UK government calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed spy plane over Black SeaA Russian jet flew within six metres of an RAF spy plane flying at 500mph over the Black Sea, one of two...
Read MoreProposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of...
Read MoreLuke Pollard says blueprint expected last autumn is ‘a bigger task than many people outside defence realise’ A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK’s...
Read MoreGovernment says it controls what information is shared as critics question the role of intelligence gatheringMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain continues to run near daily surveillance flights over Gaza with the help of a...
Read MoreUnite union had raised concerns over roughly 500 jobs in assembly lines due to a lack of future export ordersBritish weapons manufacturer BAE Systems has said it is confident of receiving further export orders of the Typhoon...
Read MoreMP Jess Brown-Fuller says at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the compensation processAn MP has raised alarm at the slow pace of a scheme to compensate LGBT service personnel dismissed or discharged...
Read MoreHome secretary plans to proscribe group that broke into Brize Norton, effectively branding it a terrorist organisationThe pro-Palestine group that broke into RAF Brize Norton sparking a major security review is expected to be...
Read MoreIncidents over Baltic Sea come after UK’s deployment of six jets to eastern Poland to defend Nato airspaceRAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea.The Ministry of...
Read MoreThe pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105.The Royal Air Force...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson calls 2.5% target ‘ambitious’ days before PM meets with Donald Trump in WashingtonKeir Starmer is unlikely to set out a plan for when the UK will increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP this week, a...
Read MoreSightings over three airbases in East Anglia could relate to foreign powers’ concerns about possible nuclear weaponsA British former UFO hunter has said he does not “rule out” recent drone incursions over RAF bases in England...
Read MoreHome Office says Tory plan to use RAF Scampton for accommodation does not represent value for moneyRAF Scampton, the former home of the Dambusters, will not be used to house asylum seekers because the plan does not represent...
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