Royal Air Force news

The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands has secured £5m of National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) investment towards its £22.1m Inspiring Everyone project, which will deliver ... More

For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions – there’s still the chance, until 12th November, to catch it ... More

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15 May), with museums large and small being honoured and Sir ... More

The centenary of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) is being celebrated in London, with the transformation of the capital's RAF Museum, which reopens to the ... More

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie after a four-and-half year stint. Spirit of 2012 was established ... More

Architecture studio Jestico + Whiles’ plans to transform a disused air base in Oxfordshire, UK, into a leisure district has been given the green light ... More

The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) will celebrate its centenary in 2018 by renovating the RAF Museum in London into “a world-class visitor facility.” ... More

A competition has been launched to find a landscape design team for the RAF Museum’s revamp. The attraction is undergoing a £23m renovation as it ... More

Pulse has been named the exclusive supplier of leased fitness equipment to Britain’s Royal Air Force for the next four and a half years. The ... More

Supplier Pulse has stolen a march on competitors by providing £2m worth of fitness equipment to the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force in its ... More

The Royal Air Force Museum has secured nearly £900,000 of funding for the creation of a major new exhibition chronicling the role of air power ... More

Simworx, the 4D effects theatre specialist, has completed the installation of a new, purpose-built theatre at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Shropshire, England. ... More

North Somerset Council (NSC) has backed plans for the £50m Leisuredome development, which will be located on a former Royal Air Force site near Weston-super-Mare. ... More

Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford has announced plans to develop a new permanent exhibition in the first phase of its Historic Duxford scheme. The project ... More

A leaked Cabinet Office list has revealed that nearly 180 quangos are facing abolition as part of the coalition government's bid to cut public spending. ... More

The Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Hendon, London, has unveiled plans to restore a rare German bomber, which was shot down off the Kent ... More

A new £3.5m monument will be built at London's Green Park in order to recognise the contribution of Bomber Command during World War Two. Westminster ... More

The Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum has unveiled plans to develop a new landmark exhibition building dedicated to the Battle of Britain at Hendon, North ... More

One of Europe's leading aviation museums, Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford, has unveiled the full line-up of events to commemorate 2010 being the 70th anniversary ... More

The Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon in north London is to trial mobile phone audio tours. The test will begin in the Bomber Hall ... More

The Royal Air Force has struck up a partnership with Extreme Sports Zone Limited to take BrushBoarding to a range of RAF-sponsored events. Described as ... More

Barnsley Premier Leisure's commercial manager Steve Roberts has been promoted to head of business development. Roberts joined the leisure trust in 2005 after 20 years ... More

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, near Wolverhampton, is to open its £12.4m Cold War exhibition on 8 February. The exhibition will be housed ... More