On May 23, 1967, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod took its maiden flight, marking a significant evolution in maritime patrol aviation. Adapted from the de Havilland Comet-the world's first jet airliner ...

Two Nimrod UK spy planes reprieved until June at least. Published. 11 March ... The UK and France are working on a UN resolution for a no-fly zone in Libya but the US has cautioned that it must be ...

The decision to scrap the Nimrod project has caused uproar among defence chiefs, but something had to go, says Michael Clarke. Broken: a Nimrod lies in pieces after demolition work began on the ...

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BRITAIN has had to call in the Americans for a real-life Hunt For Red October because the RAF Nimrod fleet is grounded. As Prime Minister David Cameron announced he was cancelling new Nimrods on ...

THEY cost £4billion to build and have never been used, but these Nimrod spy planes are about to be scrapped as part of the Government’s savage spending cuts.

The UK used Nimrod planes for the task for decades but a project to replace the fleet was scrapped by ministers in 2010 amid delays and rising costs. Liam Fox, ...

Penny-pinching MoD blamed for Nimrod disaster. Skinflint defence chiefs who put costs before safety were blamed yesterday for the Nimrod spy plane crash that killed 14 brave servicemen.

The October 2010 Defence Review took the decision to cancel the Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance and Attack 4 Maritime Patrol Aircraft programme, a programme which despite well-documented time and ...

A decision to scrap two Lincolnshire-based spy planes could be delayed, a Tory politician says. The MoD has said the planes, based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, would be scrapped at the end ...