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      • Visit our reading room
    • Online exhibitions
      • Falklands 40
      • Never Forgotten: The RAF in the Far East
      • Pilots of the Caribbean
      • Czechoslovak Squadrons in RAF
      • Air Transport Auxiliary
      • Sir Alan Cobham ; A Life of a Pioneering Aviator
      • An Enduring Relationship : A History of Friendship between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman
      • 617 Squadron and the Dams Raid
      • Royal Flying Corps Centenary
      • The Polish Air Force in WWII
      • Taking Flight
      • History of the Battle of Britain
      • Douglas Bader: Fighter, Pilot
      • Women of the Air Force
      • Lest We Forget
      • Americans in the Royal Air Force
    • Archive exhibitions
      • Freedom & Liberty
      • Wonderful Amy!
      • De Havilland – The Man and the Company
      • Kings, Queens & Flying Machines
      • Worth a Thousand Words – Air Diagrams
      • Not Quite Extinct!
      • Comet – The World’s First Jet Airliner
      • The Art of Sergeant Elva Blacker
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1 May 2025

RAF Museum to host VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations

Pilot Training at the RAF Museum Midlands
1 April 2025

Soar into Easter with Pilot Training at the RAF Museum Midlands!

The Vulcan and Hunter being dusted at the RAF Museum Midlands
19 March 2025

Daring Dustbusters take off on 100ft spring cleaning mission!

George Thomson's items on display
12 March 2025

Long March Display Unveiled at Museum

Image shows an F-35B Lightning Jet creating a vapor cone as it flew past the Aircraft Carrier during flight deck operations which took place over the two days where the Jets conducted vertical landings, take offs, and hot pits (refuelling). Personnel from 617 Squadron, RAF Marham, deployed on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for a number of days in July 2023 for the Aviation Integration Period, in preparation for the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2023 Deployment. RAF Marham is the home of the F-35B Lightning, a 5th Generation, multi-role, stealth fighter. RAF Photographic Competition 2023 Winners: Category D: Peoples Choice Judges Nominations Award: 10 Image title: Vapor Cone Photographer: AS1 Natalie Adams
4 March 2025

Call for Papers, RAF Museum Conference 2025

Image shows an F-35B Lightning Jet creating a vapor cone as it flew past the Aircraft Carrier during flight deck operations which took place over the two days where the Jets conducted vertical landings, take offs, and hot pits (refuelling). Personnel from 617 Squadron, RAF Marham, deployed on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for a number of days in July 2023 for the Aviation Integration Period, in preparation for the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2023 Deployment. RAF Marham is the home of the F-35B Lightning, a 5th Generation, multi-role, stealth fighter. RAF Photographic Competition 2023 Winners: Category D: Peoples Choice Judges Nominations Award: 10 Image title: Vapor Cone Photographer: AS1 Natalie Adams
4 March 2025

Call For Papers, RAF Museum Conference 2025

4D Theatre
4 March 2025

Enjoy 2 for 1 Flight Simulator rides during National Lottery Open Week

4D Theatre
4 March 2025

Enjoy 2 for 1 Flight Simulator rides during National Lottery Open Week

Jane and Michael stand in front of a light blue backdrop. They are holding their prizes, a metal model of a Vulcan on a stand with their names on, and smiling at the camera. Jane is on the left and is blonde with a red jacket on, and Michael is on the right with short dark hair and is wearing a navy waistcoat, dark shirt and purple tie.
17 February 2025

Academic Prize Winners for 2024 Announced

Jane and Michael stand in front of a light blue backdrop. They are holding their prizes, a metal model of a Vulcan on a stand with their names on, and smiling at the camera. Jane is on the left and is blonde with a red jacket on, and Michael is on the right with short dark hair and is wearing a navy waistcoat, dark shirt and purple tie.
17 February 2025

Academic Prize Winners for 2024 Announced

Members of the GMS Security Team
11 February 2025

GMS Security to Enhance Visitor Experience at the RAF Museum

Image shows an F-35B Lightning Jet creating a vapor cone as it flew past the Aircraft Carrier during flight deck operations which took place over the two days where the Jets conducted vertical landings, take offs, and hot pits (refuelling). Personnel from 617 Squadron, RAF Marham, deployed on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for a number of days in July 2023 for the Aviation Integration Period, in preparation for the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2023 Deployment. RAF Marham is the home of the F-35B Lightning, a 5th Generation, multi-role, stealth fighter. RAF Photographic Competition 2023 Winners: Category D: Peoples Choice Judges Nominations Award: 10 Image title: Vapor Cone Photographer: AS1 Natalie Adams
10 February 2025

Save the Date: RAF Museum Academic Conference 2025

Image shows an F-35B Lightning Jet creating a vapor cone as it flew past the Aircraft Carrier during flight deck operations which took place over the two days where the Jets conducted vertical landings, take offs, and hot pits (refuelling). Personnel from 617 Squadron, RAF Marham, deployed on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for a number of days in July 2023 for the Aviation Integration Period, in preparation for the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2023 Deployment. RAF Marham is the home of the F-35B Lightning, a 5th Generation, multi-role, stealth fighter. RAF Photographic Competition 2023 Winners: Category D: Peoples Choice Judges Nominations Award: 10 Image title: Vapor Cone Photographer: AS1 Natalie Adams
10 February 2025

Save the Date: RAF Museum Academic Conference 2025

Science Show at RAF Museum Midlands
5 February 2025

Exciting science and space adventures await this February half term

Proposed Hangar 1 external at RAF Museum Midlands
4 February 2025

RAF Museum secures £650k grant from the Wolfson Foundation

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