
'Union Flag' VIP Voyager Returns To Operational Duties
The aircraft performed air-to-air refuelling drills alongside Lightning and Typhoon jets.
The aircraft performed air-to-air refuelling drills alongside Lightning and Typhoon jets.
Number 10 has responded after questions were raised online over whether it was the wrong way round.
The Ministry of Defence has paid for the maintenance work carried out on the aircraft.
Downing Street said the RAF Voyager will retain its air-to-air capability despite its new white, red and blue design.
An F-15C jet was involved in a fatal crash over the North Sea on Monday.
The pilot, who was injured in the incident, has been taken to hospital for an examination.
The E-7 is set to replace the RAF's current fleet of Sentry aircraft.
The aircraft is designed to fill the role left by the Nimrod, which was retired in 2010.
The carrier has been at sea since late April to prove her readiness for her first operational deployment next year.
Dramatic picture shows runway packed with fully-armed stealth fighter jets at Hill Air Force base
The pilot is said to be in a "stable condition" after ejecting from the aircraft, according to a statement from Eglin Air Force Base.
Captain Jennifer Casey was killed when the aerobatic jet crashed in Kamloops on Sunday.
A Snowbirds aerobatic team member was killed when the jet crashed into a residential area of Kamloops.
It is the first time the exercise has been held since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Around 400,000 gowns were meant to arrive in the UK on Sunday for frontline NHS staff battling the coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement comes days after the Red Arrows confirmed its annual overseas training had been cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic.