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Defence Command Paper: What Will Change For The RAF?
The RAF is expected to see an increase in unmanned fighter jets that could potentially exceed the number of those with pilots on board.
From the High North to the Indo-Pacific: What the Royal Navy did in 2025
Carrier Strike Group 25, a nearly eight-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, was the centrepiece of the Royal Navy's operational activity, while elsewhere Royal Marines trained in sub-zero conditions and HMS Dragon destroyed a supersonic missile.
Projecting power and protecting airspace: What the RAF did in 2025
In addition to its regular role of defending UK airspace, the RAF took part in Nato's largest airpower exercise, said goodbye to the Puma and opened the doors to its secretive cyber force.
Deploying drones and defending borders: What the Army did in 2025
From tanks to trench warfare, the Army has had a busy 2025, many of its soldiers being among the 10,000 personnel who took part in Nato's biggest exercise of the year.
How soldiers learn the lie of the land - by making a model
Soldiers don't just go rushing in when they're given an objective, they study the ground and plan their routes in and out by building a 3D model, as these Gurkha infanteers demonstrate.
Armed Forces Foundation Scheme: The military gap year
Would you join the military for a gap year? Well, from next year you can. Its official name is the Armed Forces Foundation Scheme and it'll be open for recruitment from March. There are 150 slots available - and you've got to be under 25.
Healey rules out suggestion of voluntary military service
While France and Germany are pushing for a form of national service on a voluntary basis, Defence Secretary John Healey says the UK does not need to follow suit.
On guard: The world's most-watched footsteps
From palace forecourts to national memorials, ceremonial guard duty is carried out in strikingly different ways around the world.
Spiders of Vilnius: Weaving camouflage for Ukraine
BFBS Forces News reporter Simon Newton visits the Spiders of Vilnius, a group in Lithuania that weaves camouflage netting for Ukraine's defenders.
Military leaders reflect on a year of global operations
Senior military leaders reflect on a year of global operations, alliance support and sustained operational activity across the Armed Forces
Courage of WW2 generation a message for us all, says King
The courage and sacrifice made by the servicemen and women who served in the Second World War is a timeless message for us all, the King says in his Christmas Day message.
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