BBC To Contact Veterans' Charities After Axing Free TV Licences For Over-75s
The benefit will be restricted only to those who claim pension credit from June next year.
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USA US Air Force 'Stands Ready' Against 'Storm Area 51' Facebook Event
It comes after more than 1.5 million people said they were going to 'Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us'.
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Aircraft Second Lightning Fighter Jet Squadron Arrives In The UK
A second training squadron of F-35 Lightning jets has arrived at RAF Marham.
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Politics Jeremy Hunt Pledges To Build And Improve Military Homes
The contender for the role of Prime Minister said to he would spend £1 billion on building and improving homes for service personnel.
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RAF Fighter Future: Could British Jets Double Their Flying Speed?
Hypersonic engines could mean fighter jets twice as fast as the RAF’s newest planes.
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Families New Wellbeing Course Aims To Help Military Children
There are more than 75,000 children in UK schools who have parents connected to the Armed Forces.
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Humanitarian South Sudan’s Hidden Crime: Fighting 'Brutal Sexual Violence' In Conflict
Both parties involved in the conflict have regularly targeted civilians.
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News RFA Workers Protest Over Pay Dispute
Workers are protesting outside the Houses of Parliament as part of the RMT's "Fair Pay for RFA" campaign.
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World Iran Rejects Suggestion Its Missile Programme Is Negotiable
Iran categorically rejects statements made by the country's Foreign Minister.
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Weapons and Kit WATCH: Royal Navy Tests New Anti-Ship Missile
HMS Sutherland's new anti-ship missiles are tested on a moving speedboat.
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World NATO Powers Come Together For Ämari Air Show
Thousands gathered to admire NATO's show of strength and secrets in the skies of Estonia.
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World Amari Airshow: NATO Allies Show Off Aircraft In Estonia
The event celebrated two milestones for NATO and the Estonian Air Force.
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Politics UK Defence Spending Is Declining, Defence Select Committee Says
The MOD spends around 1.8% of GDP on defence capability, well below that of other departments such as Education and Health.
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Navy UK To Send Two More Ships To Gulf
HMS Kent and RFA Wave Knight will both deploy to the region.
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Army Family Of Soldier Who Drowned On Exercise Settle Claim For £500,000
A coroner found that a failure to take account of a weather forecast warning contributed to the 20-year-old's death.
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RAF RAF's New Maritime Patrol Aircraft Makes First Flight
Boeing says the RAF will take delivery of the first aircraft later this year.