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RAF Helps Name Modular Test Aircraft, Enter the Aeralis Phoenix
RAF Helps Name Modular Test Aircraft, Enter the Aeralis Phoenix

10 Nov 2023, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Royal Air Force cadets and higher ups had a hand in naming the first modular test aircraft of a company called Aeralis

 
RAF’s Atlas Military Aircraft Smashes Flight Record With 22-Hour Nonstop Trip to Guam
RAF’s Atlas Military Aircraft Smashes Flight Record With 22-Hour Nonstop Trip to Guam

6 Jul 2023, 05:19 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The heavy-duty cargo aircraft A400M Atlas accomplished the longest flight ever achieved by this type of aircraft, with refueling help from a US Voyager

 
Blackburn Beverly: Proof America Built Better Cold War Cargo Planes Than the British
Blackburn Beverly: Proof America Built Better Cold War Cargo Planes Than the British

3 Feb 2023, 06:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Aviation junkies who know the story of the Blackburn Beverly decried that comparing it to the C-130 Hercules was unfair. But the math doesn't lie

 
RAF Junior Pilots Fly the Almighty Atlas Into Norway for the First Time
RAF Junior Pilots Fly the Almighty Atlas Into Norway for the First Time

16 Jan 2023, 06:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Watch the Atlas A300M on the stunning Norwegian background, as it's being flown by a junior Royal Air Force crew for their first time

 
RAF Debuts an Advanced Training Service for Fighter Pilots, a First in the UK
RAF Debuts an Advanced Training Service for Fighter Pilots, a First in the UK

22 Dec 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Honey Badger is the name of the aircraft that will act the enemy for RAF's fighter jets as they train to stay in great shape

 
RAF Heavy Hitters Atlas and Hercules Play on the Beach, at Night
RAF Heavy Hitters Atlas and Hercules Play on the Beach, at Night

16 Dec 2022, 05:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Massive Atlas and Hercules from RAF's Brize Norton station practiced landing on the beach at night, during a challenging training

 
Royal Air Force Pilots Get a Different Kind of Green Light
Royal Air Force Pilots Get a Different Kind of Green Light

15 Dec 2022, 04:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Even the almighty RAF Globemaster looks ready for Christmas, basking in the aurora borealis light during a military training

 
RAF’s Voyager Becomes the First Active Military Aircraft to Fly With SAF in Both Engines
RAF’s Voyager Becomes the First Active Military Aircraft to Fly With SAF in Both Engines

21 Nov 2022, 03:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / RAF, Airbus, and Rolls-Royce wrote history with the first in-service military aircraft to carry out a flight powered only by SAF

 
Watch RAF’s Atlas Drop a Quad Bike Over Morocco During Its Longest-Range Airdrop
Watch RAF’s Atlas Drop a Quad Bike Over Morocco During Its Longest-Range Airdrop

18 Nov 2022, 04:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Known as RAF's "workhorse," the massive and rugged Atlas just completed its first long-range CDS insertion during Exercise Jezebel Sahara

 
This Is What the Future of Military Fast Jets Support Looks Like
This Is What the Future of Military Fast Jets Support Looks Like

7 Nov 2022, 05:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Together with BAE Systems, UK's Royal Air Force recently demonstrated some of the latest technologies for fast jet support

 
Unprecedented Steps Taken in the UK to Prevent RAF Pilots From Training Chinese Military
Unprecedented Steps Taken in the UK to Prevent RAF Pilots From Training Chinese Military

20 Oct 2022, 04:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / China is allegedly trying to access strategic military secrets by recruiting British Army personnel to train its own pilots

 
RAF’s Typhoon and Chinook Play Cops and Robbers Over the Spectacular White Cliffs
RAF’s Typhoon and Chinook Play Cops and Robbers Over the Spectacular White Cliffs

4 Oct 2022, 05:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A special training in the breathtaking White Cliffs area in UK had Typhoon jets and Chinook helicopters pretending to be enemies

 
Queen Elizabeth's Final Flight Sets All-Time Flight Tracking Record
Queen Elizabeth's Final Flight Sets All-Time Flight Tracking Record

14 Sep 2022, 15:17 UTC · By: Monica Coman / Queen Elizabeth has taken her final flight from Edinburgh to London and the RAF plane carrying her coffin set an all-time flight tracking record.

 
Royal Air Force Jets Prove That They Can Be Deployed Fast at Long Range
Royal Air Force Jets Prove That They Can Be Deployed Fast at Long Range

29 Aug 2022, 04:21 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Royal Air Force's Typhoon fighter jets and the Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker are training with the Australian Air Force in Australia for the first time

 
RAF’s Newest Submarine Hunter Isn’t Always Hunting, Nailed Its First Rescue Mission
RAF’s Newest Submarine Hunter Isn’t Always Hunting, Nailed Its First Rescue Mission

22 Aug 2022, 02:44 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This submarine hunter can get real tough with its five torpedoes, but it's also a good guy when it comes to saving people's lives

 
RAF Successfully Conducts Air-to-Air Refueling Over the South Atlantic for the First Time
RAF Successfully Conducts Air-to-Air Refueling Over the South Atlantic for the First Time

12 Aug 2022, 04:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / In a first, the Royal Air Force refueled its massive transport aircraft while flying over the South Atlantic Ocean, with the help of the Voyager tanker

 
RAF Stepping Up Its Defense Game Against Rogue Drones
RAF Stepping Up Its Defense Game Against Rogue Drones

9 Aug 2022, 03:01 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's Royal Air Force wants to have a highly-trained unit focusing entirely on countermeasure operations against hostile drones

 
The Royal Air Force Is Taking Aircraft Refueling Capabilities to the Next Level
The Royal Air Force Is Taking Aircraft Refueling Capabilities to the Next Level

8 Aug 2022, 03:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / During challenging situations, RAF's large, multi-engine aircraft can help set up emergency refueling points for jets, a skill that will be vital in the future

 
RAF Gearing up for the Large-Scale Manufacturing of Its Eco-Friendly Fuel
RAF Gearing up for the Large-Scale Manufacturing of Its Eco-Friendly Fuel

21 Jul 2022, 02:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's Royal Force set a World Record last year by conducting an innovative green flight that was neither electric or powered by SAF. Now it takes the next step

 
Discarded RAF Sea Kings Are Now Quirky Glamping Pods, Prince William’s Is a Cafe Kiosk
Discarded RAF Sea Kings Are Now Quirky Glamping Pods, Prince William’s Is a Cafe Kiosk

17 Jul 2022, 05:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Businessman buys three scrapped search-and-rescue aircraft, restores them to the original cockpit and modifies the rest to offer glamping facilities