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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 facts

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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.

Rebecca

Aerosystems Engineer Officer

"Everyone is enthusiastic about their part and together we have a big effect"

James

Engineer Officer

"The RAF is an organisation like no other because of our people, no matter how big the challenge, the team always succeeds - that's why I love what I do."

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.

RAF Tornados join NATO partners to put defences to the test

1,100 personnel and 48 aircraft from 7 NATO nations, including the RAF’s 31 Sqn “The Goldstars,” have descended on Leeuwarden Air Force Base in the Netherlands for the start of the two-week-long “FRISIAN FLAG” exercise.