Exercise Epic Skies IV ... i Tifoni della RAF si addestrano in Qatar ...
Typhoons from No. 12 Squadron have arrived in Qatar for Exercise Epic Skies.
Pilots from the Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) will fly the Typhoons together for the first time as a joint squadron in Qatar, strengthening the close ties between both nations.
More than 130 personnel from the Royal Air Force have deployed to Qatar to support the two-week joint exercise, which will see Qatari pilots and engineers fly and maintain the Typhoon alongside their RAF colleagues.
RAF Typhoon fast jets were scrambled this morning to intercept Russian military aircraft operating in international airspace near UK airspace.
The Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth on Saturday morning and were joined by an RAF Voyager from RAF Brize Norton, which provided air-to-air refuelling for the Typhoons.
Ultimo volo operativo per i "Sentinel" della RAF ...
The Royal Air Force’s Raytheon Sentinel surveillance fleet completed its final operation on February 25, 2021.
The last aircraft flew a mission from its base at RAF Waddington in southern England, monitoring Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave, and Belarus, from Polish and Lithuanian airspace.
The RAF Sentinels have been frequent visitors to the Baltic airspace, often provoking a reaction from Russian Su-27 Flanker interceptors based in Kaliningrad.
The United Kingdom’s recent defense and security review, and the Defence Command Paper Defence in a Competitive Age that followed it (*), aimed to identify and understand future threats and to invest in the capabilities needed to defeat them.
The review process was shaped more by budgetary constraints than by military necessity and ended up imposing a series of cuts to force size, structure, and equipment.
The Royal Air Force was hit particularly hard, despite optimistic-sounding statements from senior officers.
The Freeman Air and Space Institute, an initiative by London University’s King’s College, predicted that the review would follow the usual pattern: highlighting new technologies that would enable the UK to act as a major world power with smaller armed forces; before realizing that this was unaffordable without significant additional investment or scaling back ambitions; and then trying to fund the new equipment and capabilities by cutting force size and retiring existing equipment.
Il CSM della RAF ha visitato la Israeli Air Force ...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, has visited Israel as a guest of the Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force, Major General Amikam Norkin.
The visit was to promote key collaborative efforts and strengthen ties between the nations’ Air Forces.
During the visit to Israel, Air Chief Marshal Wigston was given a tour of the Israeli Air Force Bases, Tel Nof, Palmachim and Nevatim.
Fine della vita operativa per gli E-3D Sentry della RAF ...
On July 30 the UK’s Royal Air Force flew its last operational sortie with the Boeing E-3D - known as the Sentry AEW.Mk 1 in RAF service - airborne warning and control aircraft.
The aircraft in question, ZH103, flew the final sortie from the RAF's Akrotiri base in Cyprus, where the aircraft had been one of two deployed as part of Operation Shader, the UK’s contribution to anti-Daesh operations in Syria and Iraq.
The aircraft has been withdrawn from service following its return to the UK on August 4.
Un C-17 della RAF ha trasportato a Londra le spoglie della Regina Elisabetta Seconda ...
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, after being transported from west London’s RAF Northholt airbase by car.
The Queen’s family received the coffin on its arrival at the palace, where it will rest in the Bow Room overnight.
The coffin was transported from Edinburgh earlier on Tuesday on a C-17 Globemaster transport plane, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston told Sky News Tuesday in an on-camera interview.
Tre Tifoni della RAF hanno contribuito all'affondamento di una vecchia fregata americana in occasione dell'esercitazione multinazionale "Atlantic Thunder 2022" ...
The three RAF Typhoons arrived in short order to deploy four Paveway IV precision guided missiles onto ex-Boone.
This was quickly followed by the Wildcat Helicopter’s two Martlet missiles and shortly thereafter two Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) dropped by the F-15E Strike Eagle.
I Typhoon e i Lightning della RAF hanno effettuato un'importante esercitazione di addestramento missilistico ...
RAF Typhoon and Lightning jets have successfully conducted their largest ever mass firing of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM).
Over the space of 10 days, pilots from eight different squadrons successfully launched a total of 53 missiles at target drones.
The Missile Practice Camp took place over the sea in the Hebrides Air Weapon Ranges last month and was the largest mass firing of the infra-red guided Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles from Typhoon and F-35B Lightning II.
The UK has more state-of-the-art F-35 fast jets than pilots because of problems with flying training, the defence secretary has revealed.
The Ministry of Defence only has just over 20 of the next-generation £100m warplanes but cannot even man all of them, Ben Wallace confirmed.
"It's a shambles," a former Royal Air Force officer said.
In Qatar ... a protezione del Campionato Mondiale di Calcio 2022 ...
The Royal Air Force's No. 12 Squadron has flown to Qatar to begin a six-month deployment under Project Thariya.
