InsideAIR – Details, episodes & analysis

The RAF normally employs its Typhoon jet fighters for land-based NATO Air Policing missions. However, this year, 617 Squadron's F-35 B Lightnings took on the job for the first time.

InsideAIR's Flt Lt Amy Casey went to Iceland to see how they got on. 

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have set off to help the Royal Canadian Air Force celebrate its centenary. 

What does it take to move the aircraft, pilots, engineers, ground and support crew along with several tonnes of equipment across the Atlantic? InsideAIR's Flt Lt Mark McKinstry caught up with them as they prepared to depart.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

As the last forces personnel were evacuated from Kabul in August 2021, two German soldiers were accidentally left behind, leading to an incredible rescue mission, led by an RAF Flight Lieutenant. 

A call from the German Ops centre asked Flt Lt Mark Jenkins to fly back into Kabul. His mission... to rescue the two German soldiers who'd been left behind amidst the chaos.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

In 2021, the Government published a list of recommendations in the Reserve Forces Review 2030. Less than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine. What happened to RF30? How will RAF Reservists be affected? And what does it mean for the wider RAF? InsideAIR spoke with Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Munro, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force's Commandant General, to find some answers.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

In today's episode, we take a look around the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine at RAF Henlow.

Aircraft rapid decompression and loss of oxygen can be life threatening for aircrew. Knowing what to expect, and how to recognise hypoxia are just some the life-saving scenarios aircrew train for at the Centre. We sent InsideAIR's medical correspondent, Wg Cdr Sarah Charters, to find out more.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

Change, culture, leadership, and the benefits­ of a diverse environment. These are just some of the topics Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall considers as she chats with InsideAIR's Flight Lieutenant Amy Casey about life in the RAF­­.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

We hear lots about the space domain, but what does that actually mean and how is the UK using it as part of its defence policy?

Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey is the Commander of UK Space Command, based at High Wycombe, and he spoke with Flt Lt Chris Sully to explain what his team does and what it means for the big picture. 

'Could we hit it?', 'Should we hit it?' Before RAF aircraft can strike a target, these questions must be asked, and it's down to the targeting team's Legal Adviser and Policy Adviser to come up with the answers.

In this ground-breaking interview for the RAF, we head to the Middle East to speak with 83 Expeditionary Air Group's LEGAD and POLAD.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.

In the latest episode, we catch up with the Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force, Warrant Officer Murugesvaran Subramaniam.

Warrant Officer Subramaniam has been in post as Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force for the best part of a year now. But what does the role actually mean and what does he hope to achieve?

Can you take a civilian airline pilot, make them an RAF Reservist and have them operate a state-of-the-art military ISTAR aircraft? Well, if the aircraft has essentially the same flight deck, why not!InsideAIR met with Group Captain ISTAR Reserves who aims to do this at scale with X-Flight.

InsideAIR is produced for the Royal Air Force by RAF Media Reserves. Theme music by RAF Music Services.