New anti-ship and land attack missiles ready ‘end of decade’
By the end of the decade, Britain and France will both field a stealthy subsonic land attack missile and a supersonic, highly manoeuvrable anti-ship missile.
British Typhoons escort B-52 bomber over Eastern Mediterranean
Typhoon jets joined with a B-52 bomber over the Eastern Mediterranean after the bomber deployed from RAF Fairford to conduct a "presence patrol mission" across central Europe and the Middle East.
British Poseidon aircraft ‘hunts’ Norwegian submarine
A P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft has been participating in a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise off the coast of Norway.
Wind blows roof off of new hangar at RAF Brize Norton
Exclusive video footage shows large chunks of the roof being blown off of a new £70 million hangar at RAF Brize Norton.
Britain ramps up deployment of surveillance aircraft to Ukraine
The deployment of this many RC-135 'signals intelligence' aircraft in the region at one time is unprecedented for the UK.
Newspaper inexplicably claims P-8 Poseidon behind sonic boom
The Daily Record has oddly claimed an 'anti-submarine plane taking off' caused a 'sonic boom felt across UK', the only trouble? The aircraft is a converted airliner unable to travel at the speed of sound.
More F-35B jets being delivered to the UK
Three more F-35B aircraft are being delivered to the UK, bringing the fleet to 25 aircraft.
Britain and Japan to develop new fighter jet sensor
The 'JAGUAR' radio frequency sensor will enable jets to "better detect future threats from air, land and sea, quickly and accurately locating targets and denying surveillance technology operated by our adversaries", say the Ministry of Defence.
B-52 bomber spends almost 24 hours in the air
A B-52 bomber departed RAF Fairford at 11:37pm on Sunday night and returned to base at 10:52pm on Monday night, spending over 23 hours in the air.
B-52 bomber returns to the UK declaring ‘urgent situation’
A B-52 has returned to the United Kingdom, cutting short its mission, after suffering an 'urgent issue'.
