A History of RAF Saxa Vord

There was a tradition of celebrating the longest day - midsummer - at Saxa Vord. In 1968 a crisis occurred when the North of Scotland Shippi...

Throughout the cold war there were occasions when Soviet aircraft entered the United Kingdom Air Defence Region. These aircraft had a variet...

David Goodall (Saxa Vord 1959 to 1961) holidayed in Shetland in 2008. Whilst here he took a cruise in the Ezra (a converted 19th Century pil...

I'm afraid I don't know the exact date of the Fire Practice at Inner Skaw illustrated in the pictures below but it is believed to be...

The Top Site located on Saxa Vord Hill (285m) is the highest point in Unst. It forms a prominent landmark which can be seen from places as f...