On 13th March, 2019, the Club hosted an enthralling 'Tornado Down' Club Dinner with Sqn Ldr John Peters, in which he recalled his time as an Iraqi POW during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

The Club was privileged to host member & Stalag Luft III POW Air Cdre Charles Clarke OBE & actor John Leyton ‘Willie The Tunnel King’ from the classic 1963 film The Great Escape yesterday, ahead of the official 75th anniversary screening & event on 24/03.

The Club is delighted to announce that we have been ranked the 15th Best Not for Profit Organisation to work for in the UK 2019, a leap of 15 places on last year, the Club’s first year of entering. 

The Club’s Chairman Sue Gray has today become the first female to attain the three star rank of Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force. 

On Friday 1st February the Club hosted a Bedford Blues reunion lunch, and some very special guests were in attendance!

The following deaths were notified during 2019.

December 2019

On Friday 25th January, we held our annual Burns Night Supper at the Royal Air Force Club with Club members and guests.

The UK hospitality industry is finding it increasingly challenging to recruit high calibre staff and retain current staff and with uncertain times ahead it does not seem clear how this will improve.

Following the formal opening by Her Majesty in October, the Club is delighted to invite members to use and enjoy our new facilities.