RAF Leeming
Swiss Hornets practise low-level flying during Yorknite 2021
For the third year running, RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire is hosting the Swiss Air Force and its Exercise Yorknite, which (as its title suggests) is predominantly for night flying training.
Swiss Hornets arrive at RAF Leeming for Yorknite 2021
Multiple Schweizer Luftwaffe/ Swiss Air Force Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornets touched down at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire on November 15 with a four-week air-to-air and night operations training deployment ahead
Qatari Hawks arrive at RAF Leeming
The arrival of the first two Qatar Emiri Air Force Hawk Mk167s at their new home of RAF Leeming, UK, where they will form part of a joint UK-Qatari fast-jet training squadron, marks the latest step in a burgeoning airborne relationship between the two countries
493rd FS deploys to RAF Leeming for Agile Liberty 21-2
The USAF’s 493rd Fighter Squadron ‘The Grim Reapers’ – a component of the 48th Fighter Wing – has deployed to RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire to participate in Exercise Agile Liberty 21-2
BAE Systems to support joint UK-Qatar Hawk training unit
BAE Systems has been awarded a six-year contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide support and training for a new joint British-Qatari Hawk training squadron, which will be based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire
Joint British-Qatari Hawk squadron to be based at RAF Leeming
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air forces
Swiss Hornets in the UK
Mick Britton was at RAF Leeming as the Swiss Air Force undertook advanced flying training in the UK...