Plans for RAF memorial go on show across Lincolnshire
A public exhibition is being held to help select the design of a memorial to commemorate RAF Bomber Command crew stationed in Lincolnshire.
A public exhibition is being held to help select the design of a memorial to commemorate RAF Bomber Command crew stationed in Lincolnshire.
A plaque has been unveiled at Old Edlington, on the site where a Lancaster bomber crashed 69 years ago.
The Red Arrows first female pilot Kirsty Stewart has quit following the deaths last year of two members of the Lincolnshire -based team.
These pictures show the RAF carrying out of a mock rescue from the top of York Minster. Crews from the base in Leconfield have practised saving people stuck at the top of the building.
A plaque has been unveiled at Old Edlington, on the site where a Lancaster bomber crashed 69 years ago.
Read the full storyInvestigations are starting after a fire at an old aircraft hangar on the former RAF Manby site in Lincolnshire.
50 firefighters were tackling the blaze at its hight and there was a danger of it collapsing. Eyewitnesses claim there were a series of explosions inside the hangar, which its understood store diesel engines.
The old RAF base, which is five miles east of Louth, closed in 1974 and is now used as a business park.
More than 50 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at an old aircraft hanger on the former RAF Manby site in Lincolnshire this evening.
A 200 metre cordon has been put around the building after police said there was a danger of it collapsing.
Ten fire crews plus a hydraulic platform were used to fight the fire which broke out shortly after 5 o' clock. Four crews are still at the scene and are dampening down.
Eyewitnesses claim there was a series of explosions inside the hanger which it's understood is owned by Winchester Marine and is used to store diesel engines. The old RAF base, which is five miles east of Louth, closed in 1974 and is now used as a business park.
We spoke to Nick Davies from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and Steve Pratten from East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Police are warning people to stay away from a fire at an aircraft hangar in Lincolnshire. There have been a series of explosions at the former RAF airfield at Manby. Police say people are "hampering fire crews and putting themselves at risk". Ten fire engines are currently at the site.
Fire crews are dealing with a large blaze at a former RAF airfield in Lincolnshire. It is understood a hangar at Manby containing machinery and planes is on fire.
The funeral will take place later in Horsforth of the RAF's oldest former officer. Frank Bagshaw, who joined up aged just nineteen, travelled around the world servicing aircraft. He died aged 105.
A fleet of RAF surveillance planes based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire has been grounded after a technical fault was discovered on one of the craft.The MoD said six Boeing Sentry E3D aircraft are temporarily out of service as a precautionary measure following a routine inspection.
A major training exercise has taken place at RAF Leeming for members of the force with their French counterparts.