UK to double number of personnel in Norway in response to Arctic threat from Russia
Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed the number of British personnel stationed in the Arctic nation will rise from 1,000 to 2,000 over ...
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RAF Widows break silence to demand answers over 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash
Twenty-nine people died in the disaster – and official papers surrounding the crash of the RAF helicopter have been sealed for 100 years
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Russia UK is in Russia's crosshairs when it comes to undersea warfare, defence committee hears
Maritime experts said Russia has been bolstering its submarine fleet since the end of the Cold War, giving it the undersea edge
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Football The future of forces football: Rewatch first two matches of under-23s Inter Services
At least two of the matches will be live on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel
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Ukraine Shahed: The Iranian-designed drone that has dominated the war in Ukraine
The Shahed-136 has become one of the most adaptable platforms that the Russians have, however Ukraine is finding new ways to shoot it down
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Tri-Service MOD to offer free legal advice to victims of sexual offences in the UK and overseas
A new pilot scheme will launch in the spring which will see victims offered access to independent legal advice
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Sport High-stakes horse racing: How to watch Royal Artillery Gold Cup live from Sandown
Don't miss out on forces horse racing's best events
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Royal Marines In pictures: Royal Marines prove why they are at the tip of the Nato spear
Exercise Hyperion Storm saw Royal Marines from 42 Commando deploy on night-time boarding operations, helicopter raids and reconnaissance ...
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Army Careers event 'unashamedly about recruitment' draws hundreds of teenage cadets
Career opportunities in and out of the military were on display for youngsters eyeing their futures
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Olympics RAF skeleton's Nicole Burger's 'pride' at representing South Africa at Winter Olympics
The flight lieutenant was born in Cape Town and is now preparing to make her debut for her birth nation in Milano-Cortina
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Cadets Lack of volunteers biggest concern for cadets, BFBS Forces News audience poll finds
Almost half (49%) of the 1,000 respondents said the availability of volunteers is the biggest concern facing cadet forces in the UK today
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Navy Royal Navy to get new surveillance base to track Russian shadow fleet vessels
The Navy has confirmed it is looking at siting the new base in the northeast, but declined to offer any more details
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Tri-Service Burnley FC puts Armed Forces veterans front and centre of its work in the community
The Premier League club's charity, Burnley FC in the Community, is supporting the health and wellbeing of hundreds of ex-military personnel
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Exercises Typhoons make sandy terrain their domain as RAF tests combat readiness in Saudi Arabia
Pakistani F-16s were also among the warplanes taking part in the multinational Exercise Spears of Victory at the Air Warfare Centre
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Army Drones in the desert: How the British Army is training for the wars of tomorrow
This is the second year that 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, has trained alongside Jordanian forces
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Army We feel ill here: Mother says toddler needed hospital because military house was mouldy
Leah says her complaint was dismissed before she turned to social media to highlight the mould problem in her property