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It's nearly four years since the Royal Air Force retired the Sepecat Jaguar and with it one of our most capable and deployable ground attack and reconnaissance platforms. Gareth Stringer speaks to two of the men who flew it while Wing Commander John Sullivan pays tribute to the late Group Captain Tom Barrett. Images as credited.

After almost 40 years serving the UK on military operations across the world, Tornado jets have returned home for the last time.

She awarded prizes to the cadets

BADGES UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE - Review by Mark Barnes - http://www.warhistoryonline.com/reviews/badges-uniforms-royal-air-force-review-mark-barnes.html

This is an image from the Imperial War Museum Collection. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1950 - 1967© Crown copyright. IWM (RAF-T 5321) Original photo link here - www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205214833# Six Avro Vulcan B.2 aircraft of No 617 squadron and six Handley Page Victor B.2 aircraft lined up at RAF Scampton.

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Jaw-dropping images range from an RAF transport backdropped by aurora in Norway to a paratrooper dramatically landing in a dropzone in Switzerland.

F-35B aircraft from 617 Squadron flew from their base at Marham.

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Insignia and symbols have always been a cornerstone of military uniforms. It has a lot to do with identification and also moral. In the heat of battle, insignia can say a lot of things for one, who…