New defence newsletter launches
The weekly publication will include a round-up of the most important defence news items over the last week.
P-8 Poseidon facility at RAF Lossiemouth named
The Ministry of Defence say that the long-term home for the fleet of submarine-hunting aircraft in Scotland will be known as the Atlantic Building.
British and American carrier aircraft fly together
Aircraft from British carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and American carrier USS Carl Vinson have conducted joint interoperability flights in the Pacific.
RAF practice intercepting aircraft off south coast
Typhoon jets, a Voyager tanker and a Falcon 20 playing the target have been practising Quick Reaction Alert skills today off the south coast of England.
UK to bring forward Hawk T1 retirement
The UK had planned to retire the Hawk T1 fleet by 2025, this has now been brought forward.
UK ‘ready for air strikes’ to target ISIS-K in Afghanistan
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston has indicated that the Royal Air Force would be ready to strike Islamic State targets in Afghanistan.
Timeline of the largest British airlift since the Berlin blockade
With more than 100 flights and 13,000 people flown out, the evacuation of Kabul was the largest British evacuation since the Second World War and largest airlift since the Berlin Blockade of 1948-9. Here's how events unfolded...
How did the UK evacuate people from Afghanistan?
Squadron Leader Bird is responsible for the passenger handling facility at Kabul Airport, you can read what she had to say.
Final British military flight leaves Afghanistan
Over 15,000 people were airlifted to safety on more than 100 British military flights in the UK's biggest evacuation since the Second World War.
British evacuation of Kabul in final stage
British military aircraft have so far evacuated more than 12,000 people from Afghanistan.
