The squadron, identified as the service's oldest flying squadron, was formed just after World War I, and it adopted the Harrier jump jet in the mid-1980s.

Exactly 100 years today No 75 Squadron Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) was formed in Britain. The squadron was to have close links with New Zealand from World ...

ROYAL Flying Corps pilots of the Montrose based No2 squadron were the fearless flying pioneers of World War 1 who flew to war in biplanes armed only with service revolvers.

The Royal Flying Corps was established in 1912. Joe Crowley looks at how the Corps needed amateur pilots to persuade the government of its value, with the first squadron set up at Lark Hill.

This story has been corrected. The Marine Corps’ oldest flying squadron recently took another step toward the service’s retirement of a venerable vertical takeoff aircraft to make way for its ...

The statue of the first Indian to fly as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps - the precursor of the RAF - is to be created in Southampton city centre to mark the 'lost history' of ethnic ...

In 1922 a stained glass window was unveiled in Westminster Abbey to members of the Royal Flying Corps who died during the 1914-1918 war. It was given by Mrs Louis Bennett of West Virginia USA, ...

In December 1916, he began pilot training, gaining his 'wings' the following April. He was posted to No 4 Squadron at Abeele on the Western Front but his flying career was shortlived.

The Royal Flying Corps came into being 100 years ago and played a key role in World War I. But who were its heroic pilots, and why was the corps so special?

January 17, 2001 14:43: Three members of Potters Bar 57 Squadron, got the year off to a flying start when they flew some of the Corps' own aircraft.

The Marine Corps' oldest flying squadron flew its last Harrier jump jet flight as the unit's pilots ready to fly new F-35 stealth fighters ...