Appropriately for the Royal Air Force’s centenary year and Battle of Britain Day being today, Sunday’s BBC Songs of Praise has a strong RAF flavour. Aled Jones hears the extraordinary stories of two WWII pilots, one of whom flew Lancasters and the other flew Dakotas. The RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) still flies these two iconic aircraft in tribute to all those who served in the RAF. Sunday 16th September at 3:10pm. | Royal Air Force

For the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe, RAF Music have produced this video, called "Hymn to the Fallen". It was composed by John Williams for the film Saving Private Ryan and they were joined by The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. This week we commemorate and thank those who gave so much for our freedom. #VEDay75 #ThisIsYourVictory NB: All performance video footage recorded in 2019. | Royal Air Force

A Royal Air Force Atlas transport aircraft has flown from Oxfordshire to Morocco to parachute essential supplies to British soldiers on the ground, in what is the longest-range airdrop performed by the RAF’s Atlas Force. The Atlas C1 (A400M) departed from RAF Brize Norton and a few hours later was 1,400 miles away dropping multiple packages to a small drop zone near Marrakech. Once on the ground the packages, known as Container Delivery Systems or CDS, were collected by paratroopers from the Bri