British and French fighters ‘dogfight’ over Mediterranean
British Typhoon fighter jets undertook "rare and extremely valuable" one-on-one Dissimilar Air Combat Training, often referred to as dog-fighting, with French Rafale jets.
British fighter jets deploy to Finland and Sweden
F-35Bs and Typhoons conducted "high-end warfighting training" with Finnish F-18 Hornets and Swedish Gripen aircraft as part of an increased British presence in the region due to Russian aggression.
Voyager tanker trains to refuel C-130J Hercules
A Voyager tanker has demonstrated what the RAF call "an oft forgotten capability" on a refuelling training sortie with a C-130J Hercules.
UK purchasing ‘too few’ E-7 early warning aircraft
The decision to purchase only three E-7 Wedgetail early warning aircraft has, once again, been criticised.
British drone hits terrorists in Iraq with Hellfire missile
A Royal Air Force MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft has conducted an airstrike against a group of Islamic State terrorists north of Tikrit in Iraq.
British F-35 stealth jets training in Finland
The aim of the training is to "strengthen shared security in the Baltic and High North", say NATO.
British surveillance aircraft step-up monitoring of Black Sea
British RC-135 electronic surveillance aircraft continue to operate over the Black Sea near Ukraine, with two in the area at the one time, in order to monitor Russian forces.
UK looking for long-range inter-theatre lift UAV
The UK is looking for a "long reach, inter-theatre lift UAV, capable of carrying a minimum 50kg payload over a range of at least 300 nautical miles".
Mosquito drone project swatted
Project Mosquito, the RAF's future combat drone, will now not proceed beyond the design phase and has effectively been cancelled.
Spain orders 20 new Eurofighter Typhoon jets
The order from Spain maintains Typhoon production in the UK beyond the middle of the decade say BAE Systems.
