[2] Northern based Royal Air Force personnel argued for its lifting in the 1980s but it remained in place.

[2] When the ban on the sport within the services was lifted in 1994,[4] the RAF Rugby League Association was founded by Squadron Leader Damian Clayton, who would captain the team from its foundation to 2006.

They won their first title in 2001, ending the British Army's seven season winning streak which had run since the establishment of the Inter-Services Championship.

[9] Their 2015 Inter-Services Championship match against the British Army was held at Salford Red Devils' AJ Bell Stadium as part of an awareness campaign.

[11] In 2019, an RAF player died during a match against the Army at Aldershot Military Stadium following a head injury.