RAF C-17 Globemaster III transport plane makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport after ‘smoke entered the cabin’ The C-17 Globemaster III transport jet left RAF Brize Norton this morning The aircraft made a precautionary landing at Birmingham airport around noon The massive transport jet landed safely and was parked near the terminal By Darren Boyle … Read more
Meet the RAF’s new ‘loyal wingman’: Prototype of high-speed unmanned drone designed to fly alongside fighter jets bringing extra tech and weaponry into war zones goes into production A £30million Government investment is in place to start production of a prototype of the potentially game-changing fighter aircraft It will be armed with surveillance and electronic … Read more
Eleven RAF troops are arrested on suspicion of taking cocaine… but military police wait FOUR days to test them for drugs (by which time traces of any illegal substance are hard to detect) The troops were taken into custody after commanders broke up a private party in an accommodation block MoS understands they were celebrating … Read more
Amateur pilot will appear in court accused of landing £2m private plane at Prince William’s former RAF base without permission because he ‘wanted to go to the beach’ Civil Aviation Authority has named the pilot as Richard Charles Priestley Wood He allegedly flew 300 miles from Surrey to fighter pilot training base in Wales Pilot set … Read more
A widow suing for £400,000 after her RAF officer husband fell 20ft to his death from a hotel window at a friend’s wedding has today won her fight for a payout from the hotel’s owners. Sergeant Christopher James suffered fatal head injuries when he hit the pavement after slipping from the ‘very low’ window sill … Read more
Amateur pilot will appear in court accused of landing £2m private plane at Prince William’s former RAF base without permission because he ‘wanted to go to the beach’ Civil Aviation Authority has named the pilot as Richard Charles Priestley Wood He allegedly flew 300 miles from Surrey to fighter pilot training base in Wales Pilot set … Read more
Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘massive explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier after being scrambled to escort ‘jet that lost communications’ to Stansted Airport Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter … Read more
Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘massive explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier after being scrambled to escort ‘jet that lost communications’ to Stansted Airport Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter … Read more
A 99-year-old RAF veteran says he is still waiting for his Covid vaccination a month after the sluggish immunisation scheme started, after Boris Johnson yesterday revealed he would bring in the Army to speed up the programme and promised 200,000 Britons would receive a jab each day by the end of next week. Arthur Clark, … Read more
An RAF veteran who is about to turn 100 says he is still waiting for his Covid vaccination a month after the scheme started, as a Sage adviser calls on Number 10 to make it compulsory for NHS staff to get the jab. Arthur Clark, a widower and great-grandfather of four said he had been … Read more