Senior aircraftman Scott Stevenson, 25, (pictured) was hurt playing for the RAF first team in the inter-services match lsat year An RAF airman who was determined not to let his side down in a rugby match against the Army died from a head injury after refusing to leave the pitch despite suffering three serious blows … Read more
The RAF’s first £200m Poseidon submarine-hunting jet shadows Russian warship through UK waters during its first mission while supported by Typhoon fighters On Monday morning a P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft shadowed a Russian warship in the North Sea The submarine-hunting jet is one of nine used by the Ministry of Defence as part of … Read more
A gravestone for Dambusters hero Guy Gibson’s pet dog ‘N****r’ has been removed and replaced with one without his name – sparking fury among veterans. The stone tablet, which is based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, honoured Gibson’s black Labrador, which was run over by a car and killed on the day of the famous … Read more
The Queen was most amused after hearing about an RAF gunner’s unusual lockdown exercise regime during her second official virtual royal engagement via Zoom. Corporal Shanwayne Stephens, a member of the Jamaican bobsleigh team, told the Queen how he had resorted to pushing a car up and down the streets in an effort to keep … Read more
Ryanair flight from Krakow to Dublin is forced to make emergency landing at Stansted after cabin crew discover note in toilet claiming their were explosives on board Flight from Krakow in Poland to Dublin diverted to Stansted Airport this evening It followed reports of a loss of contact with the plane’s pilot as it flew … Read more
RAF scrambles two Typhoons to escort Ryanair jet bound for Dublin from Krakow as it makes emergency landing at Stansted airport amid reports of loss of contact with pilot Flight from Krakow in Poland to Dublin diverted to Stansted Airport this evening It followed reports of a loss of contact with the plane’s pilot as … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new RAF Voyager has been pictured refuelling Lighting and Typhoon fighter jets, showing that it is still fit for active services after its almost £1 million Union Jack paint job. It refuelled the jets in during ‘Exercise Crimson Thunder’ on Friday after taking off from its RAF Brize Norton base in … Read more
Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane took off for the first time today after receiving a £900,000 red, white and blue paintjob. The jet’s tail fin had previously been spotted inside a hangar at an airfield in Cambridgeshire, where underwent a new Brexit paint job to help the PM fly the flag for the UK when … Read more
The first pictures emerged today of the new red, white and blue £900,000 colour scheme for Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane – which looks like a throwback to British Airways in its 1970s heyday. The jet’s tail fin could be seen inside a hangar at an airfield in Cambridgeshire, where it is getting a new … Read more
The red, white and blue makeover for Boris Johnson’s RAF plane will cost the taxpayer close to a million pounds, it was revealed today. The Voyager aircraft used by the PM on foreign trips is to get ‘national branding’, rather than the standard grey that makes it less visible in the sky. The idea has … Read more