British F-35 fleet reaches 10,000 flight hours

Since the delivery of the first British F-35 in 2012, the British F-35 programme has expanded massively with the British fleet reaching 10,000 flight hours.

British carrier jets refuel from US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet

F-35Bs from HMS Queen Elizabeth have refuelled from a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet.

British fighter escorts American bombers

A Typhoon fighter aircraft escorted B-1 Bombers on their transatlantic transit to RAF Fairford as part of the latest 'Bomber Task Force' mission.

Britain and America demonstrate naval airpower in the Pacific

The British and American jets aircraft were flying from aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson, USS Ronald Reagan and HMS Queen Elizabeth.

British and American surveillance aircraft circle Kaliningrad

British and American RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence surveillance aircraft have been circling the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

US stands up first Europe-based F-35A squadron in UK

The new F-35 squadron will consist of 27 aircraft and roughly 60 personnel.

British E-3D Sentry fleet retires

The RAF's E-3 Sentry airborne early warning aircraft fleet has now been retired.

700 F-35 jets have now been built

F-35s are operating from 21 bases around the globe. More than 1,460 pilots and 11,025 maintainers have been trained and the F-35 fleet has surpassed 430,000 cumulative flight hours.

SkyGuardian drone conducting trials over Scotland

An MQ-9B SkyGuardian is over Scotland and is being flown to demonstrate its "capability in a maritime environment".

New P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft arrives in Scotland

Six of nine P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft have now been delivered to the Royal Air Force.

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