Royal Air Force (RAF)

Inside Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-1

On March 6, the latest iteration of the biannual Exercise Cobra Warrior (CW23-1) commenced over the skies of the United Kingdom. Ben Stanley Hall looks at the various assets involved, support equipment and mission sets as well as a chat with some of its participants

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Net zero by 2040: RAF chief's ambitious plan to go green examined

Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the RAF’s most senior officer, has steered his service through a period of great change, and his tenure as Chief of the Air Staff has not been without controversy and criticism – but nor has it been without achievement. Jon Lake reports.

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Were you at Northolt Nightshoot XXVIII?

With the number of nightshoots at RAF Northolt now sitting well into the twenties, there really is no introduction needed for the nocturnal activities that take place on the West London base’s flightline.

UK axes another C-130J, leaving just a handful in RAF service

Another RAF-operated Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules C4 tactical transport has arrived at Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group’s facility at Cambridge Airport in Cambridgeshire for disposal, leaving just a handful of airframes in UK military service

Second intercept of Russian aircraft by NATO joint Air Policing

For the second time this week a pair of Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled from Amari Air Base in Estonia to intercept Russian aircraft transiting through the Finland Straight of the Estonian coast.

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Metheringham – in the footsteps of heroes

James Peene headed to Lincolnshire to pay a visit to the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre and discovered a former bomber base steeped in history but with a healthy future

Airfield preservation group launches museum bid

The RAF Bradwell Bay Preservation Group is seeking support in its bid to create a museum close to the site’s war memorial, near Maldon in Essex

Could historic Scampton be used to house migrants?

An eminent group of historians has signed a letter to the government opposing plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton

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Life as an instructor on the Strike Command Bombing School

The Strike Command Bombing School didn’t exactly seem like a plum posting for a Vulcan navigator, but the chance to fly the Hastings was among the compensations

UK and Germany conduct NATO’s first joint Baltic Air Policing interception

Eurofighter Typhoons from the RAF and Luftwaffe have been scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft off the coast of Estonia in the first ever dual force operation as part of Operation Azitoze