Aviation Task Force: The Military Helicopters Responding To Coronavirus
British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft make up the task force, which is providing support to the NHS across the UK.
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.
British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft make up the task force, which is providing support to the NHS across the UK.
Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down are investigating the solution's ingredients.
The facility will provide up to 300 intensive care beds for coronavirus patients.
Since the Second World War, they have played a vital role in the British Army, providing engineering support to frontline troops.
Major General Rob Thomson has said military activity continues despite the lockdown.
British personnel are continuing to work on Operation Tosca while Cyprus is in lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The troops are nearing the end of their six-month peacekeeping tour in Cyprus.
Soldiers from the Adjutant General's Corps came together for the event in Episkopi.
Newly-appointed defence minister James Heappey said defence has the potential to play a bigger part in COVID-19 response.
Around 1100 personnel from more than a dozen nations make up the UN force on one of the world's longest peacekeeping missions.
The newest recruits have been whittled down from over 500 applicants.
Al Asad air base and a base in Erbil in Iraq's Kurdish region were targeted by 15 Iranian missiles on Wednesday morning.
Iran warns of "harsh retaliation" after the death of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds force.
It follows violent protests over American airstrikes on an Iranian-backed militia in the country.
British Army training teams are working with the Kuwaiti Army in the Gulf.
The Duke of Cambridge saw Kuwaiti troops undergoing urban warfare training - skills taught by UK soldiers during Exercise Desert Warrior.