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The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF ...
The drones are a first for the RAF and will be used to help smash enemy air defences, using learnings from the war in Ukraine ...
The RAF has conducted its final airborne rehearsal for the VE Day 80th anniversary London flypast on May 5, 2025.
A Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft was spotted flying over Cornwall this evening (Monday, April 28). The aircraft, an Airbus A400M Atlas, was easily spotted as blue skies revealed the RAF plane flying ...
The UK’s Royal Air Force has deployed two Typhoon fighter jets multiple times over recent days to intercept Russian aircraft ...
A Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft was spotted flying over Exeter this sunny evening (Monday, April 28) across the region. The aircraft, an Airbus A400M Atlas, was easily spotted as blue skies revealed ...
The MoD said on Sunday that the intercepts mark the RAF’s first scramble as part of Operation Chessman, and come weeks after the aircraft arrived in eastern Poland to begin deployment alongside ...
When RAF engineers conducted a routine check at RAF Marham, they discovered that several aircraft were missing. A standard flight line inspection of F-35s stored in RAF Marham hangars “revealed ...
RAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea, marking the first such intervention under Operation Chessman. A second incident occurred ...
Two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace were detected by British fighter jets in separate incidents earlier this week, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said. A pair of RAF Typhoons were ...
RAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea. Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from Malbork Air ...