First UK operational flight of F-35
First flight by operational pilot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The first solo flight of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by a UK operational…
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Last Flight of RAF VC10 K3
On Monday 18th March, VC10 K3 tail number ZA149 departed from RAF Brize Norton for the final time. The aircraft landed at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, where…
Tranche 3 Typhoon goes on test
Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing. The aircraft,…
RAF Typhoon Display Pilot is good to go
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris has received his Public Display Authorisation (PDA) for the 2013 Royal Air Force Typhoon Display The PDA is the formal sign-off,…
Rolls-Royce opens new Service Centre at RAF Marham
Friday, 11 January 2013 Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened its first Service Delivery Centre to support military engines at the Royal Air…
RAF Pilots Prepare For Landing On New Carriers
Pilots have been using a simulator in Lancashire to help prepare them for landing on the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. RAF and…
RAF TYPHOON DISPLAY PILOT 2013
RAF Coningsby is pleased to announce that Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris will be the Royal Air Force Typhoon Display pilot for the 2013 airshow season….
Second UK F-35 And Marine Corps F-35B Delivered To Eglin
The second United Kingdom Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base today for delivery…
RAF Tanker Handover
Brize Squadrons Handover Tanking Responsibilities In The Middle East (RAF) After 22 years of almost continuous operations in the Middle East, the crews of 101…
Hawk T.2 achieves 5,000 flying hours
The first Royal Air Force Hawk TMk2 has completed 5,000 flying hours. The Hawk aircraft ZK024 was flown as part of a formation by Wing…
VC10 farewell Flypast
The roar of 12 Rolls-Royce Conway engines was heard across the UK for the final time on 28 August when 101 Squadron paid tribute to…
RAF surveillance aircraft Sentinel R.1 and Shadow R.1 clock up 20,000 flying hours
Surveillance aircraft based at RAF Waddington have notched up a collective total of 20,000 flying hours protecting British and other ISAF forces in Afghanistan. The…
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