RAF Typhoons cleared to fly as normal again after being grounded over technical issue
Non-essential flying of the Typhoon, the UK's main Quick Reaction Alert aircraft, was paused on Friday.
Non-essential flying of the Typhoon, the UK's main Quick Reaction Alert aircraft, was paused on Friday.
A Freedom of Information request showed the number of flights trebled between December and March.
Simon Hinchley-Robson faced days of interrogation and was discharged, never receiving either an apology or his Armed Forces pension.
The pause has been brought in over a technical issue that "may affect the safe operation" of the aircraft's ejection seats.
The head of the RAF presented the squadron with a new standard symbolising the importance the RAF places on it.
Flights in and out of the UK's largest air base had been halted due to the recent severe hot weather conditions.
British technology could have the potential to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in military aircraft.
It had been reported that flights in and out of the UK's largest air base had been halted because part of the "runway has melted".
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston has been in the role since 2019.
Chief of the Air Staff Sir Mike Wigston said retired Group Captain John Hemingway, 103, "is an inspiration to us all".
The Prime Minister was invited to RAF Coningsby to see the Quick Reaction Alert team in action.
The 23 year-old vanished in 2016 on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
The Royal International Air Tattoo returned after a two-year break, with more than 35 air forces performing.
The helicopters from 27 Squadron at RAF Odiham in Hampshire have gone to Amari Air Base.
The fast jets from 6 Squadron in RAF Lossiemouth were supported from a Voyager from RAF Brize Norton for air-to-air refuelling.
The new aircraft will feature VIII Squadron's badge on the tail fin and a NATO shield on the nose.