Red Arrows are Hawk T1 fast-jets, which can reach a maximum speed of 660mph, while they can exceed the speed of sound in a ...

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 ...

Very painful symptom could be a warning sign of new Covid ‘Nimbus’ variant - Hospital admissions have risen by almost 10 per ...

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 ...

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 entire RAF Nimrod fleet has "never been airworthy", a coroner has ruled in his verdict on the deaths of 14 servicemen in Afghanistan.

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 ...

Nimrod, the world's first videogame-playing computer, faced off against players in a game called Nim. ... In 1951 the UK's Labour government launched the Festival of Britain, ...

Reprieve for UK Nimrod spy planes. Published. 11 March 2011. Related internet links. Ministry of Defence. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. From other local news sites.

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, ...

The RAF's entire Nimrod fleet is unsafe and should be grounded, a coroner has insisted as he delivered a devastatingly critical verdict on the deaths of 14 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 ...