If you have seen strange shapes in the skies over Gloucestershire this week then you could be forgiven for thinking a UFO is to blame but the chances are it is the US Air Forces most secret aircraft, the B2 Stealth Bomber. A flight of 3 Northrop Grumman B2 Stealth [read more]
Air Force has arrived at London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) ahead of a three=day state visit by Donald Trump. Air Force One is the official callsign of the United States Presidential aircraft, usually one of two Boeing VC25A aircraft. The aircraft landed just before 9am this morning after flying from the [read more]
US Air Force heavy bombers are back in the UK for a training operation that is designed to reassure NATO members in the wake of growing Russian aggression. The deployment of Six Boeing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire began last week and is expected to last for [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]
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]
Shots have been fired by US forces at a Suffolk air base as a car tried to ram its way through the security barriers. The incident, which happened at around 1pm, was described as a significant incident by Suffolk police and a man is now in custody. Initial reports of [read more]
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