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The Schoolmaster
… circuit at Duxford, Classic Wings ’ G-AIYR wears post-war RAF colours with yellow ‘ trainer ’ bands and its military … make the recommendations. With war clouds looming, the RAF was keen to bolster its meagre maritime resources with a … The Fleet Air Arm hung on to its Dominies the longest. At Lossiemouth in Scotland the Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 intensive …
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No IX(B) Squadron formally re-established
… squadron’s retirement scheme during a photo sortie over RAF Lossiemouth earlier this year. Crown Copyright THE RAF officially reactivated No IX (Bomber) Squadron as its …
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Restructuring Norway’s air defences
… one of the UK’s low-fl ying areas during a deployment to RAF Kinloss, Scotland. The RNoAF’s airlift capabilities … Poseidon operational and logistic support facilities at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland to be extended to cover Norway. …
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Typhoons on Arctic Challenge
… starboard wing. SAC Anna Lythgoe RAuxAF/Crown Copyright RAF AIRCRAFT and personnel took part in the Arctic Challenge … 22 to June 4, training alongside eight other nations. The RAF brought five Typhoon FGR4s from No 6 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, to Luleå-Kallax air base, where they …
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RAF Tornado GR1 and GR4 combat operations overview
By Jamie Hunter
… when the unit officially reformed with the Tornado GR1 at RAF Honington on June 1, 1982, under the leadership of Wg Cdr … the last handful of jets were seeing out their days at RAF Marham having completed their operational duties, while … under Operation ‘Herrick’. Tornado GR4s from the RAF Lossiemouth Wing initially deployed to Kandahar under the …
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Frontline Typhoons
… 1 1: The latest addition to the RAF’s Typhoon fleet is No IX (Bomber) Squadron, which was formally re-established on May 2 as RAF Lossiemouth’s fourth operational Typhoon unit. The former …
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RAF Poseidon crews begin training in US
… at Jacksonville. Crown Copyright PERSONNEL FROM the RAF’s No 120 Squadron and Poseidon Line Squadron have started … Florida. The initial cadre of 38 personnel, drawn from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, include aircrew and engineers who …
RAF Crews Begin Poseidon Adventure
… Training of RAF personnel on the Boeing P-8A Poseidon has begun at NAS Jacksonville, Florida. So far, 38 staff from the RAF’s 120 Sqn and Poseidon Line Squadron, including aircrew, … transition to schooling all its Poseidon personnel at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. The first of nine RAF Poseidon MRA1 …
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Order of battle
… RAF Marham is now home to the frontline Lightning Force, crewed jointly by RAF and Royal Navy personnel. Here, two of the first F-35Bs … II(AC) Squadron taxies back from a training sortie at RAF Lossiemouth. The frontline Typhoon Force is now exclusively …
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Spangdahlem ‘Vipers’ join Formidable Shield
… Neil Dunridge USAF F-16CMs and US Navy P-8As deployed to RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland to take part in Formidable Shield, a …
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Belgian group working on ‘Catch-22’ Mitchell
By ERIC DESSOUROUX
… aged 89; AVM Michael Robinson CB – served with the last RAF Beaufighter unit (45 Squadron), later commanding a Victor … squadron at Wittering before becoming station commander at Lossiemouth – on June 5, aged 92; Wg Cdr Clive Rustin AFC* – RAF test pilot who commanded the Fast Jet Squadron at …
IN BRIEF
… them as training ‘adversaries’, according to an o_ cial RAF release. Details of these schemes have not yet been … parade marking the squadron’s re-establishment at Lossiemouth, two Typhoons appeared wearing wartime …
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Typhoon aces
… recently andfeatured upgraded Typhoon FGR4s of the RAF’s No 6 Squadron, Alan Warnes finds out. Over the last … (Bodø). Ørland (Norway) hosted two NATO E-3A AWACS, two RAF E-3D Sentry AEW1s and three US Air National Guard … Typhoon pilot and officer commanding No 6 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. He was t A Typhoon taxies behind a …
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A brighter future for Britain’s fighters?
… Typhoon FGR4 ZK310 ‘FL’ leads a trio of jets from the Lossiemouth wing. The UK achieved initial operating … during an event at Marham on January 10. Jamie Hunter The RAF – the spearhead of the UK’s combat air component – marked … Security Review (SDSR) of 2010, which wiped out the joint RAF/Royal Navy Harrier Force and hastened the decommissioning …
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Air Base Movements
… of Egypt Air Force C-130H Hercules, 1291/SU-BEX, visited RAF Brize Norton on April 29. Neil Dunridge RAF BRIZE NORTON 3/4 177702 CC-177A 429 TS, RCAF n/s. 7/4 … 100 45 Sqn, RAF. 23/4 E75/8- AE Alpha Jet E French AF. RAF LOSSIEMOUTH 29/3 165774/00 & 166338/AM-17 MH-60S HSC-22, USN …