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By Khalem Chapman 2nd May 2020

… was intercepted over the Atlantic by Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, suggesting that minor …

21st May 2020

… to be and we were much more combat oriented.” Declassified RAF and Ministry of Defence (MOD) records reveal how those … shape. The US and British governments earmarked some RAF airfields as ‘Co-located Operating Bases’ (COBs) to host … for Coronet Kiowa. Six aircraft briefly stayed at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland to take part in Exercise Elder …

By ALLEN VERNON 14th May 2020

… Anglian airfield. In the Anglo-French strike aircraft’s RAF heyday, this was nothing out of the ordinary. Today it … produced. First flown in March 1974 and delivered to the RAF at Lossiemouth on 18 November that year, it was assigned to No …

By Tim Ripley 16th April 2020

… the full fleet of nine should be operational from nearby RAF Lossiemouth. Niall Paterson As the world’s first ever independent air arm, the RAF has led the way in many aspects of air warfare. For …

By Khalem Chapman 18th November 2019

… Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s have deployed to Keflavik Air … personnel – belonging to No 1 (Fighter) Squadron, based at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland  –  deployed to Iceland on November 13. …

By Khalem Chapman 31st October 2019

… The Royal Air Force (RAF) has officially taken delivery of its first Boeing P-8A … 30. The ceremony was attended by a delegation from the RAF who were 'handed the keys' to ZP801 ,  the UK's first … No 120 Squadron with all nine aircraft operating from RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. However, due to runway resurfacing work …

By Jamie Hunter 4th March 2020

… Operational Evaluation Unit, and station commander at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. In January he gave an exclusive … Hunter during which he outlined the current status of the RAF’s Typhoon fleet and plans to expand to an eight-squadron …

By COMPILER: BARRY WHEELER 9th April 2020

… while serving on Blenheims with No 107 Squadron based at Lossiemouth. Chris says George is not in the picture, but the … in World War One. Can someone clarify this change in RFC/RAF markings David Gillespie’s Spruce Creek, Florida-based …

By Rod Hawkins 1st April 2020

… Former RAF navigator Rod Hawkins shares stories from his first … with 14 Squadron on the Cold War front line. I arrived at RAF Wildenrath, about 26 miles from Düsseldorf on a Friday in … in Wales to pick up meat, then on to Machrihanish or Lossiemouth in Scotland for fish, before heading back home. …

By Khalem Chapman 25th February 2020

… company, tlmNexus, has announced it will be supporting the RAF’s P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft fleet under … defence-focused software services. It will manage the RAF’s newest maritime patrol aircraft, the Boeing P-8A … operated by No 120 Squadron and No 201 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. The nation’s first Poseidon – …

By Ben Dunnell 12th March 2020

… and everything else. At school in Oundle there was an RAF section in the CCF, which I joined eventually. I got a … Gyron Junior engines. Martin trained on 736 Squadron at Lossiemouth. "They had quite a good cockpit-type simulator, … getting out. "Part of the course was catapult launches at RAF Bedford, which was a bit of an eye-opener because it was …

By Mick Britton 16th January 2020

… Mick Britton was at RAF Leeming as the Swiss Air Force undertook a second major … Swiss Air Force F/A-18C J-5006 taxies out of its HAS at RAF Leeming during Yorknite 2019. Aircraft and crews were … in UK airspace – following on from a similar event at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, in 2018. The latest manoeuvres, dubbed …

15th August 2019

… The RAF’s first Poseidon MRA1, ZP101, lifts off from Renton on … military systems. After that it will be delivered to the RAF’s 120 Sqn at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, in October and … year. Poseidons will eventually equip two squadrons at RAF Lossiemouth, including 201 Sqn, although a date for this …

By Howard Cook 31st January 2020

… in Hampshire, Ratcliffe on the Wreake in Leicestershire, RAF Cosford in the West Midlands, Prestwick near Glasgow and as far north as Lossiemouth in Moray. Eleanor’s logbook, with the fifth entry … in Yorkshire to Dumfries in southwest Scotland and on to RAF Macrahannish, Argyll. “I got through in the end,” she …

By Greg Bagwell 16th January 2020

… maybe try and go back and finish their sleep. A pair of RAF Tornado GR1s from No IX (Bomber) Squadron - a unit that … live-firing exercise. Only three months after arriving at RAF Brüggen, Bagwell was on nuclear QRA duty. US DoD Many … seen from the cockpit of an RAF Typhoon scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, to monitor two of the long-range …