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  • September 2008

    • Prince William Will Fly to the Rescue

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Prince William Will Fly to the Rescue

      (Newser) - Prince William’s next military stint  will be as a search-and-rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force, the BBC reports. Having served with the army and navy, the prince learned to fly with the RAP this year and said today, "I now want to build on the experience and training I have received to serve operationally." The 26-year-old prince starts 18 months of training in January. More »

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      Great Britain  • British royals  • Prince William  • Prince Charles  • British Army  • Royal Air Force  • Royal Navy

  • June 2008

    • Wills Lands Splashy Training in Caribbean

      Associated Press  |  Jun 1, 08 1:41 PM CDT

      Wills Lands Splashy Training in Caribbean

      (Newser) - Instead of heading to duty in the Persian Gulf, one Sub Lieutenant Wales is set to embark on several weeks of training in the Caribbean with Britain's Royal Marines and Royal Navy. Prince William "commendably wanted to be as close to the front line as possible," says a rear admiral, but deployment to the Persian Gulf was considered too risky, the AP reports. More »

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      Great Britain  • Caribbean  • Prince William  • smuggling  • Royal Air Force  • Royal Navy

  • May 2008

    • Britain Opens X-Files Vault

      Reuters  |  May 14, 08 11:23 AM CDT

      Britain Opens X-Files Vault

      (Newser) - Britain has released the first batch of secret files on reported UFO sightings, Reuters reports, and concluded that 90% are bogus. The Defense Ministry's Flying Saucer Working Party found that the other unexplained 10% posed no security threat. It has investigated some 11,000 reports dating back to the '50s that include tales of aliens in green overalls and a spaceman named Algar. More »

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      Great Britain  • Ministry of Defence  • Royal Air Force  • UFOs

  • April 2008

    • For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal

      Associated Press  |  Apr 24, 08 10:06 PM CDT

      For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal

      (Newser) - It seems like only yesterday that William was Britain's standup prince, brother Harry the misled stoner in an SS uniform. But after revelations that William landed his RAF helicopter on his girlfriend’s lawn, and that the younger Harry served actual combat in Afghanistan, the tables have turned, the AP reports. One commentator called William’s antics “the whole spoiled brat syndrome.” More »

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      British royals  • Afghanistan war  • Prince William  • Prince Harry  • helicopter  • Kate Middleton  • British Army  • Royal Air Force

    • Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      BBC  |  Apr 20, 08 5:50 AM CDT

      Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      (Newser) - British officials have defended allowing Prince William to land a military helicopter on a field next to the home of his girlfriend’s family after the media blasted it as “ridiculous and inappropriate,” the BBC reports. “This was a routine training sortie"—and no one entered or exited the chopper, said the Ministry of Defense. Wills' girlfriend Kate Middleton and her parents watched the landing from their home. More »

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      Prince William  • British military  • Kate Middleton  • Ministry of Defence  • Royal Air Force

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Woman Held in Bomb Threat on British Oil Rig

      Reuters  |  Feb 10, 08 10:58 AM CST

      Woman Held in Bomb Threat on British Oil Rig

      (Newser) - British authorities have detained a 23-year-old woman in connection with a bomb threat that caused an evacuation of hundreds of oil workers from a North Sea oil rig, the BBC says. The woman had been working aboard the platform, which is located about 130 miles northeast off the coast of Scotland, and officials don’t believe the incident is terrorist-related. More »

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      United Kingdom  • terrorist  • evacuation  • bomb threat  • Royal Air Force  • North Sea  • oil rig

  • September 2007

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