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 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 Gurkhas Running Length Of UK To Raise Money For NHS
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.
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World What Is The Open Skies Treaty?
The United States has announced plans to leave the international surveillance pact – but what role does the treaty play in defence?
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Falklands HMS Forth Marks Falklands War 'Landing Day' Anniversary
Landing Day was the moment the ground campaign to retake the Falkland Islands began in 1982.
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RAF RAF Aircraft Train With US Bombers Over North Sea
The exercise consisted of intensive training sorties with US strategic bomber aircraft.
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RAF RAF Named 'Best Employer For Mothers'
Insurance company Aviva, meanwhile, was named best employer for fathers by charity, Working Families.