Scanning the skies: The helicopter crews defending RAF Akrotiri from drones and missiles
BFBS Forces News gets exclusive access to the Royal Navy Wildcats and Merlins that are bolstering security in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Epic Fury Typhoon tests rocket system that could cut cost of downing a drone from $1m to just $20k
The warplane has been equipped with 70mm rockets that use a laser-guidance kit rather than pricey AMRAAM or ASRAAM missiles
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Aircraft WW2 Spitfire pilot says reunion with iconic aircraft is like seeing an old friend
Douglas Seale, 101, saw the Spitfire after it landed in Scotland on a tour to mark 90 years since the legendary plane took to the skies
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Aircraft The Supermarine Spitfire: A British icon, a legend and an all-round exceptional design
Spitfire90 pilot Matt Jones explains the evolution of Britain's best-known warplane and what made it so great
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RAF Spitfire completes second leg of 90th anniversary flight – with some help from the Red Arrows
The iconic fighter made its way from RAF Coningsby to Leuchars Station, flying in formation part of the way with two Hawks
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Epic Fury Find out how UK is defending assets in the Middle East amid conflict with Iran
BFBS Forces News has analysed the key assets protecting UK personnel and the wider region in the Middle East
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RAF From RAF Boulmer to the Middle East: Air C2 Force that controls the skies explained
From RAF Boulmer to Swanwick, the Air C2 Force sits behind UK air defence and Nato air policing and the control systems
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Army Jungle training back on track as Army's first two Jupiter helicopters arrive in Brunei
A total of three Army Air Corps helis will eventually be picking up the role that was left vacant following the retirement of the Puma
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Aircraft US AWACS destroyed on ground in Saudi strike raises fresh questions over airbase protection
The attack has raised urgent questions about why an American E-3 Sentry AWACS was left so exposed, and what the RAF can learn from it
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Epic Fury More of 'Britain's best' personnel and air defence systems sent to Middle East, Healey announces
John Healey said that the UK will send Sky Sabre to Saudi Arabia and extend the UK Typhoons deployment in Qatar during his visit to the ...
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Feature What makes an ace an ace? The origins of the most elite title in aviation
As RAF Regiment gunners in the Middle East become 'aces' for the first time in the unit's history, we take a look at the origins of the term
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RAF Chinook Crash: Minister to challenge MOD over 'accident' label and raise case to PM
The commitments come after the families filed a formal complaint with the MOD, citing years of unanswered questions, lack of transparency ...
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Aircraft Kawasaki EC-2: Japan's electronic warfare jet likened to a duck-billed platypus
The JASDF jet looks to be a highly capable aircraft, but has also drawn comparisons with the egg-laying mammal from eastern Australia
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RAF Last surviving parent of Mull of Kintyre RAF Chinook crash victims dies aged 96
John Dockerty, whose son Major Dockerty died in the tragedy, was the oldest member of the long-running campaign for the truth about the ...
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RAF Pegasus Exchange: Heavy-lift Chinooks and agile French Fennecs team up at RAF Odiham
Two helicopter units, one British and one French, brought Chinooks and Fennecs together at RAF Odiham for a week of joint flying
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Epic Fury Merlin Crowsnest takes flight over Cyprus on lookout for enemy missiles and drones
The 820 Naval Air Squadron Merlin Mk2 based at Akrotiri is equipped with the advanced over-the-horizon airborne surveillance and control kit