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United Kingdom UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) Airbus H145 helicopter

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22 January 2020

United Kingdom Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) orders four more Airbus H145s

Airbus Helicopters in the UK is to provide four additional H145 helicopters as part of an expansion of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS). The new helicopters will join the existing fleet of...

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26 December 2019

First Shadow R2 for RAF No 14 Squadron

Shadow R2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft for No 14 Squadron is serial ZZ507, seen at its RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, base on November 4. The aircraft previously wore the civilian registration G-LBSB, and...

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9 June 2019

Leonardo’s BriteCloud decoy flies toward service on RAF Typhoons

Leonardo will support UK MOD trials with its BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy in the UK and US. The decoy is expected to go into service on Typhoon later in 2019 BriteCloud is a drinks-can...

Russian IL76 Candid being intercepted by an RAF Typhoon

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31 October 2018

British planes scramble to intercept suspected Russian jets

British jets were scrambled to investigate suspected Russian fighter aircraft flying near United Kingdom airspace on Wednesday. “Typhoon fighters … were scrambled today as a precautionary measure against a potential incursion into UK area...

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5 November 2014

BAE completes first multiple Paveway IV release from RAF Typhoon

BAE Systems has successfully completed the first multiple release of the Paveway IV precision-guided munitions from a Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft. Undertaken in collaboration with the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and Raytheon...

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4 November 2014

Royal Air Force Attack Islamic State in Iraq

Two Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s have attacked Islamic State vehicles in Iraq. Over the weekend the aircraft were tasked with investigating activity near Al Qaim, north-west of Baghdad. Brimstone missiles were used to...

History of Aviation

28 October 2014

Falklands War 2? Argentina’s new fighters a serious threat

Argentina has placed an order for 24 Saabs – and they’re Top Gun aircraft not family saloons Argentina’s announcement that it plans to acquire 24 Saab Gripen fighter-bombers caused scarcely a ripple in the...

4/5 Gen. Fighter News / Europe

28 October 2014

Britain says agrees to order four more F-35 stealth fighter jets

Britain has reached an agreement in principle to order four more of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Tuesday. The formal contract, part of a...

History of Aviation

22 October 2014

Bring back the Harrier Fighter Jet

Britain must be equipped to confront the situation in the Middle East. The British-designed P1127 – the prototype Harrier fighter – first flew on October 21 1960, a date shared with Lord Nelson’s success...

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17 October 2014

Royal Air Force Now Flying Their Most Advanced Fighter Jets Ever

The Royal Air Force’s (RAF) most advanced fighters ever are now in operational service following the largest ever fighter upgrade programme delivered by BAE Systems. Known as Phase 1 Enhancements (P1E), the upgrade package...