HMS Queen Elizabeth 'One Step Closer' To First Operational Deployment, Royal Navy Says
The carrier has been at sea since late April to prove her readiness for her first operational deployment next year.
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News WATCH: Weather Forecast For UK Military Bases
The latest weather forecast for military bases across the UK.
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News Fit For A Queen: Royal Navy Trials New Missile To Protect HMS Queen Elizabeth
Wildcat helicopter crews tested the latest weapons system before joining the aircraft carrier on deployment in 2021.
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News WWII Veteran Sandy Cortmann Dies Aged 97
The former paratrooper recreated his jump over Arnhem for the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden last year.
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News Widow Of Army Captain Killed By Forklift Collision Calls For Independent Investigation
Captain Sprouting died after being hit by the vehicle while jogging at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq in 2018.
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News Taliban And Afghan Government Declare Three-Day Ceasefire For Islamic Holiday
Eid al-Fitr is a major holiday on the Islamic calender, marking the end of a month's fasting.
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News Sitrep: British Army Joins NATO To Combat Disinformation
NATO Deputy Spokesperson Piers Cazalet told BFBS Sitrep how the military alliance is combating disinformation.
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WWII Collection Of 'Secret' World War Two Spy Gadgets Sold At Auction For Thousands
The collection is made up of “escape and evade” items sent to British soldiers trapped in France.
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News EU States Hold On To Open Skies Treaty Despite US Plans To Withdraw
The pact enables members to carry out mutual surveillance flights to observe military activity.
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Navy Commander Of UK's Amphibious Task Forces Hands Over Control
Commodore James Parkin was Commander Littoral Strike Group for two years.
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Gurkhas Gurkha Soldiers Aim To Run Length Of Country For Hospital Fundraising
Troops take it in turns to run laps day and night until completing the distance.
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Army Campaign Launched To Promote Benefits Of Army Career
The initiative aims to highlight the skills soldiers take into civilian life after service.
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USA Fears Of 'Dangerous New Arms Race' As US Set To Depart Open Skies Treaty
US President Donald Trump said "there's a very good chance" the Open Skies Treaty could still be salvaged or a new agreement is made.
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Navy Coronavirus: How HMS Sultan Is Using Technology To Teach Trainee Engineers
Engineering training at HMS Sultan has continued thanks to the use of social distancing and technology.
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WWII Remnants Of Nazi Power: 75 Years Since 'The Flensburg Government'
Despite the Allied victory in Europe declared on 8 May 1945, it was not quite the end of the Nazi Third Reich.
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WWII The Spitfire Shot Down Over Dunkirk... And Still Flying Today
The aircraft was shot down in 1940, and it was decades before it was rediscovered on a Dunkirk beach.