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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 David Willis and Mark Broadbent 16th July 2024

… safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RAF participation in RIMPAC 2024 comprises two Boeing Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth in the north of Scotland, with crews from 120 …

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 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 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 …