Scorpion successfully completes first weapons exercise
The Scorpion jet prototype has successfully completed its first weapon
British aircraft assist Iraqi forces in battle for Mosul
Seven days of intensive activity by Typhoon, Tornado and Reaper aircraft prepared the ground for 35,000 Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
British strikes kill 1,700 Islamic State fighters, no civilians
British combat aircraft have carried out 1,066 air strikes in Iraq and Syria against Islamic State, with no civilian casualties the MoD claim.
Tornado and Typhoon aircraft strike Islamic State in Iraq
Tornado jets struck terrorist positions in the Tigris valley south of Mosul, while Typhoons destroyed two trucks in the desert in western Iraq.
Britain has used £18.7m worth of Brimstone missiles against Islamic State
230 Brimstone missiles have been used in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Shader, the British effort against Islamic State.
Supercarrier’s first squadron ‘refreshed, refocused, remarinised’
820 Naval Air Squadron is focused on providing the first aviation component for HMS Queen Elizabeth when she leaves Rosyth next year.
Typhoon jets obliterate Islamic State command post
Typhoons attacked an Islamic State command post in eastern Syria, while around Mosul, Tornado jets and a Reaper attacked three terrorist targets.
British aircraft continue attacks on Islamic State
Tornado jets hit two targets in the Tigris valley, while Typhoons and a Reaper worked together against Islamic State positions north of Mosul.
HMS Ocean demonstrates assault capability
Apache, Merlin and Chinook helicopters departed helicopter carrier HMS Ocean in large numbers for Exercise Albanian Lion.
Reaper unmanned aircaft strikes Islamic State position near Mosul
A Reaper provided surveillance support to a coalition air strike north-west of Mosul, then used one of its own Hellfires to attack an Islamic State position.
