Number of UK airports hit by aviation fuel supply issue
Glasgow and Edinburgh airports were affected by a jet fuel supply issue over the weekend that led some flights to divert for refuelling, the UK Defence Journal understands.
UK surveillance aircraft flies Baltic surveillance mission
A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint carried out a signals intelligence mission over the Baltic region once again, flying from its home station at RAF Waddington and topping up from a United States Air Force tanker before heading east.
British built Banshee drones fly as targets at Balikatan
Jet-powered aerial targets, QinetiQ's British-built Banshee, stood in for cruise missiles and fast jets as US and Philippine crews trained their air defences during the exercise's live-fire phase.
RAF lead NATO sub-hunting drill in High North
The Royal Air Force Poseidon P-8A force, based at RAF Lossiemouth, took a leading role in Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2026.
US and Poland complete deployable air base storage site
U.S. and Polish officials gathered at Powidz Air Base in west-central Poland to mark the completion of what is described as the U.S. Air Force's second-largest War Reserve Materiel site in Europe.
F-16s, Patriots drill counter-drone over Baltics
NATO has run a counter-drone training serial over Lithuania and Latvia, drawing together Allied fighters and ground-based air defences in a single integrated air defence scenario under the alliance's Eastern Sentry activity.
Last A-10 engine built at Davis-Monthan after 50 years
Airmen at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base have completed the final A-10 Thunderbolt II engine build at the Arizona installation, closing out a maintenance mission that has supported the close air support aircraft there for half a century.
Second upgraded Avenger takes flight at Culdrose
The second of four Avenger TMk1 aircraft undergoing extensive modification at RNAS Culdrose completed its first in-service flight in April.
The NATO Innovation Badge
NATO is developing a new quality assurance system for counter-drone and other defence technologies, designed to give nations a reliable way to identify which systems have been properly tested and are worth procuring.
F-35 bomb delivery date withheld on security grounds
The government has said it is withholding the delivery date for the Small Diameter Bomb II, procured as an interim standoff capability for the F-35 Lightning fleet.
