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Prince William, who trained as a Search and Rescue pilot, visited the RAF Benson in Oxfordshire
Prince William reminisced about his RAF Search and Rescue service and helped maintain Chinook helicopters during a visit with Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, recalling 149 rescues in 156 missions.
- Yesterday, October 15, 2025, The Prince of Wales attended RAF Benson near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, with Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, meeting air force personnel about William's service.
- Prince William drew on his Search and Rescue background during a three-year tour with the RAF Search and Rescue Force at RAF Valley, Anglesey, completing 156 operations rescuing 149 people and later flying for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
- The Prince of Wales said, `I do still fly, you learn that skill set, you just don't want it to go. I've definitely lost a lot of the skills I had, but I like to keep on top of my flying, keep doing it,` and described flying Sea King helicopters as his happy place.
- Helping technicians, Prince William and Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II tightened a Chinook rotorhead nut with a torque wrench, and William joked, `I don’t want to be responsible.`
- This month, the Prince of Wales visited RAF Benson with Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, who trained with the Royal Jordanian Air Force in 2019, amid multiple Oxfordshire royal trips.
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