RAFCOM can provide all RAF personnel, veterans and family members with access to FREE email accounts, forums and chat rooms. You can use these features to ask questions or create polls, to seek the opinion of your fellow RAFCOM users, get registered and start your discussion forum now! *** STOP PRESS *** Through the RAFCOM Webmaster, Formed Units can have their own forum - this can be used to make announcements for family/social events and keep those on deployment up-to-date with what's happening back home. more...

Her Majesty The Queen has given her name to a new form of recognition for the families of British Service personnel killed while serving their country, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced today, Wednesday 1 July 2009. more...

The terms and conditions of use applicable to Forces Railcards have now changed. Minimum fare is now set at £12, irrespective of single or return journey, restrictions on travelling wholly within the London & SE area on morning peak services on Mondays to Fridays have been lifted, and minimum fares have been removed from all forms of Advanced Fares. more...

The new Pension Rates (AFPS 75) are now in and are available on our pensions page  more... In addition, the Armed Forces Pension Calculator has been updated to reflect both the new rates for AFPS 75 members and the 2009 Pay Rates for AFPS 05 members. Pensions Calculator

If you are due to deploy soon and are making arrangements for your child(ren) to stay with a relative or close friend for the period, you are strongly advised to check the regulations regarding private fostering. Further details can be found on this website. more...

The age at which former spouses/civil partners can claim their pensions after divorce/dissolution of civil partnership has now changed. Full details are attached. more...

The results of last year’s CAS have now been published by the Ministry of Defence. Full details (together with details of previous surveys) are available on their website. more...

The Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) have launched a great new scheme called Storybook Wings, where a Service person can record a story for their child(ren) to listen to whilst they are away on operations. The story is professionally edited and sound effects added, before being sent to the family at home during the Service person’s deployment. Full details are on their website: more...