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Aircraft For sale: One ex-Royal Navy Sea Harrier FA2, one careful owner, still iconic but doesn't fly
The classic British aircraft is a rare find for aviation enthusiasts and collectors.
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Nato Nato Falcons and Hornets scrambled after unknown target detected near Romanian border
An unknown object was detected flying towards Romania, triggering the country's air police protocols.
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RAF RAF's Wedgetail AEW shows off its new colours and VIII Squadron's Arabian dagger
The Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft is the successor to the E-3D Sentry and will be flown out of RAF Lossiemouth.
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Aircraft Russia shooting down its own drone an expensive and embarrassing failure, MOD says
The Ministry of Defence says the incident will almost certainly delay Moscow's S-70 programme.
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Navy Cleared hot: Wildcat destroys Banshee drone using Martlet missile during trials
A helicopter from 815 NAS has used a Martlet missile to destroy a Banshee drone during a training exercise.
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RAF UK becomes the first nation to complete full transit of Nato's eastern border
An RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint flew from the southernmost point of Greece to the northern most point of Finland.
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Navy 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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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.