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 12 Mar 2010 | Ref. 056/2010 Woodford, United Kingdom: The Nimrod MRA4 has made significant steps forward with the UK Ministry of Defence formally accepting the aircraft and declaring it ‘ready to train’. This declaration follows the type acceptance of [...] From The Times The RAF is under pressure to cut its multibillion-pound orders for fast jets in favour of cheaper propeller aircraft as part of a review of defence spending. The suggestion, from General Sir David [...] January 13, 2010 by Marcel van Leeuwen Defence chiefs are preparing drastic cuts to the number of American stealth aircraft planned for the RAF and the Royal Navy’s proposed new carriers, the Guardian has learned. They will be among the [...] Source: Lockheed Martin FORT WORTH, Texas, December 22nd, 2009 — The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial approval to purchase its third Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, reinforcing [...] December 21, 2009 by Marcel van Leeuwen She might be the only female Tornado pilot in Afghanistan, but Juliette Fleming, known as Jules, insists she is just ‘one of the boys’ amongst her colleagues from 31 Squadron, Royal Air [...] 17 December 2009 Royal Air Force will receive additional 22 new Chinook helicopters, as part of a new future helicopter strategy that will increase the number of lift helicopters by 40%, for operations in Afghanistan. The RAF will fly [...] 10 November 2009 The UK Royal Air Force’s fleet of Merlin helicopters have completed a four-month training stint in the US, in preparation for deployment in Afghanistan by 2009. The Merlins will provide support to ground operations and increase [...] by Staff Writers The first Typhoons to be deployed overseas have touched down in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft, from RAF Coningsby, flew into the South Atlantic Islands to take over [...] Press Association A hero RAF pilot steered a smart bomb away from its Taliban target to save a group of Afghan villagers. The laser-guided Paveway IV bomb was dropped from a Harrier jump jet to kill an [...] |
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