
SkyGuardian: RAF's Next-Generation Protector Aircraft Takes To UK Skies
Sixteen SkyGuardian aircraft will be known as Protector once in RAF service and could reach Afghanistan.
Sixteen SkyGuardian aircraft will be known as Protector once in RAF service and could reach Afghanistan.
Major Jen Kehoe won a Paralympic gold medal in 2018 when she acted as a guide for Menna Fitzpatrick.
The pair, known as 'Menna and Jen', will no longer compete together following Major Jen Kehoe's retirement from elite sport.
It will mark the first time a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers sub-unit has conducted state ceremonial public duties since 1992.
The Glasgow Warriors player talked about juggling military life and professional sport.
Flight Sergeant Dyfan Pierce was speaking after his first game in charge of the UK Armed Forces men's football team.
Biggin Hill airfield welcomed 11 veterans to watch some of the aircraft they once flew.
Lord Robathan also said that the down-sizing of the Armed Forces to its lowest level since 1714 is "bonkers".
The Duchess of Gloucester unveiled the special stone at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
RAF Typhoons were scrambled nine times against suspicious aircraft during the summer deployment in Romania.
"If there was a competition for the military in the 21st century, this is it," one of the contest's organisers said.
The two patrol vessels' departure marks the start of their five-year Indo-Pacific deployment.
Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) will be one of the first new commands established by NATO since the Cold War.
Soldiers told Forces News what it was like to be helping evacuate UK nationals and former Afghan staff from Afghanistan.
Petty Officer Wesley McGuinness is the first military member to compete at an IPF World Championship.
The ships will work with Britain's allies to deal with drug-running, smuggling, terrorism and other illegal activities.