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InsideAIR
A 'behind the wire' view of the Royal Air Force, its people, technology and operations. Official podcast of the RAF in the UK.
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Ep 125: Through Adversity
In this episode, we’ll meet some of the team working behind the scenes to ensure that all Air HR functions are fit for purpose in 2025 and beyond.
Ep 124: RAF On Show at DSEI
The RAF loves its acronyms and initialisms, and these were out in force when InsideAIR went along to the RAF stand at Defence and Security Equipment I...
Ep 123: RAF in Northern Ireland
How the public perceives the RAF can be pivotal to its effectiveness, whether that’s with operations, recruitment or being accepted by the communities...
Ep 122: Air Cadets at RIAT
The InsideAIR team has handed the mic over to RAF Air Cadets for a special episode recorded LIVE at RIAT 2025!
Join Cadet Flight Sergeants Hanna...
Ep 121: 78 Squadron - Nobody Unprepared Pt 2
Last time around on InsideAIR, we caught up with some of the 78 Squadron team based at the HQ of NATS in Swanwick, Hampshire. Part 2 picks the story u...
Ep 120: 78 Squadron - Nobody Unprepared Pt 1
The UK has some of the most congested airspace in the world. Ensuring military and civilian aircraft don’t get in the way of each other is just one th...
Ep 119: 'An RAF Spokesperson Said...'
His job could be described as both getting the RAF in the news and keeping the RAF out of the news – neither are easy. This week’s InsideAIR heads to...
Ep 118: The Warfighting Chef
Which is the best profession in the Royal Air Force? If you said Pilot, Aircraft Technician, or Regiment Gunner, Chef Warrant Officer Chris Beavis, mi...
Ep 117: Frontline NHS to Frontline RAF
Juggling a Reserve commitment with a busy civilian job is something that’s part and parcel of life for the thousands of Reserves currently serving in...
Ep 116: Be Ready to Fly & Fight
In this episode, we’ll hear from the team at RAF Marham in Norfolk, about how their ‘BeReady’ strategy is ensuring that the whole force team is coming...
Ep 115: Operational Readiness Through Orienteering
In this episode, we catch up with the Air Officer Wales and find out how his passion for the sport of orienteering ties in directly with life in the R...
Ep 114: The Next Battle of Britain
The hope is there won’t be another Battle of Britain. However, should the unthinkable happen, what has changed since the last battle, how might an Int...
Ep 113: GCAP - 6th Generation Aircraft
In this episode, we’re talking about the next generation of aircraft to enter into service with the Royal Air Force.
Tempest, GC...
Ep 112: Puma Retires
Have you ever crewed, been flown in or serviced a Puma? March sees the retirement of this medium support helicopter that has carried troops, supplies...
Ep 111: Part 2, Top Guns: Inside the RAF - Behind The Scenes
In the second instalment of our two part feature about Channel 4’s documentary on the RAF we rejoin InsideAIR’s Air Specialist 1 Emma Kirwan as she go...
Ep 110: Top Guns: Inside the RAF - Behind The Scenes
How do you make a TV documentary on a busy, operational and in places, secretive RAF station? Balancing the needs and wishes of the people being filme...
Ep 109: DE&S - Delivering War Fighting Capability to the RAF
Acquiring new platforms, upgrading current platforms so they remain relevant, and ensuring the support solutions, supplies and spares are in place. Th...
Ep 108: On Exercise With the RNLI
A joint RAF & RNLI exercise took place recently off the coast of the Isle of Man with a 202 Squadron Jupiter helicopter from RAF Valley playing the le...
Ep 107: Pan-Defence Skills and Professions Programme
‘When will I be promoted, how much will I be paid, does the job still make me happy?’ If you’re already serving in the RAF, these career related quest...
Ep 106: Red Arrows Diamond 60
2024 saw the 60th anniversary of the formation of the RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. InsideAIR’s Flight Lieutenant Amy Casey finds out why they w...
Ep 105: Atlas vs Hercules - A Pilot's View
When the Atlas C.1 A400M entered service with the RAF ten years ago, many asked whether this tactical airlift aircraft would ever be as good as the mu...
Ep 104: Rapid Capability Development for a 5th Gen Air Force
According to the RAF’s Chief Modelling and Simulation Officer, 'Commercial' is actually about delivering capability at pace that the war fighter needs...
Ep 103: The RAF Air Historical Branch
In this episode, we’ll step behind the scenes at the Air Historical Branch at Northolt to check out the huge variety of work they undertake going back...
Ep 102: From Flyer to Fighter - Flying Training Update
On InsideAIR this week, we get the latest on flying training.
As Head of Flying Training for the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, Air Commodore...
Ep 101: The Red Arrows Maple Hawk Tour of Canada
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), the Red Arrows, have just returned from a very successful six-week tour of Canada on 'Maple Hawk'.
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Ep 100: 100th Episode Special with CAS - People, Technology and Operations
In this 100th episode special, Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Richard Knighton joins Squadron Leader Peter Lisney to look back at some of the significant...
Ep 99: Poseidon in the Pacific
This summer, two Poseidon MRA.1 (P-8A) Maritime Reconnaissance Attack aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth flew to Hawaii for the world’s largest internation...
Ep 98: 617 Squadron on QRA in Iceland
The RAF normally employs its Typhoon jet fighters for land-based NATO Air Policing missions. However, this year, 617 Squadron’s F-35 B Lightnings took...
Ep 97: The Red Arrows to Canada
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have set off to help the Royal Canadian Air Force celebrate its centenary.
What do...
Ep 96: NATO Air and Space Power and the RAF's Contribution
Speaking about the RAF's contribution to NATO air and space power, Air Marshal Johnny Stringer says, “There’s no point in having an air show air force...
Ep 95: NATO Enhanced Air Policing with the RAF and Finnish Air Force
The Finnish Air Force has deployed to Romania on its first NATO Enhanced Air Policing Mission, operating alongside the RAF’s 140 Expeditionary Air Win...
Ep 94: "Ready to Fly and Fight" Chief of the Air Staff
What does it mean to be ready to fly and fight? Where will that fight be? And why is the RAF changing the way it operates? Chief of the Air Staff, Air...
Ep 93: Air Intelligence Out of the Shadows
We hear a lot about RAF and general military intelligence, but what do we actually mean when we talk about it?
Who’s involved, what do t...
Ep 92: NATO School Oberammergau
For more than 70 years, the small Bavarian town of Oberammergau has been host to a NATO School. With 115 courses attended by 11,000 students annually,...
Ep 91: Cyberspace Profession in the RAF
Cyberspace is a domain we’re hearing more and more about and its importance to every aspect of what we do, day-in and day-out is growing.
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Ep 90: ENJJPT - RAF Fast Jet Training in Texas
In this edition of InsideAIR, we're off to Texas for RAF fighter pilot training
The RAF sends some of its trainee pilots to the...
Ep 89: The Future of Aerospace Medicine
While scientists and engineers develop the RAF’s sixth generation combat aircraft, a specialist team of aviation and space medicine consultants are wo...
Ep 88: No Light, No NVG, No Option But Go In
As the last forces personnel were evacuated from Kabul in August 2021, two German soldiers were accidentally left behind, leading to an incredible res...
Ep 87: Every Reservist a Warfighter
In 2021, the Government published a list of recommendations in the Reserve Forces Review 2030. Less than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine. What hap...
Ep 86: Saving Lives in the Air - The Centre of Aerospace Medicine
In today’s episode, we take a look around the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine at RAF Henlow.
Aircraft rapid decompression and loss of ox...