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By Jon Lake 1st November 2018

… tipped of about an RSAF evaluation of the Tornado GR1 at RAF Honington, Suffolk, that same year. British Prime … six IDS(R) reconnaissance variants equivalent to the RAF GR1A, and 14 IDS(T) trainers with dual controls. These … eight aircraft on Exercise ‘Saudi Green Flag’ at RAF Lossiemouth between August 28 and September 6, 2007. Jamie …

18th October 2018

… Squadron of the Arizona Air National Guard arrived at RAF Mildenhall on September 17. The unit had deployed six … 16. They departed back to the US on the 21st. Justin Ward RAF BRIZE NORTON 13/8 KAF328 KC-130J 41 Sqn, Kuwait AF dep … AS, Ga ANG n/s; 94-6705 C-130H 165th AS, Ky ANG n/s. RAF LOSSIEMOUTH 2/8 168980 C-40A USN also 7th ɦ 8th. 3/9 …

By Alan Warnes 21st June 2018

… The RAF’s spyplane community, officially known as the ISTAR … Andrew about its future. Intel Report Commander of the RAF ISTAR Force, Air Cdre Dean Andrew. Crown Copyright RAF … are on contract, with the first expected to arrive at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, next year. It was announced in July …

4th October 2018

… Mihail Kogălniceanu air base in Romania on August 30. The RAF’s No 135 Expeditionary Air Wing had carried out the quick … Squadron and No II (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland had been deployed to the base in …

20th September 2018

… THE RAF has announced that No 25 (Fighter) Squadron will re-form at RAF Valley, Wales, as a second Hawk T2 unit. The squadron … No IX (Bomber) Squadron will stand up on Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth next year. No 25(F) Squadron is expected to …

20th September 2018

… Jamie Hunter joined the RAF Typhoon Force as it provided a centrepiece to the … provided a stand-out feature amid the various groups of RAF assets. Assembling a 22-ship of fighters in such a … the North Sea. Eight aircraft were detached south from RAF Lossiemouth to operate from Coningsby alongside 24 resident …

By Jamie Hunter 4th October 2018

… fast jet element as the Tornado bows out of service. The RAF Typhoons have now been involved in Operation ‘Shader’ for … ‘Shader’. Led by No 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW), the RAF has been engaged in coalition operations to eliminate … detachment by adding six Tranche 2 Typhoon FGR4s from the Lossiemouth Wing, simultaneously increasing the Tornado …

27th September 2018

… Europe, $148.467 million was allocated for improvements to RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, home to the United States Air Forces … a so far undisclosed number, of US Navy P-8A Poseidons to RAF Lossiemouth, Moray in Scotland. Once the American sub-hunters …

18th October 2018

… most enjoyable exchange for me was with the Jaguars from RAF Coltishall. The missions flown were very complete and … THE DAMBUSTERS In 1985 an exchange took place between the RAF’s 617 ‘Dambusters’Sqn based at RAF Marham, flying Panavia … to the UK – notably to Leuchars, Coltishall, Leeming and Lossiemouth – the A-7Ps also attended airshows at Alconbury …

By ANDREW THOMAS 28th September 2018

… acquired in the mid-1960s, including HKG-2, which flew the RAF ensign for the Battle of Britain flypast on September 19, … (including Aldergrove), Farnborough, Honington, Kinloss, Lossiemouth, St Eval and St Mawgan, plus various overseas … and extensive appendices. The Shackleton was the RAF’s first line of defence in the maritime role from 1951 …

27th September 2018

… By February 2019, the RAF’s Tornado GR1 and Tornado GR4 variants will have … of continuous combat ops. Serving as the backbone of the RAF’s strike capability throughout those years as its master … main operating bases, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, will be upgraded to allow pilots to train …

20th September 2018

… IDS, 43+25 was one of seven from TLG 51 that arrived at RAF Coningsby on August 31 for Exercise Cobra Warrior which … 2018 exercise took place simultaneously. Peter R Foster RAF BRIZE NORTON. 1/7 UR-82009 An-124-100 Antonov Airlines … Hawk T1A 736 NAS, RN dep to RAF Shawbury for storage. RAF LOSSIEMOUTH 4/6 30+93 EF-2000 German AF; 30+42 EF-2000T …

By DENIS J. CALVERT 13th September 2018

… Two of the observers, Will Roberts and Tim Miles, were RAF navigators on exchange tours. There were no ‘spare’ … between aerobatic teams. In the spring of 1968, the RAF Red Arrows were into their fourth season, on the … from Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, then commanding oficer at RNAS Lossiemouth, to RNAS Yeovilton expressing his thanks for the …

16th August 2018

… a single-engine aircraft.” Aircraft, GT-949, of Esk 730 at RAF Wattisham on a very wet open day in August 1981.all RDAF … pulled up to strike the, now unprotected, main target.” LOSSIEMOUTH Regular exchanges took place between the RDAF … operated by the Royal Navy until 1972, when it returned to RAF control. The RDAF deployed its Huns to the Scottish base …

16th August 2018

… KDC-10, T-264, of 334 Sqn, taxiing onto the runway at RAF Mildenhall on July 2 after arriving earlier in the day. … 19/6 HB-HYX/G-ETPA PC-21 arrived on delivery to QinetiQ. RAF BRIZE NORTON 3/6 130606 CC-130J 436 TS, RCAF. 5/6 … LEUCHARS 1/6 84-0126 C-21A 76th AS, 86th AW, USAF. RAF LOSSIEMOUTH 4/6 30+93 & 30+42 EF-2000s TLwG74, German AF, …