RAF Typhoons to get £870m advanced radar upgrade
The Royal Air Force's Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft will be fitted with the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2.
The Royal Air Force's Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft will be fitted with the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2.
RAF Northolt aviators were honoured during a private investiture at Buckingham Palace.
The aircraft had been grounded due to an issue with a Merlin engine.
Government figures show there were 188,820 service personnel in the UK Forces as of April 2023, a decrease of 3.8% compared with the ...
LGBT+ members of the Armed Forces were forced to hide their sexuality until the ban on them serving was lifted in 2000.
An independent inquiry confirmed that aviators, either women or from ethnic minority backgrounds, were accelerated ahead of other candidates ...
The RAF said it accepts the drive amounted to positive discrimination, adding it will not 'make the same mistakes again'.
More than two decades since the 'gay ban' was lifted, the awards will showcase the value of defence inclusion.
The Typhoon deployment was to take part in exercises Tempest Strike and Tower Guardian.
The last two RAF Hercules flights took off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning.
Minister for Defence People Dr Andrew Murrison said the Etherton report will be published 'very soon indeed'.
Three UK aircraft were shadowed by fighter jets when they approached the state border of Russia.
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron received the Standard from the Representative Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Bowman.
RAF Typhoon jets are currently deployed on Operation Azotize, Nato's Baltic Air Policing mission, in Estonia.
The Labour leader made the visit to the Oxfordshire base to mark Armed Forces Day.
Flown by both the RAF and Navy, F-35s also operate from both Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.