80 years ago today Britain and its allies began the fight back against the Nazi occupation of Europe with a massive landing of troops on French beaches, An event known as D-Day. Thousands of troops were landed by sea on the morning of the 6th June 1944 but, they weren’t [read more]
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35B Lightning II aircraft have taken part in a major missile training excercise over the last 10 days which saw them fire a total of 53 Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missiles (ASRAAM) at target drones. The live firing training took place over [read more]
Flight tracking website of choice, Flightradar24 says that its website came under “heavy load” yesterday as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was flown from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt in London. At its peak, 4.79 million people tracked the flight on Flightradar24’s website and app with hundreds of thousands more watching on [read more]
Military aircraft contract specialist Draken Europe has been awarded a six-year contract by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide Agressor aircraft for training the Royal Air Force (RAF). Bournemouth Airport based Draken will provide a squadron of L-159E Honey Badger aircraft that will simulate airborne threats as part [read more]
The last remaining Royal Air Force (RAF) BAe 146 made its final flight yesterday as it flew to St Athan in South Wales where it will be preserved. Base at RAF Northolt, BAe 146 CC2 ZE700 was operated by No 32 (The Royal) Squadron and was in service for over [read more]
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) BAe 146 Mk2 transport aircraft are set to be preserved at aircraft museums in the UK following the type’s retirement at the end of March 2022. The BAe 146 Mk2 is operated by 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt and have been used to [read more]
The Royal Navy (RN) has awarded Airbus a 12month extension on a contract to carry out satellite based maritime surveillance for the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC). The system uses a combination of optical and radar imaging as well as Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to provide reports about vessels [read more]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is set to spend this summer demonstrating the maritime capability of its MQ-9B Sea Guardian Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to the UK and other NATO allies. The company will bring one of its MQ-9B Sea Guardians to RAF Waddington this summer in order to conduct [read more]
Christmas has come early for a World War II Spitfire pilot whose stolen heirloom – a photograph of him flying a Spitfire – has been replaced by the RAF. Dr Edmund James, the last surviving pilot of his Squadron, had a photograph of him flying a Spitfire stolen earlier this [read more]
Boeing has successfully completed the first test of its MQ-25 T1 Automated Aerial Refuelling Store. The 2 1/2 hour test flight was conducted in partnership with the US Navy and was designed to test the aerodynamics of the vehicle using the underwing mounted Cobham Aerial Refuelling System (ARS). The Cobham [read more]
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