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"We pay tribute to our soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, airwomen, reservists, and civilian volunteers who relentlessly guard our seas, lands, and air, and who tirelessly keep our communities safe.

He said he was impressed by the display and professionalism put up by the officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian air force at the ceremonial parade.

In her new nonfiction work, A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II, Wein brings her masterful storytelling skills to the little-known role of female Soviet combat pilots known as the Night Witches.

The freedom that we all enjoy today has always been fiercely defended by airmen and airwomen along the entire 100 years of the service's history.

For military personnel, the civilian world offers much yet often lacks one key ingredient--the camaraderie found among sailors, soldiers, airmen and airwomen. Gerry's solution, is to keep a toe in both ponds.

"While the challenges facing the current and future generations may seem a world apart from those that confronted the air force that he helped to buil, there are some things that will always remain constant - the spirit, the humour, the ingenuity, and, of course, the appetite of the airmen and airwomen who serve."

Dhylan Burrows-Fox, right, was one of the 58 new airmen and airwomen to graduate at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire, marching onto the parade square with 9 and 10 Flights in front of friends and family.

There are also more than 5,000 sailors, marines, soldiers, airmen and airwomen are serving on operations across the world, ranging from South Sudan and Somalia where they are carrying out key engineering work and they are also based in Poland and Estonia to offer reassurance to NATO allies.

AMILITARY historian has shared the little-known stories of Welsh airmen and airwomen during the Great War.

The author notes that, while the characters of Valka, Pasha, and Iskra are fictitious, the airwomen and their stories are based on the true history of Aviation Group 122, known as the Night Witches.

LGen Hood: Well, when I think about operations, I think first about here at home, because there are hundreds of airmen and airwomen on duty everyday doing the important operations on behalf of our country.