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RAF News Edition 1560, 19th May 2023

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Battle Win! The Forcesit' e Proms favourer tickets pap l See R'n'R page 4-5

Saving lives of 7,681 Win! crew l See p21

Friday, May 19, 2023 No. 1560 £1.20

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Coronation special report See p ages 15-19

Motorsport

Race return

Storm Force

l See page 27

Rugby League

BUNKER BUSTER: RAF Typhoon armed with long-range Storm Shadow missiles used in the fight against Daesh

Our boys Dunn good

l See page 29

Boxing RLC hit for 6

l See page 30

POP STAR Olly Murs poses with RAF musicians Sgt Adam Smith, AS(1) Alan Thomas and Sgt Jonty Hill for a picture at Windsor Castle

ahead of the Coronation Concert. The Fanfare Trumpeters of the RAF performed with legendary dance music DJ Pete Tong and pop

royalty Take That at the concert, which had a TV audience of more than 12 million. l See p18-19

BRITAIN HAS supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine in response to the deliberate targeting of civilians by Russian forces. The air-launched bunker buster is designed to destroy fixed or stationary targets and has been used by the RAF in the Gulf, Iraq and Libya since being brought into service in 2003. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told the House of Commons that the weapon, initially flown by Tornado bombers and now Typhoon jets, would enable the Ukrainians to repulse the invaders within their own territory. He said: “The donation of these weapon systems gives Ukraine the best chance to defend themselves against Russia’s continued brutality, especially the deliberate targeting of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Their use of Storm Shadow will allow Ukraine to push back Russian forces based within Ukrainian sovereign territory.”


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