The first Armed Forces Day took place on May 20, 1950. When President Harry Truman issued the proclamation starting the holiday earlier in the same year, he called upon the nation to, "participate in ...

Another highlight of the day will see a flypast of two RAF hawk aircraft at about 15:30. Organiser Colin Kelsey said the occasion would celebrate what those in the armed services "have done and ...

The Skyhawks parachute demo team returns to North Bay for the annual Armed Forces Day celebration along with new fly by of an F-16.

The Canadian Forces Skyhawks practiced Wednesday for Thursday's Armed Forces Day at Lake Nipissing. The free event includes CF-18 and Hercules demonstrations, plus 22 Wing Band performances.

Military personnel joined veterans and cadets in a parade through Leicester city centre to mark Armed Forces Day. Crowds gathered along High Street as pipers and drummers from the Seaforth ...

Bads taken away before they could kill Goods." While the royal family’s Armed Forces Day snub may have stung Harry, he also recently took a subtle swipe at his family just a day earlier, on June 27.

Here are 18 photos of Sheffield veterans, armed forces personnel and young cadets on parade in the city centre this weekend. Sheffield marked Armed Forces and Veterans Day on June 21 with a ...