MOD cost-cutting crippled RAF's F-35 capability and left jets short of crews, PAC report finds
The committee report highlighted that the MOD's decision-making affected the F-35's capability, flight availability, and value for money
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Aircraft UK's early F-35 advantage fading as allies outpace on fleet size and flying hours, say experts
A Lords committee heard UK fields fewer jets and flies them less than partners, weakening UK leverage in the multinational programme
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Tri-Service In pictures: From night raids to beach landings, multinational Ex Tarassis wraps up
Tarassis brought together thousands of personnel, and dozens of ships and aircraft across the North Atlantic, Scandinavia and Baltic regions
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CSG25 Carrier Strike Group 25 says sayonara to a Japanese ship as US vessel expected to join
A Japanese vessel has left Carrier Strike Group 25, while a US vessel is expected to take over as the group continues its route back to the ...
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RAF Lightning strikes out, so Typhoon sweeps in as Turkey agrees to buy British jets instead
The agreement is the largest fighter jet deal in almost 20 years and the first new order for UK Typhoons since 2017
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Aviation History If not now, when? BBMF pilot on making aviation history and words of advice
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Squadron Leader Ben Polwin won the King's Cup in September with his wife Sophie
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RAF Gas! Gas! Gas! RAF specialists lead Nato's response to CBRN threats on Ex Toxic Trip
The exercise saw 450 participants from 14 nations practise chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear responses under realistic and ...
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RAF German Poseidon to load up with UK torpedoes as nations team up to hunt subs
Aircraft and crews from the German navy are being deployed to RAF Lossiemouth to help hunt Russian vessels
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Sport RAF Sports Awards: Angler and cyclist take the big awards for 2025 in London
The best sports personnel in the Air Force were celebrated at the RAF Club in London
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RAF Eyes in the sky: Inside the cockpit of an RAF Typhoon as it tears across the tundra
RAF Typhoons deployed from RAF Lossiemouth have been operating in the High North under Exercise Hillstream
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Nato Highway to readiness: Canadian fighter jets touch down on public road in Estonia
CF-188 Hornets land on the Jägala-Käravete highway in Estonia to test their ability to operate should their airfield be knocked out
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RAF Vikings actor swaps longship for RAF transport aircraft as he heads to Brize Norton
Clive Standen joined 1 Air Mobility Wing at RAF Brize Norton, where he immersed himself in the world of air mobility and logistics
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RAF RAF's Rivet Joint gathers intel along Russian border and lets Moscow know we're watching you
Information collected by the jet paints a real-time image of Russian military activity that's constantly updating Nato intelligence networks
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Royals Prince of Wales reveals he is keeping up his flying hours during visit to RAF Benson
Prince William also chatted about flying Sea King helicopters on rescue missions when he served a three-year tour with the Search and Rescue ...
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CSG25 Target HMS Prince of Wales: F-35s fight off simulated attack from Indian warplanes
Indian Su-30MKI Flankers and Jaguars attempt to "sink" the Royal Navy flagship, while the British Lightnings try to intercept them
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Nato RAF surveillance aircraft patrol border with Russia in joint mission with US and Nato
A RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic intelligence surveillance aircraft and a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flew almost 10,000 miles