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Lockheed F-35A Lightning II 19-5473/LN USAF

Military Aviation News December 16, 2021

New F-35 Lightning IIs join USAFE, RAF Lakenheath fleet for first time

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, United Kingdom (AFNS) — RAF Lakenheath received its first delivery of F-35A Lightning II aircraft Dec. 15. This is the…

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II ZM137 RAF s

Military Aviation News November 17, 2021

British fighter crashes in Mediterranean, pilot ejects

LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – An F35 fighter from Britain’s biggest aircraft carrier crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, though the pilot ejected and…

Military Aviation News November 12, 2021

RAF conduct mass air exercise with United States Air Force to conclude the Bomber Task Force season

Aircraft from across the UK participated in Exercise POINT BLANK, a quarterly joint exercise run by the United States Air Force; which includes aircraft based…

Military Aviation News November 9, 2021

RAF jets arrive in Oman for Exercise MAGIC CARPET

RAF Typhoon jets and a Voyager air-to-air refueller arrived at the Air Exercise area in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, this week to prepare for Exercise MAGIC…

Military Aviation News September 21, 2021

Guernsey’s Reply arrives at RAF Lossiemouth

RAF Lossiemouth welcomed their newest Poseidon MRA Mk1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, ZP806, today. The submarine- hunter, named ‘Guernsey’s Reply,’ is the sixth Poseidon aircraft to arrive at the…

Military Aviation News July 8, 2021

Boeing to Support Royal Air Force Poseidon Fleet and Train Crews for Next Five Years

Contract creates 150 highly skilled jobs, including more than 100 at RAF LossiemouthCAE UK, based in West Sussex, will provide rear crew and engineering training…

Military Aviation News June 23, 2021

Boeing to Boost UK Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet

Contract for 14 H-47 extended-range Chinooks worth $578 million PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2021 — U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a $578 million Foreign Military…

Swarming Drones, Leonardo RAF demonstration

Military Aviation News October 7, 2020

Leonardo Electronic Warfare capability at the heart of Royal Air Force swarming drones capability demonstration

A fleet of small, remotely-piloted aircraft equipped with a variant of Leonardo’s BriteCloud decoy proved the cutting-edge swarming drone concept in a live trial at…

Military Aviation News September 22, 2020

Joint Exercise for the Italian Air Force’s F-35As and the Royal Air Force’s F-35Bs

On July 22 three F-35A stealth fighters of the Italian Air Force, on their way back from the deployment in support of NATO Icelandic Air…

Military Aviation News July 13, 2020

First NATO exercise for RAF Poseidon

The RAF’s newest anti-submarine aircraft has participated in a multi-national training exercise for the first time since arriving in the UK in February. NATO exercise…

Military Aviation News November 1, 2019

FIRST POSEIDON AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE RAF

The first submarine-hunting Poseidon MRA Mk.1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) has been delivered to the Royal Air Force. The MOD is investing £3 billion in…

Military Aviation News October 28, 2019

RAF TYPHOON FIGHTERS EXERCISE WITH USAF B-52 BOMBERS

RAF Typhoon fighter jets based at RAF Coningsby have exercised with visiting US B-52 bombers for the second time this year. The RAF aircraft carried…

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