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  1. News: Navy's largest warship visits Sunderland bit.ly/KyGcME about 16 hours ago via twitterfeed
  2. News: Military personnel carry the Olympic Flame bit.ly/KyGaV8 about 16 hours ago via twitterfeed
  3. News: British Army plays football match against German military bit.ly/LMHo2h about 17 hours ago via twitterfeed
  4. News: Hague - we won't abandon Afghan people bit.ly/JPMCJ6 about 21 hours ago via twitterfeed
  5. News: San Carlos 'landing day' remembered in Falklands bit.ly/LmtQ7Q about 22 hours ago via twitterfeed
  6. News: Army and RAF step up training for close quarters combat bit.ly/KtK3dU 9:34 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  7. News: New RAF C-17 aircraft touches down in the UK bit.ly/KtK3dP 9:34 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  8. Chief of the Air Staff: “"C-17, Voyager and the A400M will be the mainstay of the RAF’'s Air Transport Force for the next decade." #C17 5:03 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  9. Defence Secretary: "“This latest addition to the RAF fleet will further strengthen the air bridge between Britain and the frontline.”" #C17 5:03 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  10. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has unveiled a new £200M C-17 transport aircraft today at RAF Brize Norton. #C17 5:03 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  11. News: RAF Tucanos support front line operations bit.ly/KFOsIT 4:05 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  12. News: Canadian Mounties take over Royal duties at Horse Guards bit.ly/LbVJma 4:05 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  13. Video: Messages for Her Majesty The Queen during her Diamond Jubilee Parade and Muster: youtu.be/w6-PzROwPtg 2:29 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  14. News: UK and Saudi Arabia agree deal on officer and aircrew training bit.ly/KdVfu4 9:42 AM May 23rd via twitterfeed
  15. With fog now preventing a return to base and having used all their fuel reserves, it was decided that it was safer to remain in London. 7:27 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac
  16. Despite increasingly foggy weather, the crew were able to pick up the boy and transport him to a helicopter landing site in Regent’s Park. 7:27 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac
  17. Rescue 125, a S&R Sea King heli based at Wattisham carried 3 yr old boy with heart failure from James Paget Hospital to Great Ormond Street. 7:27 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac