycombe personnel and their families. Friday night was Music on the Crick with sounds from DJ Shaun Salter, followed […]
Ex CYBER SALTIRE 19
Originally supposed to leave from Largs Marina on the Firth of Clyde (Hence the name!), Exercise CYBER SALTIRE 19 left from Portsmouth with 6 personnel from both RAF High Wycombe and Digby on the 9 Jun 19. The last-minute change […]
High Wycombe charity worker joins elite running list after Tokyo Marathon
A member of staff at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has joined an elite group of runners after completing the Tokyo Marathon. Hospitality Services Manager Karen Sweeting was one of 38,000 runners taking part in the […]
Joint Force Air Component
On the 10 Mar 19 staff and augmentees from the UK Joint Force Air Component (UK JFAC) deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany to support Exercise AUSTERE CHALLENGE 19. The US-led exercise used a challenging scenario to depict a developing […]
AIRCREW CAREER MANAGEMENT FORCE DEVELOPMENT STAFF RIDE – EX ZEPPELIN WALK NOV 18
Personnel (a mixture of military and Civil Service) from Aircrew Career Management desperate for a day away from the normal office routine of continuous phone calls, instant messenger and emails, decided a Force Development Staff Ride would be an ideal […]
Operation BLACK BUCK 1 PART 2
The following is the conclusion of the Operation BLACK BUCK 1 story told in Summer 2018 Wycombe World Magazine. Op BLACK BUCK was mounted 37 years after the Second World War, it was the only time the Avro Vulcan was […]
LITTER HEROES HELP CLEAR UP THE STREETS
ROYAL Air Force High Wycombe personnel take to the streets in a bid to clear the local community of unwanted litter. On 4 April, over 40 RAF personnel and members of the National Trust Ranger Team volunteered to take part […]
Medmenham Nursery
Members of the RAF Medmenham community wanted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War and Remembrance Sunday in a rather special way. A tree situated outside the Danesfield Arms has been covered in hand […]