Fuelling up to face the threat: How Voyager keeps the RAF's Typhoons on station
BFBS Forces News reporter Simon Newton boards a Voyager refuelling aircraft on the operation that's Nato's answer to airborne threats
Simon Newton began his career as a print journalist in the early 1990s before moving into broadcasting. He has reported for Sky News, BBC News and ITV and received numerous awards. He reported extensively from Afghanistan and spent three months embedded with British troops in Helmand. He now covers the war in Ukraine.
BFBS Forces News reporter Simon Newton boards a Voyager refuelling aircraft on the operation that's Nato's answer to airborne threats
Some European member states of the alliance are losing patience with Vladimir Putin as he keeps sending his jets over Nato territory
The country's Surgeon General says Germany needs to learn from the lessons of the Russia-Ukraine war
North of the key town of Pokrovsk lies a series of fortifications that Ukraine has been building for the past decade, known as the Fortress ...
Oil refineries are central to Russia's war machine for their economic value
The Typhoons will operate from RAF Coningsby and are expected to start flying missions in the coming days
Countering enemy UAVs with missiles is expensive, so a new breed of anti-drone drones are proving far more cost-effective
Military experts say the Suwalki Gap could be a key flashpoint in any future conflict
Direct feedback from the frontline is leading to the development of products like the Himera radio which is tough for the Russians to jam
Able Seaman (Diver) Charles Rich shows some of the Navy's EOD and diving equipment to BFBS Forces News reporter Simon Newton
BFBS Forces News reporter Simon Newton went to see a farewell ceremony for a cohort of Ukrainian soldiers to find out what they'd learned
Several Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers have been lost in the war with Ukraine, with speculation mounting that at least one may have been shot down
The strategically important Progress plant manufactures components used in Russian self-propelled guns, missiles, drones and glide bombs
The Defence Secretary tried piloting a drone and test-drove the Army's uncrewed ground vehicles on a military tech visit to Warminster
BFBS Forces News' Simon Newton takes a closer look at the details and the changes set to come for the Armed Forces
Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine have helped shape the Armed Forces' new digital targeting and electromagnetic warfare capabilities