Typhoon pilots stay in the cockpit as RAF practises hotpit refuelling with Nato allies
Hotpit refuelling is when an aircraft is refuelled after landing with the engine running, according to the Royal Air Force
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RAF Nine Hawks become a single Typhoon as Red Arrows show off their new move
The second and third Hawks represent the canard wings – the two little wings ahead of the Typhoon's main delta wing
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RAF Abnormal load: RAF Buccaneer takes a road trip after losing gate guardian role
Buccaneer S2 XK526 has been driven to its new location through Lincolnshire on top of a lorry with a police escort
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News PM announces £563m Typhoon contract for Rolls-Royce as part of defence spending boost
The government has pledged to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GBP by April 2027 to counter the threat from Russia
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WWII Why historians are fighting to remember the role Britain's WW2 airfields played in victory
While hundreds of airfields were operating during the Second World War many had no official recognition out of security concerns.
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Aviation History New funding to preserve RAF and Royal Marines' WW2 contributions for the future
As the UK marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, more than £13m funding is being awarded to two museums to keep the history of WW2 alive
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Navy All at sea: US Navy loses another £49m Super Hornet fighter jet from same carrier
A F/A-18 Super Hornet has been lost overboard from the USS Harry S Truman, mirroring a similar incident last week
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Ukraine Ukraine uses sea drones to down Russian fighter jets in apparent historic first
The strike reportedly used a Sidewinder missile fired from a Magura V7 drone boat to shoot down two Russian Su-30 jets
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VE Day 80 Wings of history, wings of victory: Which aircraft were seen on the VE Day 80 flypast
Twenty-three military aircraft soared over The Mall and Buckingham Palace as part of the VE Day 80 flypast
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RAF Fill her up: RAF's Wedgetail fleet to benefit from link-up with USAF KC-46 tanker
The RAF, RAAF and USAF worked together to see an Australian E-7A refuelled by a foreign tanker for the very first time
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USA USAF F-16s fly in to UK to test their combat readiness during Exercise Combat Archer
555th Fighter Squadron, which is based at Aviano, honed its skills in loading and launching live ammunition in realistic combat scenarios
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Navy HMS Richmond's Merlin is in a bit of a tight spot on CSG25 – but it's worth the squeeze
A Merlin Mk2 has been carefully removed from the hangar on board HMS Richmond during her deployment on Carrier Strike Group 25
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RAF Avro Lancaster takes flight for VE Day 80 – thanks to more than 20,000 poppies
The installation at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln comes ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe
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RAF RAF Typhoon jets attack Houthi drone-production facilities based in Yemen
RAF Typhoon FGR4s, with air refuelling support from Voyager tankers, used Paveway IV precision-guided bombs to hit the sites
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Navy Jet overboard: US Navy loses £49m Super Hornet as it falls off aircraft carrier
A F/A-18E Super Hornet has gone overboard off a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
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Aircraft What alternatives does the UK have if it has to abandon the US-designed F-35?
With a shift in global relations under the Trump administration, there are questions about a lack of autonomy of the F-35B software system.