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Thursday 8 January 2015

Families Breaks offered by The Royal British Legion

Families Breaks are a free 7 day holiday at one of the Royal British Legion’s 4 break centres around the UK, or a free 7 day caravan park holiday at Park Dean, or Haven holiday... More information

Wednesday 7 January 2015

Air Tattoo to welcome aviation icon

ONE of the world’s most iconic aircraft will touch down at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds this summer to take part in the Royal International Air Tattoo. Vulcan XH558 is the only flying example of this large Cold War bomber having been restored to... More information

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Trail Blazers

For the thousands of passengers who fly directly across the Atlantic on a daily basis, intercontinental air travel is routine and straightforward. In contrast, flying a squadron of RAF Typhoon FGR4 multi-role fighters from... More information

Taxman reveals top 10 terrible tax excuses

Ten of the most terrible excuses for missing the 31 January tax return deadline have been revealed today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). To make you smile: Many of the excuses claim it was... More information

How about an article in Envoy?

It's time to start the Spring edition of our Federation's magazine, Envoy. If you'd like to put a story/article forward for consideration, we would love to hear from you! The deadline for copy to be in at... More information

New Year Honours for service personnel and defence civilians 2015

125 UK service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the annual New Year Honours List. Congratulations from RAF Families Federation team! The whole list can... More information

Monday 5 January 2015

Battle of Britain chapel to 'the few' threatened with closure

A Second World War memorial chapel to the aircrew who died protecting Britain’s shores from German attack is threatened with closure because the Ministry of Defence has decided to stop funding it. Winston Churchill said... More information