Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart have committed to strengthening the UK-Qatar defence relationship following a joint visit to RAF Coningsby. During a tour of the base, which is already home to the UK-Qatar joint Typhoon squadron, the two Defence Ministers signed a Statement of Intent setting out how ...
A Royal Air Force Poseidon MRA1 recently landed for the first time at RAF Lossiemouth, the new home of UK maritime patrol operations based in the heart of Moray, Scotland. Touching down on the newly resurfaced runway, ZP802 named the ‘City of Elgin’ parked outside the brand new £132m facility which ...
Work to resurface the runways at RAF Lossiemouth has reached a major milestone with the return of aircraft to the Moray station. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) awarded a £75-million contract for the airfield operating surfaces project to VolkerFitzpatrick in August 2019. For most of the work, which started in May, aircraft ...
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has announced the StormBreaker smart weapon has been approved for use on the F-15E by the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The fielding decision means that F-15E squadrons can now be equipped with StormBreaker and deployed for missions. “StormBreaker delivers an unprecedented capability to pilots in the ...
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