A statement on the RAF X account said: “This week RAF and UK-based US Air Force aircraft are due to deploy to UK locations as part of Exercise Agile Shield to practise Agile Combat Employment – dispersing at short notice and then operating with minimal support.”
A selection of some of the best photos of aviation released by the UK Ministry of Defence taken during 2023.
Exercise Atlantic Thunder 24 was due to be held from September 2 to 15, however Key.Aero has learned it has been cancelled.
Key Aero’s Dino Carrara interviewed Colonel Steve Ladd (ret.) about his time flying the A-10A Thunderbolt II (‘Warthog’) with the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, which was housed at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge
Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a training exercise with a USAF-operated Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic-capable strategic bomber over the North Sea.
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The Luftwaffe’s Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 (TaktLwG 73; Tactical Air Force Wing 73) ‘Steinhoff’ has rolled out special tail art on one of its EF-2000s to mark three milestones achieved by the unit and Germany’s wider Eurofighter force.
