Heavy British military presence off Irish coast
There is a heavy British military presence off the coast of Ireland in response to a Russian 'live-fire' naval exercise being held south of the country.
British surveillance aircraft on patrol near Ukraine
A British RC-135 Rivet Joint 'signals intelligence' surveillance aircraft is patrolling close to the Russian border near Ukraine.
Typhoon jets scrambled for second day in a row
Typhoon fighters have been launched in response to Russian aircraft "approaching the UK area of interest" for the second day in a row.
RAF launch jets to intercept Russian aircraft flying near Britain
British jets responded to approaching Russian bombers. This is a routine event and nothing to worry about.
British and American aircraft conduct flypast
A British F-35B Lightning joined a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber and F-15 Eagle to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. Eighth Air Force.
Britain spending £1.4 billion on space defence
The bulk of the money will go to developing and launching a multi-satellite system, known as 'ISTARI', designed to perform global surveillance and intelligence gathering for British military operations.
American B-1 Bomber arrives in the UK
A United States Air Force B-1 bomber is currently in the skies above the UK to take part in a flypast.
Russian jet violates NATO airspace over Estonia
On the 29th of January 2022 a Russian Su-27 jet violated Estonian airspace.
British Maritime Patrol Aircraft operating off Irish coast
British Maritime Patrol Aircraft were conducting missions off the west coast of Ireland ahead of a planned Russian live-fire naval exercise to the south of Ireland later this week.
British aid helping Ukraine ‘oppose Russian invasion’
"The Ukrainian capacity to defend and to oppose a Russian land invasion is now much larger than it used to be, with the delivery of the UK aid last week."
