UK MoD to slash jet fighter orders as it struggles to save aircraft programme
Defence chiefs are preparing drastic cuts to the number of American stealth aircraft planned for the RAF and the Royal Navy’s proposed new carriers, the…
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Busy week for RAF and Navy Search and Rescue teams
Royal Navy and RAF Search and Rescue crews have had a busy start to 2010 with their Sea King helicopter crews responding to various call-outs…
RAF Hercules crews begin supplying troops in Afghanistan with air drops
Crews from RAF Lyneham are reverting to Second World War methods of resupplying troops on the front line in Afghanistan by air drops, helping to…
BAE Systems Hawk AJT creates a buzz at RAF Valley
BAE Systems has welcomed the start of the next generation of the UK MoD’s combat training with the phased arrival throughout this year of the…
All girl RAF Merlin crew ready for Afghanistan
Four female combat helicopter aircrew are on their way to Afghanistan to fly the RAF’s Merlin aircraft into action against the Taliban. The four female…
RAF pilot has ‘best job in the world’
A Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant has become the first pilot in the world to reach 1,000 flying hours on the Eurofighter Typhoon. Â Antony…
Royal Air Force Receives Tenth King Air B200 for Military Multi-Engine Pilot Training Program
DUBAI, U.A.E. (Nov. 16, 2009) – Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced the delivery of the tenth Beechcraft King Air B200-series aircraft to Serco Defence,…
RAF Chinooks at heart of Afghan campaign
RAF Chinooks are engaged in some of the most audacious and difficult aviation operations the UK has ever conducted, according to Chinook Force Commander, Group…
RAF Merlin crews ready for Afghanistan
The first Merlin helicopter crews are ready to deploy to Afghanistan following pre-deployment training in the United States. Â The Merlins, from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire,…
Northrop Grumman Begins Producing First International F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun producing the center fuselage for the first international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35B short take off, vertical landing (STOVL)…
UK Defence Secretary Ainsworth apologises for loss of RAF Nimrod XV230
   Following today’s publication of a review into the loss of Nimrod aircraft XV230, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has apologised for mistakes and…
Statue of ACM Sir Keith Park
UK COMMEMORATES BATTLE OF BRITAIN COMMANDER STATUE OF SIR KEITH PARK TO BE UNVEILED ON FOURTH PLINTH IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE ON 4th NOVEMBER Installation on…
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