Author: Gareth

Aviation History – ‘A life in the air – the amazing untold story of Noel Barker’

Aviation History – ‘A life in the air – the amazing untold story of Noel Barker’

Posted by | Jun 2, 2026 | , , ,

When one of my dad’s oldest friends sent me his own father’s aviation story I quickly realised that it was one of the most fascinating tales I had read for some time and, amazingly, had never before been published. Knowing it had to be shared, I asked Peter Barker, for that is who wrote the words you see below, if he would entrust Global Aviation Resource to do just that. I am eternally grateful that he said yes. So, we present to you a great, until today untold, aviation story – that of Noel Barker and his life in the air. 

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Military Aviation: The last F-15 Eagles in Europe have flown the nest

Military Aviation: The last F-15 Eagles in Europe have flown the nest

Posted by | May 1, 2022 | , ,

Since May 1977 the F-15 Eagle has been a familiar sight in European skies. Alas it is a sight that is now no more, with RAF Lakenheath’s 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘The Grim Reapers’ having being replaced by the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II with the newly reactivated 495th FS. Gareth Stringer takes a look at the history of the F-15 Eagle in Europe, with images from the GAR team. 

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