The iconic Dambusters squadron is being reformed to fly the RAF’s newest jets. The legendary 617 Squadron - originally created using Lancasters in the Second World War for Operation Chastise, the ...

Britain’s last surviving Dambuster said he thinks it is fitting that his former squadron should operate the cutting-edge F-35 Lightning fighter jets. Squadron Leader George “Johnny” Johnson was part ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is due to depart HMNB Portsmouth this weekend for Exercise Strike Warrior, hosting F-35Bs from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron. This will be the ...

Wing Commander John Bell, who died a week before his 101st birthday, was the last surviving British wartime member of the famous 617 “Dambuster” Squadron, in which he served as a bomb aimer on some of ...

Now pilots from the very same 617 Squadron are once again set to take the lead in the nation's defence. They are training to fly Britain's first F-35B fighters, regarded as the world's most ...

A stained glass window created to honour the Dambusters is being dedicated at a church later on the anniversary of the squadron's founding. The Dambusters were named after their part in bombing raids ...