British Army Training To Leave Canada
According to reports in the Daily Telegraph, the MOD is expected to withdraw British Army training from Canada after 50 years in favour of moving the training facility to Oman in the Middle East. The British Army Training Unit Suffield (Batus) in Alberta, western...
World Record RAF Flight Powered By Synthetic Fuel
The RAF and Zero Petroleum have won a Guinness World Record for the world’s first successful flight using only synthetic fuel. In a world-first, an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft flown by Group Captain Peter Hackett, completed a short flight powered by synthetic...
Royal Air Force Jets Arrive In Oman For Major Desert Exercise
RAF Typhoon jets and a Voyager air-to-air refueller arrived at the Air Exercise area in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, this week to prepare for Exercise MAGIC CARPET, an annual bilateral exercise with the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). The Typhoons, (II(AC) Squadron RAF...
UK Troops Seize Suspected Daesh Weapons And Detain Fighters In Mali
British soldiers serving the UN peacekeeping mission seized RPGs, AK47s and motorbikes during operations near Ansongo, Mali. UK troops deployed to Mali as part of the UN’s peacekeeping mission have detained three suspected Daesh terrorists and seized weapons during...
Chief Of The Defence Staff Hosts Gulf Partners Onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter, has hosted a meeting of the Dragon Group onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Dragon Group, named after its first meeting aboard HMS Dragon in 2018, is a regular meeting of Defence Chiefs from the Gulf and wider Middle...
