President Joe Biden has landed in the UK on board Air Force One. He departed Joint Base Andrews earlier today as he left for his first foreign trip. The Boeing VC-25 carrying the president landed slightly before the scheduled time of 8pm as Biden arrives in the UK ahead of [read more]
RAF F-35 Lightning jets have been flying in an international exercise alongside French and USAF crews in simulated combat off the South West French coast. Exercise Atlantic Trident is the first major international training mission that the eight aircraft from 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron have taken part in since the Carrier [read more]
A US Air Force (USAF) CV22 Osprey has been filmed ripping up the landing pad used by the Air Ambulance at Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge. The aircraft was understood to be undertaking medical transfer training when the incident occurred. The CV22 Osprey is part-plane, part helicopter, thanks its engine vectoring [read more]
The first pilot to break the sound barrier, Charles Elwood (Chuck) Yeager died on Monday 7th December aged 97. Born in 1923 in Myra, West Virginia, Yeager went on to a successful career in the United States Air Force (USAF) where he reached the rank of Brigadier General. Following the [read more]
During August and September of 2020, RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds hosted 6 USAF B-52 Strato fortress heavy bombers as they took part in two exercises in Europe and Africa. The 6 aircraft that took part were: 60-0007 Guardians of the upper realm 60-0029 Warriors beyond the horizon 60-0056 Black [read more]
One of the Boeing B52-H Bombers currently deployed to RAF Fairford as part of the Bomber Task Force has been involved what the US Air Force describes as an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ interception by a Russian fighter. The incident, which occurred on Friday 28th August Aug. 28, 2020, involved two [read more]
Six US Air Force B52 Bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire this morning. The B52 is the US Air Forces (USAF) long-range strategic bomber and is regularly deployed to RAF Fairford for operations and exercises across Europe. The bombers have been deployed from Minot Air Base in North [read more]
The US Air Force (USAF) has given Boeing a contract worth nearly (USD)$1.2bn for eight F15EX Air Superiority Fighter and Multi-role combat aircraft. The most-advanced F15 ever built will help the USAF meet its capacity requirements and add capability to its fighter fleet. The F15EX will carry more weapons than [read more]
The wife of First Lieutenant Kenneth “Kage” Allen has lead tributes after the US Air Force officially named Lt Allen as the pilot killed in Mondays F15 Crash in the North Sea. Hannah Allen described her husband as “perfect” adding that she had “never been treated with more love and [read more]
A US Air Force (USAF) F15 Eagle has crashed into the North sea off the Yorkshire Coast. A search and rescue operation was put into action near Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Later in the day, Col. Will Marshall, Commanding Officer of the 48th Fighter Wing confirmed that the body of [read more]
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