Red Arrows Get Display Approval
AFTER months of training, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team successfully completed an annual assessment, known as Public Display Authority (PDA). Attaining the status, which involves detailed scrutiny of activity both in the air and on the ground, means the Red...
Exercise Dynamic Mongoose Gets Underway
NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose started in the High North on 29 June 2020. Ships, submarines, as well as aircraft and personnel from 6 Allied nations converged off the coast of Iceland for Anti-Submarine warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface warfare training. HMS Kent and her...
Army Announces Most Successful Recruitment Year Since 2015
It has been announced that the British Army has had its most successful recruitment intake year since 2014/15. The MOD announced the news in a written statement to the Defence Select Committee adding that the Army has hit 96% of its target for recruitment in 2019/20....
RAF Typhoons Scrambled For Fifth Time On NATO Air Policing Mission In The Baltic
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets based in Lithuania have launched for the fifth time to intercept Russian aircraft off the Baltic coast line. The Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth based 6 Squadron RAF, intercepted a Russian IL-78 MIDAS Air to Air refuelling aircraft...
VIP Voyager Returns To Operational Duties
FOLLOWING the arrival of the RAF VIP Voyager to its base at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, post the completion of its smart new paint scheme, the aircraft returned to its primary role supporting operational training last week acting as a ‘petrol station in the sky’...