The Typhoon fighter unit, which is jointly staffed by UK and Qatari personnel, is based at the new Tamim Airbase at Dukhan, where it is supporting the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) as it forms its first Typhoon squadron: No. 7 (Al Thariyat) Squadron within the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing.
The two squadrons will operate together to fly the full range of air policing operations in support of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, helping to ensure a safe event for fans from across the world.
The tournament begins on November 20, and the final is scheduled for December 18, which is also Qatar’s National Day.
This will be the first-ever World Cup to be staged in the Arab world and only the second World Cup to be held entirely in Asia.
The quadrennial competition is traditionally held in June/July, but this year has been scheduled for later in the year to avoid the summer heat in the Gulf nation.
The first four No. 12 Squadron Typhoons left RAF Coningsby in late September, and four more deployed on October 11.
They have joined the first four QEAF Typhoons that were delivered in late August and early September, with at least a further four QEAF Typhoons expected to have arrived before the tournament kicks off.
E' scomparso George Leonard ‘Johnny’ Johnson ... l'ultimo dei leggendari "Dambusters" ...
The RAF is saddened to learn of the death of Squadron Leader George Leonard ‘Johnny’ Johnson, the last remaining member of the legendary 617 Squadron “Dambusters” raid on the Eder, Sorpe and Mohne dams during World War Two.
A true hero, Johnny Johnson was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty in 2017 and celebrated his 100th birthday last year.
There is no technical reason why the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) could not upgrade and retain its fleet of Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, BAE Systems told the country's parliamentary Defence Select Committee in January.
In a written response to the committee submitted on 23 January, the lead UK contractor in the Eurofighter consortium said that it would be “technically feasible” to bring the RAF's remaining 30 Tranche 1 jets up to a standard where they could be retained in service rather than retired in 2025, as currently planned.
Un A400M Atlas della Royal Air Force ha effettuato il volo più lungo di sempre per partecipare all'esercitazione aerea internazionale "Mobility Guardian 23" ...
Un velivolo A400M Atlas della Royal Air Force, di base a Brize Norton, ha effettuato il volo più lungo mai effettuato da questo tipo di aeromobile per avviare il dispiegamento della RAF in occasione dell'esercitazione "Mobility Guardian 23".
L'Atlas è partito dalla base della RAF di Brize Norton il 3 Luglio scorso e ha volato senza sosta per 20 ore e 36 minuti verso Guam, facendo rifornimento tre volte durante il viaggio, una volta sull'Atlantico, una volta sull'Alaska e infine sull'Oceano Pacifico.
Durante il volo, la rotta ha anche portato l'Atlas più vicino al Polo Nord, sopra la calotta glaciale artica, rispetto a qualsiasi volo precedente di questo tipo di aeromobile.
I Typhoon della RAF hanno intercettato bombardieri russi che stavano volando a nord della Scozia ...
I Typhoon sono stati lanciati dalla base di Lossiemouth, una delle Quick Reaction Alert Stations della RAF, dove i caccia sono costantemente disponibili per rispondere alle minacce in qualsiasi momento.
Sua Maestà il Re ha incontrato i veterani della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e il team del Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) in occasione di una sua visita alla base della RAF di Coningsby ...
Quattro aerei militari russi hanno operato vicino all'Alaska, secondo il North American Aerospace Defense Command, circa due settimane dopo che una flottiglia di navi da guerra russe e cinesi che stavano conduceendo esercitazioni congiunte vicino alle Isole Aleutine era stata seguita dall'US Navy.
Lo stesso giorno, a migliaia di chilometri di distanza, bombardieri russi si sono avvicinati allo spazio aereo della NATO in Europa, spingendo più paesi a intervenire.
Le capacità missilistiche britanniche saranno migliorate …
In occasione del Farnborough International Air Show il Ministero della Difesa del Regno Unito (UK MoD) ha annunciato un investimento di 6,5 miliardi di sterline per migliorare la fornitura di armamenti avanzati alle Forze Armate.
Il 14° Squadrone della RAF è stato costretto ad abbandonare il soprannome "Crusaders" dopo che è stata confermata la denuncia secondo cui tale soprannome sarebbe "offensivo" …
Uno degli squadroni più storici della RAF non si chiamerà più "The Crusaders" dopo che si è sostenuto che il nome è offensivo per i musulmani.
Il 14° Squadrone ha ottenuto questo soprannome dopo che i suoi aviatori hanno effettuato sortite su Gaza e Palestina durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale.
Ma il "Mail on Sunday" ha appreso che un membro di un 'equipaggio della RAF ha presentato un reclamo formale ai vertici, sostenendo che il termine era offensivo.
Con grande costernazione di molti, gli ufficiali superiori hanno confermato la lamentela.
Ora agli equipaggi è stato ordinato di rimuovere qualsiasi riferimento a "Crusaders" dal loro hangar.
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