British Atlas aircraft begins bringing F-35 equipment back to the UK for first F-35...
F-35 equipment was loaded onto an A400M Atlas this week in preparation for the first F-35 squadron to stand up in the United Kingdom...
New RADAR facility to ‘better protect UK Northern airspace’ nears completion in Scotland
A new radar facility to track unidentified military or civilian aircraft will be powered up ready to operate soon, the head of the RAF heard today.
British combat aircraft continue fight against Daesh
Reapers kept up the fight against Daesh last week striking armed trucks and command posts across eastern Syria and, for the first time, terrorist drone operators.
First pilots fly F-35 Lightning straight from training
Two British pilots have become the first in their services to fly the F-35 straight from training.
Exercise Red Flag kicks off in the United States
The US Air Force has kicked off its largest and the world famous three-week premier air-to-air combat training exercise, Red Flag 18-1, beginning today and will conclude February the 16th.
US clears potential sale of F-35 jets to Belgium
The US have preemptively approved a sale of 34 F-35 jets to Belgium. Last year, Sweden announced it would not be entering Saab's Gripen E for...
F-35 has generated £9.3bn in contracts for British suppliers to date
The industrial benefit to the UK of the F-35 was discussed when the Defence Secretary got to see what it is like to fly and land the jet in a simulator.
HMS Queen Elizabeth begins initial rotary wing aircraft trials
A Merlin helicopter has been training with HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth Naval Base as part of her Rotary Wing Trials.
British military helicopters to deploy to assist French campaign in Africa against Islamists
Chinook helicopters have been offered to assist in the transport of French troops taking part on Operation Barkhane in Africa.
F-35 represents the ‘most advanced fighter jet’ and the ‘best aircraft for the UK’...
Wing Commander Beck is one of the UK’s most experienced F-35 Lightning pilots, he has given his views on the jet.
