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WIN story of Bristol Beaufighter wartime ops l See page 21
Diary of Helmand Chinook crew Win l See page 24
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It's a Royal knockout as Wills gets ringside at RAF Coningsby
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Rowing
Masters joy for AS1 Lou
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Basketball
Odiham in group win
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Rugby
U23s beat the Army
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High North NATO drill Simon Mander
LIGHTNING JETS joined Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier as it hosted toplevel defence talks ahead of a major multinational mission. Personnel from 617 (Dambusters) Sqn joined the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth for deployment on Operation Achillean to demonstrate Nato’s fifthgeneration maritime strike capability. The show of force will see Marham-based RAF F-35s supported by Royal Navy Merlin and Wildcat helicopters fly sorties alongside Joint Expeditionary Force allies committed to safeguarding European security. l Continues on p2