Defence officials deny Japan has kicked up a storm over Tempest next-gen fighter
Sources had suggested Tokyo doubts the technologically advanced combat aircraft will meet its scheduled rollout date of 2035
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Boxing Forces Fight Night: Air Force boxers lose to British Army on home turf at RAF Akrotiri
A brilliant night of action saw the Army competitors come out on top in Cyprus
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RAF Red Arrows to kick off season at Midlands Air Festival after getting public display licence
It comes after the Red Arrows passed their annual assessment, known as the public display authority (PDA)
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CSG25 Carrier Strike Group 25 passes through the Suez Canal, the Royal Navy reveals
Defence Secretary John Healey has said that they had "gameplanned situations" in case the Houthis attacked the carrier strike group
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RAF Chinook ready for wildfire season after multi-national firefighting drills in Cyprus
The RAF helicopter will be responding to potentially catastrophic wildfires inside Britain's Sovereign Base Areas, plus the wider island
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RAF RAF Typhoons head off threat from Russian spy plane flying near Nato airspace
The pair of Typhoons were scrambled from their operating base in northern Poland to monitor the Russian surveillance aircraft
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Sport UKAF judokas win medals at European Judo Championship Veterans Riga 2025
It was a silver and a gold for two RAF stars in Latvia
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RAF Red Arrows get their public display licence ahead of 60-date flying display season
The team will be performing at events like the Isle of Man TT races, Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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Cricket RAF win first Inter Services T20 cricket title since 2018 after beating Navy at Lord's
A stunning 2025 performance saw them beat their Army and Navy rivals to the trophy
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RAF Exercise Formidable Shield: RAF Typhoons test HMS Dragon's sensors during training in Norway
The drills were attempting to build tactics to improve Nato's defence against ballistic missiles
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RAF Typhoon pilots stay in the cockpit as RAF practises hotpit refuelling with Nato allies
Hotpit refuelling is when an aircraft is refuelled after landing with the engine running, according to the Royal Air Force
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News £300m contract will see 140 RAF and Navy aircrew trained up with latest tech
The contract gives the green light construction of new state-of-the-art facilities at RNAS Culdrose and RAF Cranwell.
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RAF Exercise tests RAF's ability to secure the ground to project power in the air
The personnel had to manage difficult scenarios like simulated attacks and multi-vehicle accidents once they had control of an airfield
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RAF UK and Germany commit to procuring torpedoes and new long-range strike weapon
It is the first time the development of the weapon, which has a range of over 2,000 km, has been confirmed
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RAF New Protector drone lands at RAF Marham, marking milestone in airspace test
The flight from Waddington marks the first time the aircraft had operated away from its home base
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CSG25 British F-35s meet Italian Harriers as carrier strike groups team up in the Med
CSG25, led by aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, joins forces with an Italian carrier strike group led by the flagship ITS Cavour