Military aviation news

The 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force will be marked today by a special RAF100 flypast over central London and Buckingham Palace. The Flypast will involve 100 aircraft from the past and present of the Royal Air Force including iconic aircraft such as the Spitfire and Hurricane through to [read more]

The pilotless General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) “Skyguardian” to be known as the “Protector RG MK1” by the RAF, will fly over from North Dakota to RAF Fairford in Gloucester, the proposed date of arrival is Wednesday 11 July 2018, however, this is subject to change. The pilotless aircraft [read more]

On 1st May 2018 the United States Airforce command grounded the entire B1-B “Lancer” bomber fleet over safety concerns. This grounding was related to the ejection seats and resulted from an incident at Midland Airport in Texas, USA, where a Dyess Air Force Base B1-B had to make an emergency [read more]

AvGeeks in the UK have been warned to look out for Lightning this afternoon as the UK’s latest front-line ground attack aircraft heads across the Atlantic. The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightining II’s (F35 Lightning to the RAF) are being flown from the US to RAF Marham be members of [read more]

The UK’s latest jet fighter aircraft should finally arrive in the UK tomorrow as the first Lockheed Martin F35-B Lightning II’s fly into RAF Marham. The Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) will form the backbone of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy attack aircraft replacing the role previously carried out by [read more]

A flight of three Rockwell B1-B Lancers, commonly known as “Bones” has touched down at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The aircraft flew from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas overnight as MYTEE 11 with an en-route fuel stop at Bangor Maine. Weather nearly hampered their arrival into RAF Fairford when at one [read more]

Wales will see a flypast of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Lancaster this evening at Chepstow and Cardiff as the Welsh connections to the famous Dambusters raid are remembered. The raid, known as Operation Chastise, took place 75 years ago over the course of the 16th & 17th May 1943. [read more]

617 squadron,  which was immortalised in the Dambusters film, has been reformed to fly the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) latest front-line aircraft, the F35 Lightning II. Disbanded in 2014, 617 Squadron has primarily been a ground attack and reconnaissance squadron and became a household name when, in 1943, they carried out Operation [read more]