Scaled down models of historic aircraft took to the skies above RAF Cosford this weekend.

Hundreds of Shropshire war veterans visited RAF Cosford to celebrate the third annual Armed Forces Day which featured a flypast by the Battle of Britain Dakota.

Sunday’s RAF Cosford Airshow was still a big hit with visitors – despite the wet and windy weather that swept across Shropshire.

Crowds braved the heaving rain and strong winds at the Cosford Air Show as organisers were forced to cancel displays.

More than 50,000 visitors are set to descend on RAF Cosford tomorrow for a day of thrills at the base’s world famous air show.

Organisers of this year’s Cosford Air Show today announced the Tornado aircraft will appear above the Shropshire skies after its duties in Afghanistan.

Organisers of this year’s Cosford Air Show today said they expected up to 60,000 people to attend the event.

Staff at RAF Cosford were today no closer to learning whether their jobs were safe in the long term after Defence Secretary Liam Fox admitted the basing review was one of the most “difficult” tasks at hand.

A Shropshire nursery caring for children of families serving in the RAF has been rated “outstanding” by Government inspectors.

This is the restoration work taking place at a Shropshire airbase on one of the rarest planes in the world.

These pictures show the ongoing restoration of an iconic Battle of Britain bomber which is taking place at a Shropshire airbase.

Hundreds of plane enthusiasts from across Shropshire were flying high today after smashing a Guinness world record. More than 400 people packed out RAF Cosford on Saturday.

RAF Cosford was today saved from a massive jobs blow after the Government announced it was scrapping plans to move defence training to South Wales instead.

A scale model of a symbol of Britain’s fighting spirit has returned to Shropshire after wowing TV audiences nationwide.

It was opened by royalty just over three years ago but since then a unique Shropshire museum exhibition has gone from strength to strength, attracting more than a million visitors.

RAF Cosford’s hopes of staying alive as a military base today received a boost after reports that plans to move defence training to South Wales could be axed.

Almost 70 years ago to the day, Squadron Leader Tony Pickering’s Hurricane plane was shot down by the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

A rare German wartime bomber found on a sandbank 70 years after it was shot down in the Battle of Britain is to be restored at RAF Museum Cosford, it has been revealed.

The Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a weekend of events and exhibitions later this month.

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Letter: It has been estimated that the livelihoods of approximately 30,000 people in Shropshire and Staffordshire depend on the continued operation of the Defence Training Centre at RAF Cosford.

Fresh doubt has been cast over the future of RAF Cosford as a military base after the new coalition Government signalled it had no intention of switching plans to construct a defence super-centre at an air force base in South Wales to Shropshire instead.

Government plans to axe regional development agency Advantage West Midlands would have a detrimental effect on tourism in Shropshire and the rest of the region, it has been claimed.

Thousands of people across Shropshire and Mid Wales basked in the glorious summer sunshine at a host of colourful events and celebrations over the weekend.

Readers James Coleyshaw, Kevin Newell and Mike Price have sent in pictures from last weekend’s air show at RAF Cosford.

More than 50 people fled an accommodation block at RAF Cosford after a fire broke out in the early hours of today.

Photos from the RAF Cosford show, which saw thousands of air enthusiasts entertained by the Red Arrows.

The Red Arrows were the stars of the show as the RAF Cosford Airshow welcomed tens of thousands of people to Shropshire.

Up to 60,000 visitors are set to descend on RAF Cosford tomorrow for a day of thrills at the base’s world famous air show.

The Red Arrows will fly at Shropshire’s Cosford Air Show on Sunday after a dramatic change of plan just five days before the big event.