Welcome to the Autumn edition of RAF Leeming's Excalibur magazine. It was such an honour for Service personnel and families to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to visit the Station’s wellness haven during today’s visit to the Station. The Queen, who is also our Honorary Air Commodore, was given a personal tour of the Wellness Area by Station Commander, Group Captain Paul Hamilton. The Queen chatted with those who run and use the Wellness Area, as well as children from the Station’s ‘RAFA Kidz’ nursery and Leeming RAF Community Primary School, who live on the base.

It is hard to believe as I write this that it won’t be long before the nights are drawing in and we will be thinking about Halloween and Bonfire Night! However, we have much to look back on after a busy but successful summer. The Cosford Air Show was once again an incredible success and testament to the hard work and dedication of all our personnel to deliver a great show. In addition to one of the best ever Air Displays, the spectators also enjoyed a wide range of traders’ stands, funfair rides and static aircraft and made for a memorable day out.

Welcome to the autumn edition of Mainpoint! I hope you’ll enjoy the plethora of content on print. This edition covers station activity from the end of May to the end of August, which includes a particularly impressive range of sport! Olympic fever must certainly have been in the air...