Tag: Royal Air Force
UK takes takes delivery of three more F-35B fighters
The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy have taken delivery of another three F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant Joint...
Royal Air Force Typhoons, F-35s launch record 53 ASRAAMs in missile...
Royal Air Force Typhoon and F-35B Lightning jets recently carried out their largest ever mass firing of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles...
Royal Air Force takes delivery of first MQ-9B Protector RPAS
The first Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system was officially handed over to the Royal Air Force after it completed...
UK paratroopers test A400M Atlas as their new jump aircraft
British Army paratroopers made the first low-level parachute descents from the Royal Air Force’s A400M Atlas C Mk1 as the aircraft develops...
US, Royal navies sink retired US Navy frigate in North Atlantic
Ships and aircraft from the UK and the US fired a range of missiles at the ex-USS Boone during the Atlantic Thunder SINKEX.
Chile commissions two former British E-3D Sentry aircraft
The Chilean Air Force has officially inducted the two E-3D Sentry aircraft Chile bought from the UK Royal Air Force in January...
Royal Air Force’s VIP fleet reaches full capability with delivery of...
The Royal Air Force’s newest aircraft type has reached full-service capability with the delivery of a second Envoy IV CC Mk1 jet...
Britain earmarks £2.3B for radar, EW upgrades for Typhoon fighters
The UK defense ministry has revealed plans to invest £2.35 billion into radar and anti-jamming technology upgrades for the Royal Air Force's...
Royal Air Force unveils E-7 livery for first time
The Royal Air Force has revealed the future livery of its new E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Mk1 aircraft at the...
Britain and Japan could merge fighter jet programs, report says
The UK and Japan could join forces on the development of a next-generation fighter jet by merging their existing Tempest and F-X...
