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Leuchars Military Wives Choir Armed Forces Day Concert

Leuchars Military Wives Choir holds concert to celebrate Armed Forces Day

Royal Navy, Army and RAF personnel have received a new above inflation pay rise, less than 12 months after a previous salary increase.

Dedicated armed forces personnel receive new above inflation pay rise

Jean and Jim Paton, centre, with Councillor David Ross and Clare Mitchell, Deputy Lieutenant. (Pic: Andrew Beveridge)

Retired Kirkcaldy newsagents celebrate 65 years of marriage

Martin Lynch.

I take a cold plunge in my wheelie bin every day - it helps my PTSD

The commemorative coins mark the 60th anniversary of the first Red Arrows display

The Royal Mint has just launched some special Red Arrows 50p coins

The five new designs include coins commemorating the Red Arrows, the modern railway and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Royal Mint unveils five special coins for 2025

Adrian and Elaine Paxton (Pic: Submitted)

How veterans’ charity helped Fife woman’s bid to help husband after strokes

Hangar 55 at the former Leuchars air base (Pic: Submitted)

Leuchars: refurbishment work at Scotland’s oldest air hangar gets go-ahead

David Madden (inset) was interviewed for a new documentary about the Freckleton Air Disaster, where he watched most of his classmates get killed 80 years ago.

'I ran through a burning doorway as my classmates got killed'

Hangar 55 at Fife's Leuchars Station could see more upgrades. This time, developers have suggested a suit of door and window improvements and replacements. (Pic: Fife Council planning papers)

More refurbishment work outlined for former air base at Leuchars

Air attack panel from Combined Operations Centre, Leuchars Image (Pic: National Museums Scotland)

Fife’s Cold War secrets revealed in new exhibition at national museum

The Red Arrows fly alongside a Yellow Jack

Watch: Behind the scenes with the Red Arrows this Armed Forces Day

Allan Ferguson hopes his bid to walk up Ben More to complete the Munros, will help encourage other ex-servicemen and women to come forward to get support when they need it. (Pic: Submitted)

RAF veteran bids to complete Munro challenge

Credit: Lisa Ferguson

Family activities to do for £5 or less this May half-term

The 2024 Fife Show takes place at Kinloss this weekend. (Pic: Cupar Camera Club)

Annual Fife Show returns for 2024 and promises a great day out for all

Steve Winstanley at the foot of the bridge (Pic: Submitted)

Fife man, 71, abseils Forth Bridge for stroke charity in memory of his mum
A 71-year old former RAF reservist from Fife joined hundreds of people in a giant abseil of the , Forth Bridge at the weekend to raise funds for charity.
Allan Crow

Hangar 55, the subject of the refurbishment work. Insets: the airbase shed and in 1939 (Pics: Fife Council planning portal)

Refurbishment work planned for rare aircraft hanger at former Leuchars air base

The Red Arrows are set to perform at the Bournemouth Air Festival this weekned

Bournemouth Air Festival - full list of aircraft and timings

The Red Arrows will be performing at the Bournemouth Air Festival Display

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this week - routes and timings

The Red Arrows have a busy weekend of displays, including the Clacton Airshow

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Two thrill-seekers have taken the ultimate selfie with the red arrows

Thrill-seekers take ultimate selfie up Blackpool Tower with Red Arrows

A Red Arrow jet has found a new home at Coneygarth Services

Red Arrow jet finds new home at Coneygarth Services

Poster for the forthoming show (Pic: Submitted)

The Roy Orbison Story set to hit the stage at Rothes Halls

The Red Arrows have two displays this weekend

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Here’s everywhere to see the Red Arrows this weekend

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

The Red Arrows have pulled out of their RAF Fairford Friday display due to poor weather

RAF Fairford bring in extra security ahead of Red Arrows display

The Red Arrows have a packed weekend of air displays across the country

Red Arrows set to perform at Goodwood Festival of Speed
The iconic Red Arrows display team are set to perform at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week - here’s everything you need to know
Rebecca Braybrook

Farmhouse on Scottish estate where D-Day was planned is up for sale for £330,000

Farmhouse on Scottish estate where D-Day was planned is up for sale

The Trooping of the Colour is set to take place this weekend with an iconic flypast

Everything you need to know about Trooping the Colour flypast

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smith

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up

The RAF Hercules will take to the skies on Wednesday on a national fly over to mark it’s retirement from service

RAF Hercules to perform flypast over UK - where to watch

The Red Arrows have a packed schedule for June 2023

Where to watch Red Arrows displays in June 2023

The Red Arrows will only fly with eight pilots for displays in 2023

Why the Red Arrows will perform with eight pilots for 2023 displays

Crowds made their way down the Mall and towards Buckingham Palace, to greet to the new King and Queen at the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Shortly after the royal arrival on the balcony, a traditional Red Arrow flyover - which had been scaled back due to weather - brightened the rainy skies over London. (Credit: Getty Images)

Watch: Red Arrows cockpit view of King Charles Coronation Flypast

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

The Red Arrows are set to make their appearance during the Coronation flypast in May

Everything you need to know about Coronation flypast

Red Arrows training in Croatia

Images released showing Red Arrows pre-season training in Croatia

The Red Arrows fly over Carrickfergus Castle in 2021. Picture by Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

Where and when the Red Arrows will display in 2023 - full list

Watch the moment an RAF Typhoon jet causes a sonic boom

The two aircraft will be up for public auction on February 3.

Two retired RAF Red Arrows aircraft up for auction - how to bid

Wing Commander David Montenegro has been suspended pending an investigation.

Red Arrows Commander David Montenegro suspended from tour

Refuelling of the aircraft took place at Leuchars.

Leuchars staff play vital role in Battle of Britain flypasts

Wing Commander Gordon Henderson, originally from Dunfermline, is believed to have died on a mountaineering expedition to Broad Peak, Pakistan. PIC: RAF.

Scottish airman missing on mountain expedition in Pakistan presumed dead

RAF Leuchars

Urgent repairs needed to preserve WW1 hangars at former Leuchars air base

Corrie McKeague disappeared in 2016.

RAF planning memorial service with missing Fife airman Corrie McKeague's family

Tragic: Corrie McKeague vanished after a night out and no trace of his body has ever been found.

Corrie McKeague: Coroner's concerns over locks on bins after RAF airman's death

Andy Martin who was at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Pic: Fife Photo Agency.

Kirkcaldy veteran shares memories of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Ron and Janet Hutchison after their wedding in March 1940, around the same time he is thought to have received the letter from his friend Jack Brown

Tragic tale behind World War Two letter unveiled

Wayne McCollin receiving his Queen’s Fire Service Medal in 2006 when he was Assistant Chief Officer at Lothian & Borders.

Retired black fire chief on being a victim of racism and his fight for change

More than two thirds of adults regret not talking to their grandparents about th...

Donald and Clare Cockburn. Pic: Fife Photo Agency.

Fife family claim dad with dementia ate raw bacon after being left without food

Dalgety Bay radiation clean-up (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Dalgety Bay: Removal of radioactive material from beach on track to finish end o...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Fife woman Diane Davie cycled to the Forth Road Bridge and then danced across it and back to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund at the weekend.

Fife woman danced across Forth Road Bridge in RAF charity fundraiser

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