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ROYAL AIR FORCE BIDS FAREWELL TO V(AC) SQUADRON

The Royal Air Force have today officially disbanded V (Army Cooperation) Squadron. The occasion was marked with a ceremonial parade at RAF Waddington with the Squadron Standard being lodged at RAF Cranwell. The disbandment of V (AC) Squadron follows the withdrawal of the Se...

RAF TYPHOONS SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT RUSSIAN BEARS IN THE NORTH SEA

Quick Reaction Alert North (QRA (N) ) Eurofighter Typhoons based at Royal Air Force Lossimouth launched to intercept Russian Tupolev Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, NATO name Bear F. Earlier today Quick Reaction Alert from RAF Lossie...

Army Reserve Officers Commissioning Parade

Major General Celia Harvey pauses to speak to Officer Cadet Firushana Thaufeeq as she inspects the front rank on today’s parade. Today nineteen Officer Cadets who embarked on the eight-week Commissioning Course Short No 211, marched onto their commissioning parade held in f...

HMS Queen Elizabeth Leaving Glen Mallen

The Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has been in Glen Mallan, Scotland, as part of final preparations before her first operational deployment. Sailing in along the Firth of Clyde, the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier has spent the last two weeks at sea testing ...

RAF TYPHOONS STRIKE MULTIPLE DAESH TARGETS ACROSS NORTHERN IRAQ

Image Shows a Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft departing for a sortie over the Middle East on Operation SHADER. The aircraft is armed with Storm Shadow Cruise missiles to conduct strikes against Daesh. The Iraqi forces recently identified a significant number of Daesh...