Exercise #Hedgehog25 is in full swing 🦔💪 Allied troops are in 🇪🇪 training with Estonian forces to boost skills, trust & rapid response across NATO. 🤝🛡️ Training together ensures our forces can respond when it matters. Together, we’re always ready. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

WW2 veteran Donald Rose, aged 110, is the UK's oldest man. He served on the front line with the 7th Armoured Division. He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment at age 25 and served in North Africa and Europe before training as a sniper. Source: The Guardian

🌺🇬🇧 The remains of Private John Tame, a British soldier killed in WW1, have been laid to rest—108 years later. Tame was just 26 when he died at the Battle of Langemarck in 1917. His remains were discovered s near Ypres, Belgium, in May 2018. #LestWeForget 🌹 #WWI

Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the #DambustersRaid. On 16 May 1943, the brave airmen from 617 Squadron embarked on a daring mission: to breach the German dams Möhne, Eder and Sorpe. Learn more about the Dambuster's Raid ➡️ rafbf.org/dambusters

Honouring veteran Jean Rees, 101, who was part of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during WW2.🇬🇧 Jean was conscripted at the age of 19, and her job was to welcome the recruits, issue their uniforms and offer support to the often terrified young people. Source: BBC News

The Duke of Edinburgh meets Pope Leo XIV following his Inaugural Mass at the Vatican. His Royal Highness was representing The King at yesterday’s event which marked the official start of the new Papacy. 📸 Vatican Media

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 May 19, 2023: A plaque is unveiled at the Paris birthplace of SOE agent Lilian Role (1914-1945) as a tribute to her efforts to help liberate Europe. #LilianVeraRolfe #FSection #SOE #WW2 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 secret-ww2.net/news/880/

Always an honour and inspiration to meet Ukrainian veterans who are here to run the Brussels 20k. With thanks to #PromoteUkraine #SlavaUkraini

This #DementiaActionWeek we are highlighting our Dementia Reminiscence Groups. They are more than just a gathering, helping to build confidence, reduce isolation, and improve the overall wellbeing of individuals living with dementia. Find out more➡️rafbf.org/get-support/fr…

Really good start to a new week of pre-season training in Greece. More insight to the 2025 display in these images from a photochase, including (in the first picture) the 5/4 Cross - remaining in the show after a return last season but now with the addition of 🔴⚪️🔵 #RedArrows

This week we are commemorating the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk during the Second World War. Robert West joined the Officer Training Corps whilst at school and from an early age, he wanted to join the RAF and become a pilot. During Operation

🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅼🅾🅽🆃🅷 May 1943: The RAF told SOE it would stop making transport runs over the Netherlands. The Germans had penetrated SOE's network so knew aircraft were coming, resulting in heavy losses. #Englandspiel #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 historynet.com/was-this-the-u…

Saturday, May 24; Flypast over Commonwealth Cemetery of Souda, Crete, at 1702. #RedArrows #Crete

✈This week Operation Chessman welcomed members of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme to 22nd Tactical Air Base, Poland. They experienced first-hand the professionalism, dedication and global impact of our personnel on the deployment. Thank you for your continued support.

🔴⚪️🔵 Full list of Red Arrows shows in 2025. Just one day away from the first display of the new season! Where will you be watching this year? 👀 #RedArrows | #Airshows | #Summer | #RAF

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 May 29/30, 1942: SOE agents Christopher Burney and William Grover-Williams leave England in a RAF Whitley and parachute 'blind' (no reception committee) into German-occupied France near Le Mans. #ChristopherBurney #WilliamGroverWilliams #SOE #WW2 1/3

🎉🎈 Join us in wishing WAAF veteran Stella Cotton a very happy 100th birthday! Born on May 18, 1925 in London, Stella joined the Women’s Junior Air Corps at just 17 and went on to serve in the WAAF during WW2 as a wireless operator. 📰 Source: Daily Echo

Retweet to join us in wishing our Ally 🇮🇹 Italy a happy #FestadellaRepubblica #2giugno #WeAreNATO 🤝 Italy at NATO

🎉🇬🇧 Join us in congratulating The UK's oldest surviving WW2 veteran, Donald Rose, on being awarded the Freedom of Erewash! Donald, who is also the UK's oldest man at 110, served in North Africa and Europe. 📰 Source: BBC News

We will be welcoming nine Veterans to the Memorial on Friday for the official #DDay81 commemoration, honouring their service and remembering their fallen comrades. ❤️ 📷PA/Gareth Fuller