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Last week, the RAF Club sealed a special time capsule inside the Running Horse as it undergoes refurbishment. Packed with memories and mementos, it won’t see the light of day for many years to come.
Who knows what stories it will tell when it's finally opened?
As part of the refurbishment of the Running Horse Tavern, the Club’s Arts & Heritage Committee and the Running Horse Project have jointly commissioned multi-facetted new artwork to honour all the brave airmen awarded our country’s highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross (VC).
On Sunday, 3rd August, the RAF Club proudly hosted our annual 50-Year Reception, celebrating Members who have been part of the Club for over half a century.
We remain grateful to those Members who have left a legacy gift to the RAF Club in their will.
The following deaths were notified during 2025:
July 2025
The RAF Projects Team have been approached by the assistant producer of BBC’s coverage of VJ Day commemorations. For a programme they are compiling, the BBC are hoping to speak with RAF veterans who fought in the Far East. Current
We are pleased to share that the Royal Air Force Club’s renovation of The Running Horse Tavern and its kitchens has reached the halfway mark and is progressing on schedule for completion in early September.
Taking up the role in August 2025, Air Marshal Smyth will lead the Royal Air Force through a period of strategic transformation, following the publication of the UK’s Strategic Defence Review and a renewed focus on warfighting readiness.
With the departure of Air Vice-Marshal The Hon David Murray CVO, OBE, DL as the Club Chair, the Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Air Vice-Marshal Warren James CB CBE DL, as the new Chair of the Club.
In 2024, the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, accompanied by the Czech Ambassador to the United Kingdom, presented the Royal Air Force Club with the heraldic badges of 310, 311, and 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadrons, which were hitherto absent from the Club's collection.