A400M is Go for Parachuting
Hundreds of British paratroops are to stage their first ever battalion-level drop from Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas airlifters this May in Estonia. The […]
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Britain plots bombing of Isis in Libya
A team of British military and intelligence officers last week undertook a secret reconnaissance mission to Libya to plan RAF airstrikes against Isis militants in the […]
RAF to launch Top Gun unit
The RAF is to set up an elite Top Gun-style squadron to hone the dogfighting skills of its fighter pilots. After two decades of mainly carrying […]
Ministry of Defence sinks £2bn sub-hunter jet deal
Britain’s Ministry of Defence is understood to have dropped a £2bn plan to buy a fleet of US-made submarine-hunting jets for the Royal Air Force. […]
RAF squadrons will double to face Isis and Russian threat
The number of fast-jet squadrons is expected to double, amid fears that years of deep cuts have left the RAF too small to tackle the twin […]