Princess Catherine, the Princess of Wales, visits RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire with her 12-year-old son Prince George to mark National Armed Forces Day and inspects a Supermarine Spitfire painted with D-Day squadron markings alongside a modern Eurofighter Typhoon capable of speeds up to Mach 2.Prince George sits in the Spitfire cockpit, speaks with pilots and engineers and has previously taken private flying lessons at White Waltham Airfield as he prepares to move from Lambrook School to Eton College following encouragement from his father Prince William, who served as a Royal Air Force pilot.RAF Coningsby, which employs nearly 3,000 personnel and operates as one of two Quick Reaction Alert Stations protecting
UK airspace, hosts displays from historic and modern aircraft during
UK-wide Armed Forces Day events supported by up to 32500K in Ministry of Defence funding this year.