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Today’s modern RAF is the UK’s aerial, peacekeeping and fighting force. It’s made up of impressive full-time Regulars and spare-time Reserves who come from diverse backgrounds and work side-by-side to make a difference at home and abroad. Read more »

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The maximum altitude of the multi-role fighter F-35B is 50,000ft with a top speed of 1.6Mach.

The Air Transport Voyager K2 has a maximum payload of 43 tonnes and a maximum range of 8,000nm.

The RAF has recently been ranked in the Top 100 Employers in Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index.

Graduate intake: 75+

One of the Times Top 50 employers for women.

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Our videos (16)

RAF Engineer Officer - Posting locations

Travel the world - RAF - No Ordinary Job

Live your dreams - RAF - No Ordinary Job

Explore the wild - RAF - No Ordinary Job

Engineering Q&A

RAF Typhoons in Romania

C-17 engine change

Lifestyle of an RAF Engineer Officer

Communications Electronics Engineering

Aerosystems in Depth

What is an Engineer Officer in the RAF?

All about the RAF

Engineer this - RAF - No Ordinary Job

Women in the Royal Air Force

Chinook Behind the Scenes

Commemorative “Battle of Britain” Painted RAF Typhoon Jet.

Greg

Aerosystems Engineer Officer

"There is a vast range of sports and social clubs on most stations allowing you to undertake activities at local and at service level."

Steve

Communication Electronics Engineer Officer

"Every day is both challenging and rewarding, being in a position that can actually affect change is a genuinely uplifting experience."

RAF soar over Buckingham Palace for HM The Queen's Birthday

On Saturday, 17 June 2017, 29 Royal Air Force Aircraft soared over Buckingham Palace, Central London, in an impressive flypast to mark the annual Queen’s Birthday Parade.

Time-lapse footage of a C-17 engine change in Sudan

A C-17 Operational Engine Change Team was formed temporarily and at extreme short notice from 99 Sqn and Ground Engineering Flight personnel to urgently recover an unserviceable aircraft located in South Sudan.