Air Mail is the RAF Association’s quarterly magazine for members. Packed with news, images and features, it keeps you in touch with the RAF and the RAF family, and up-to-date with all the vital welfare work of the Association.
Forward-looking features, fantastic human interest stories and regular contributions help members maintain bonds with the world of the Royal Air Force and with each other – whether you are 18 or 108 and wherever you ended up in the world.
F-35B Lightning image above ©MOD/Crown 2020
Normally available only to members of the RAF Association, the latest issues of the magazine have been made available here as one element of our contribution towards our wider COVID-19 effort. We hope you enjoy the read.
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Featured article
“Joy, my sweetheart, I do miss you more than I can say and I’m longing to be with you again. You know that don’t you?” These were the words of Ric Wilkinson to his new bride Joy, recorded in October 1945 but unheard for decades. Below is the story of how we reunited Joy with Ric’s voice…..
This is just one sample of the many original feature articles regularly published in Air Mail magazine…
Featured article
As the world held its breath during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Ivan Farmer was working on the front line on the THOR intermediate-range ballistic missiles, based in the UK….
This is just one sample of the many original feature articles regularly published in Air Mail magazine…
RAFAKidz opens
The RAF Association has responded to the critical need for high quality childcare for serving families by setting up its first pre-school nursery…
Wall of poppies in Weston
A poppy display so large it needed the help of the local fire brigade to hang it was unveiled by Weston-super-Mare Branch in late October …
Naomi Striving for Invictus Glory
Naomi Adie was medically discharged from the RAF in 2014 due to a spinal injury and is using sport to overcome her mental and physical challenges…
Talking Air Mail
There’s also Talking Air Mail, for visually impaired members who prefer to listen rather than read. To find out more, call 0800 018 2361.
Advertising
If you would like to advertise in Air Mail Magazine and reach more than 53,000 readers each quarter, please contact Julie Langley.
Submissions
If you have an idea for a magazine article, please email us with a brief summary of your idea. We don’t accept any unsolicited articles.