In Pictures: F-35's First Combat Sorties From HMS Queen Elizabeth
The combat missions are the first flown from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier by an F-35 aircraft.
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RAF Carrier Strike Group 21: UK F-35 Jets On HMS Queen Elizabeth To Fight IS
The renowned "Dambusters" RAF 617 Squadron is set to operate the aircraft to support the counter-IS operations.
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Sea vessels Apache Helicopters Join HMS Prince Of Wales For Trials
The three British Army Apaches will develop take-off and landing capabilities with the aircraft carrier.
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USA Unmanned Aircraft Completes Air-To-Air Refuelling For First Time
The Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 refuelled a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet during a flight last week, making aviation history.
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Navy HMS Prince of Wales: F-35B lands on carrier for first time
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier has been conducting sea and aviation trials on her journey to becoming fully operational.
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Aircraft Red Arrows Perform Their First Display Since Lockdown
The aerobatic display of the Royal Air Force have performed for the first time in almost two years at the Midlands Air Festival.
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Aircraft Tempest: 'Too Early To Say' Where Sixth-Generation Aircraft Will Be Built
The sixth-generation Tempest fighter jet could be in service by the 2030s.
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Aircraft RIAT Marks 50th Anniversary With Scaled-Down Event
Organisers returned to the tattoo's birthplace after the world's largest military air show was cancelled once again due to COVID.
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Aircraft 'Secret Spitfires' Memorial To Be Unveiled In July
The memorial will be a life-sized replica of a MK-9 Spitfire built during the Second World War by the 'Secret Workforce'.
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Aircraft Union Flag Typhoon Unveiled At RAF Coningsby
The aircraft, complete with Union Flag paintwork, will be used at air shows in the UK and overseas throughout the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
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Aircraft Tempest: Future Aircraft Programme 'On Track'
The "concept and assessment phase" for the Tempest programme is due to be launched later this year, according to a defence minister.
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Aircraft Chipmunk Aircraft: 75 Years In The Skies
The Chipmunk was the RAF's primary trainer aircraft from the late 1940s and continues to be used by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
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Navy UK Carrier Strike Group 2021: Who's Joining HMS Queen Elizabeth On Deployment?
The formation has been described as the UK's largest "signal of maritime and air power" for a generation.
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Sea vessels Fact Check: Does HMS Queen Elizabeth Have British Jets?
HMS Queen Elizabeth is getting ready to sail on her first operational deployment – but what jets will operate from her flight deck?
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Aircraft Historic first as amphibious ship RFA Mounts Bay operates with US Osprey
The Osprey can fly higher, further and faster than a helicopter and with its tiltrotor design, can land in and take off from tight spots.
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RAF RAF Museum Cosford Reopens After Lockdown
The museum is open to the public for the first time this year after going into lockdown in December.