RAF scrambles Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian Bear aircraft spotted near UK airspace in the North Sea RAF Typhoons intercepted a pair of anti-submarine TU-142 Bear F aircraft today The Russian craft were skirting UK airspace over the North Sea around 9am An RAF Voyager jet joined the Typhoons to provide them with air-to-air … Read more
RAF scrambles Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian Bear aircraft spotted near UK airspace in the North Sea RAF Typhoons intercepted a pair of anti-submarine TU-142 Bear F aircraft today The Russian craft were skirting UK airspace over the North Sea around 9am An RAF Voyager jet joined the Typhoons to provide them with air-to-air … Read more
Missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague is believed to have died in the back of a dustbin lorry after climbing into a Greggs industrial bin while drunk, an inquest has heard. Mr McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he vanished in the early hours of September 24, 2016 after a night out in Bury St … Read more
This is the moment John Watts first saw the bomber plane flown by his father’s squadron during the Second World War and grew closer to knowing the man he never met. John Watts grew up without ever having the chance to meet his father – a hero pilot of the Second World War who died … Read more
This is the moment John Watts first saw the bomber plane flown by his father’s squadron during the Second World War and grew closer to knowing the man he never met. John Watts grew up without ever having the chance to meet his father – a hero pilot of the Second World War who died … Read more
RAF pilot is set to become first non-American to fly US President on Air Force One The unnamed Wing Commander has served for a number of years in the US The pilot will first fly and co-pilot other aircraft before joining reserve list The President and his advisors have two planes which alternate as Air … Read more
RAF pilot is set to become first non-American to fly US President on Air Force One The unnamed Wing Commander has served for a number of years in the US The pilot will first fly and co-pilot other aircraft before joining reserve list The President and his advisors have two planes which alternate as Air … Read more
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag. As the bombs rained down, he’d order the population to stay indoors, huddled under the stairs or in flimsy, back-garden, corrugated iron Anderson shelters, and stand down The Few to … Read more
So much for Churchill Reincarnate. If this was 1940, Boris would be cowering in his bunker beneath Horse Guards Parade and waving the white flag. As the bombs rained down, he’d order the population to stay indoors, huddled under the stairs or in flimsy, back-garden, corrugated iron Anderson shelters, and stand down The Few to … Read more
An RAF serviceman was found hanged in his barracks after worrying about having his first child with his ex-girlfriend, a coroner has heard. Luke Neeson, 25, had been socialising with his colleagues at The Eagle Public House in Oxfordshire on Boxing Day when he started saying he was ‘anxious’ about becoming a first-time father. He … Read more