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By Dino Carrara 16th February 2024

… Air Force Boeing E-7A Wedgetail, A30-002, touched down at RAF Lossiemouth today (February 16, 2024). The airborne early … Wegdetail arrived from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. An RAF Lossiemouth spokesperson told Key.Aero: “A Royal …

By Alan Warnes 27th February 2024

… Commanding of 101 Sqn about the increased taskings of the RAF’s Voyagers since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine … Transport (MRTT) Voyager has revolutionised the way the RAF does its business. Not only can it fulfil a strategic … supporting air defence quick reaction alerts at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, and …

By Ala Warnes 4th February 2024

… The RAF’s fighter force – the tip of the force’s spear, or Combat … and Afghan wars, Air Commodore Howard ‘Howey’ Edwards, the RAF’s Combat Air Force Commander, knows a thing about … the British people. RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, both have Quick Reaction Alerts to do …

By Tim Ripley 24th April 2024

… For more than six months the RAF has been at the forefront of Britain’s response to the … on its forces across the Middle East. The Royal Air Force (RAF) has been at the forefront of all these efforts, as well … aircraft spent 18 days in Sicily and returned home to RAF Lossiemouth after flying seven missions along the coast of …

By Dino Carrara 25th March 2024

… Those well-versed on the RAF may think they know all the aircraft types flown by the … type in question is a Robin DR400/180R, operated by the RAF’s Central Gliding School (CGS), which is part of 2 Flying … the RAF in a sense has its own ‘Batman’ and ‘Robin’. RAF Lossiemouth-based IX (B) Squadron which flies the Typhoon …

By Dino Carrara 9th May 2023

… RAF Lossiemouth is playing a major role in NATO’s Exercise … Force F-2000A Typhoon and two-seat TF-2000A also flew into Lossiemouth today with one of the air force’s KC-767A also scheduled to participate. RAF Typhoons and Poseidon MRA1s are taking part, as will …

By Jon Lake 3rd January 2024

… Sting Ray acoustic homing lightweight torpedo onto the RAF’s fleet of P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft … on the name ‘Stingray’ – was formerly employed by the RAF’s Nimrod MPA fleet and is used by a variety of Royal Navy … experience with the Mod 0 variant. Sting Ray will give the RAF Poseidon fleet a potent sovereign torpedo capability, …

By Philip Birtles 3rd February 2024

… from the January 1981 issue of Aeroplane Monthly , of RAF fast jet training from a time when the air force was … force … The Tornado GR1/4 gained legendary status in the RAF and it is enthralling to read how this affected the fast … sorties and would still be able to divert as far away as Lossiemouth in Scotland if absolutely necessary. If the …

By Jon Lake 2nd September 2023

… The RAF scrambled Typhoon FGR4s on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duty at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, to intercept two Russian …

By Dino Carrara 14th June 2023

… Three RAF C-130Js performed a tour of the UK on June 14 flying over … locations that have been significant to the Hercules in RAF service. The three-ship left RAF Brize Norton at … Command Flying Station Aldergrove in Northern Ireland, RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland (where the C-130Js were escorted by …

By Dino Carrara 16th April 2023

… a big challenge, without a shadow of a doubt. Bob Judson’s RAF career ·         Joined the RAF: December 28, 1980 ·         Officer training: December … training (RAF Linton-on-Ouse; RAF Valley; RAF Brawdy; RAF Lossiemouth): June 1981 – March 84 ·         17(F) Sqn: April …

By Dino Carrara 14th April 2023

… matter – it was a great force to be part of. Bob Judson’s RAF career ·         Joined the RAF: December 28, 1980 ·         Officer training: December … training (RAF Linton-on-Ouse; RAF Valley; RAF Brawdy; RAF Lossiemouth): June 1981 – March 84 ·         17(F) Sqn: April …

By Dino Carrara 12th April 2023

… re-tasked those missions got quite lengthy. Bob Judson’s RAF career ·         Joined the RAF: December 28, 1980 ·         Officer training: December … training (RAF Linton-on-Ouse; RAF Valley; RAF Brawdy; RAF Lossiemouth): June 1981 – March 84 ·         17(F) Sqn: April …

By DR KEVIN WRIGHT 13th April 2023

… Kevin Wright looks at the roles of the SEPECAT Jaguar with RAF Germany, which included nuclear strike. For ten years … from the mid-1970s the SEPECAT Jaguar was the backbone of RAF Germany’s (RAFG) nuclear strike, attack and photographic … The Jaguar Conversion Team formed in 1973 at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, soon becoming 226 Operational Conversion …

By Ben Stanley Hall 24th March 2023

… coast of Estonia after transiting from its home base of  RAF Lossiemouth. The vessel is in the area conducting a presence … Navy colleagues at range.  “The ability to project our RAF Maritime Patrol capability into different areas like this …