RAF Typhoons team up with Turkish Air Force for training
The jets from 3 (Fighter) Squadron are currently based at Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania as part of 140 Expeditionary Air Wing.
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The jets from 3 (Fighter) Squadron are currently based at Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania as part of 140 Expeditionary Air Wing.
Plans were set out last year to reduce the size of the regular Army, lowering the target size from 82,000 to 72,500 by 2025.
According to the Army's Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) bomb disposal experts, these types of WW2 munition finds are not uncommon.
The annual event is a chance to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has agreed to work "even more closely" with Ukraine during meetings with President Zelensky.
The Queen missed the service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London after experiencing "some discomfort" during Thursday's events.
Former Grenadier Guard John Walmsley was one of the last people she passed as a princess, and one of the first she walked by as Queen.
The Kalush Orchestra auctioned off the glass microphone trophy which they won in Turin to buy drones for the military.
The RAF aerobatic team has been on pre-season display training in Greece ahead of a busy summer programme.
Next week the full flypast will see 70 aircraft, including the Red Arrows, put on a show over Buckingham Palace.
The Red Arrows are currently in pre-season display training and preparing for Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The US has traditionally avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan, with which it no longer has a mutual defence treaty.
Corporal Dan McNamara has already guided the women's football team to the National League Northern Premier title.
The regimental ram mascot was first adopted in 1858.
The historic shift comes after more than 200 years of military non-alignment in the Nordic country.
Three hundred jobs will be supported across Rosyth dockyard and the wider supply chain as a result.