Happy birthday: Royal Navy squadron to get new drone ahead of fifth anniversary
700X Naval Air Squadron will celebrate its fifth year of service by bringing the Peregrine helicopter drone into its fixed-wing fleet.
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Navy Wildcat pilot commended for remarkable skill during engine failure over North Sea
Naval pilot Dan Burnett earned the award for saving all six people aboard his failing helicopter during a training sortie.
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Ukraine Russian kamikaze drone attacks on Ukraine intensify to unmatched levels
September 2024 saw more Russian kamikaze drone attacks against Ukraine than at any point since the conflict began in 2022.
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Aircraft Hurricane Milton: Video shows military aircraft flying through centre of powerful storm
A Lockheed WP-3D Orion known as Miss Piggy captures incredible footage of its data-gathering flight through Hurricane Milton.
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Aircraft One of only three Russian loyal wingman stealth drones shot down over Ukraine
The downing of the drone comes as forces across the world race to develop the Loyal Wingman technology seen as the future of air power.
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RAF Double the usual number of missions flown on the latest Cobra Warrior
Exercise Cobra Warrior 24-2 has involved more than 80 aircraft from the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Finland and Poland.
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Aircraft Watch: Russian Su-35 fighter flies uncomfortably close to US F-16 in 'unsafe' manoeuvre
A Russian Su-35 Flanker aircraft performed an unsafe manoeuvre close to a US F-16 fighter jet during an interception mission over Alaska.
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Russia Nato Falcons and Hornets scrambled again after Russian drone attack on Ukraine
Fighter jets from the Romanian and Spanish Air Forces were deployed to monitor an attack carried out near the border.
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Weapons and Kit Martlet: Everything you need to know about the best-in-class warhead
The missile can be launched from the shoulder, a static launcher or a vehicle, uses a laser targeting and travels at a speed of Mach 1.5.
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Navy Royal Navy's new F-35 squadron debuts at sea embarked on HMS Prince of Wales
For the first time in nearly 15 years, a Royal Navy fast jet squadron is operating from the flight deck of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.
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Aircraft Boris Johnson heard of F-35 crash from the late Queen Elizabeth, memoir reveals
Boris Johnson revealed he found out about an F-35, embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth, crashing from the late Queen herself.
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Aircraft New radar allowing RAF pilots to locate suppress enemy air defences flies for the first time
A prototype of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) was operated on a Typhoon at BAE Systems in Lancashire.
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Navy HMS Prince of Wales gets ready to welcome F-35Bs ahead of major exercise
809 Naval Air Squadron, which operates F-35s, is set to embark on the 65,000-tonne carrier for the first time ahead of Ex Strike Warrior.
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Ukraine Russian drone incursion into Romanian airspace sees Falcons and Hornets scramble
Two Romanian F-16s and two Spanish F/A-18s were deployed after a Russian attack drone was picked up over the border with Ukraine.
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RAF Red Arrows' Atlas bathes in Northern Lights as team head home from Canada
The Red Arrows and their Atlas support aircraft stopped off in Iceland via a refuelling stop in Greenland where they saw the aerial display.
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RAF Disrupt, deceive and disable: RAF Typhoons' new radar closer to taking flight
The multi-role jets will be fitted with the ECRS Mk2 radar that offers an electronic attack capability as well as its normal functions.