US Navy makes history as unmanned tanker drone refuels a fighter jet for the first time The Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet connected to the Boeing-owned MQ-25 Stingray drone mid-air Friday The drone then transfered 325 pounds of fuel to the fighter jet near MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois Footage shows the moment the Super Hornet … Read more
It was a plane that was bankrolled by a young Winston Churchill and changed the course of British aviation history. The Royal Navy’s first seaplane, the Waterbird, was created by aeronautic pioneer Edward Wakefield in 1911 to give military ships an eye in the sky. Thanks to financial support from Churchill, the plane successfully flew … Read more
HMS Queen Elizabeth – named after 16th century monarch Elizabeth I – is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-Class of aircraft carriers. Its sister ship is HMS Prince of Wales. The ships, which together cost more than £6billion, are the largest in the history of the Royal Navy. Last month, it was reported that flagship … Read more
The most expensive aircraft carrier ever built – to the tune of $13.2billion – is still suffering from unreliable technology systems more than three years after it was delivered to the US Navy. A new assessment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, carried out by Pentagon testers, indicates that the ship’s issues ‘remain consistent’ with … Read more
Britain’s newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel’s vital electrical systems. HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from setting sail from its home port on safety grounds after thousands of gallons of sea water poured into the vessel’s engine room for more … Read more
Colonial legacy of Admiral Lord Nelson and the Royal Navy’s links to slavery ‘to be re-evaluated’ by Greenwich Maritime Museum who plan to change their historical displays following the Black Lives Matter movement The National Maritime Museum will change its Lord Horatio Nelson displays All of the museum’s displays will be reviewed to reveal British … Read more
Colonial legacy of Admiral Lord Nelson and the Royal Navy’s links to slavery ‘to be re-evaluated’ by Greenwich Maritime Museum who plan to change their historical displays following the Black Lives Matter movement The National Maritime Museum will change its Lord Horatio Nelson displays All of the museum’s displays will be reviewed to reveal British … Read more
Dramatic video shows Royal Navy jets ‘attacking’ HMS Queen Elizabeth in an exercise as the £3billion aircraft carrier’s crew test their defences. Cockpit footage shows the Navy’s Hawk jet maritime aggressor squadron simulating ‘bad guy’ missile attacks on the massive aircraft carrier, which at 930ft long is the joint biggest in the Royal Navy’s history. … Read more
Stunning footage has revealed F-35 stealth fighters roaring off the colossal flight deck of the Royal Navy’s new flagship aircraft carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Two squadrons of F-35B Lightning stealth fighters, of the RAF Dambusters and the US Marines Wake Island Avengers, have joined Big Lizzie for drills with allies in the North Sea. … Read more
Royal Navy aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth could set out on its first mission with more American than British planes on board HMS Queen Elizabeth could deploy around 20 US F-35 jets under one scenario The Ministry of Defence is expected to rely on US jets to fill a gap in numbers Number of F-35s which … Read more