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
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod: The First Commercial Jet Airliner Gone Full Rambo Mode
1 Mar 2023, 21:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Outside of the handful of tragic and preventable accidents at the hands of Comet 1, the British Military also flew them with distinction as the Nimrod
This Man Was the Warbird Whisperer, Tested the "Quirks and Features" of Over 400 Planes
4 Feb 2023, 19:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, the Guinness Book of Records holder for testing more airplanes than anyone else in history.
de Havilland Hornet: Like an E-Type Jag With Wings, The Perfect Twin-Engine Piston Fighter
4 Feb 2023, 01:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Sadly, not a single land-based Hornet survives intact today. At least one Sea Hornet was in the process of being restored in New Zealand as of 2017.
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’s Atlas Shows How Far It Can Reach, During Successful Resupply Mission
28 Mar 2022, 04:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The mighty Atlas completed a nine-hour-long round trip from the UK to Estonia and back, demonstrating its long-range capabilities
The Royal Air Force’s Future Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Is Coming to Life in California
23 Mar 2022, 06:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / GA-ASI is putting together in California the first MQ-9B Protector aircraft for the Royal Air Force, boasting a UK-made V-tail
UK Royal Air Force’s Typhoons Arrive in the U.S., Ready to Show off Their Skills
24 Jan 2022, 09:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The British Royal Force, the U.S. Air Force, and the Australian Air Force are developing their capabilities in the U.S.-based Red Flag major exercise
RAF’s Voyager Tanker Refueled Fighter Jets From Seven Countries During NATO Program
8 Dec 2021, 07:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK Royal Air Force's only air-to-air refueling tanker played an essential part during one of NATO's most challenging flight training programs
RAF’s Surveillance Aircraft Gets Cutting-Edge Weapons, for the Most Dangerous Missions
5 Nov 2021, 07:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The British Air Force is getting ready for future surveillance and intelligence missions, by increasing the Shadow fleet and making it more powerful
Royal Air Force Atlas Aircraft Carries Out First-Ever Mid-Air Refueling, Is a Success
30 Oct 2021, 08:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Royal Air Force has conducted the first air-to-air refueling with its A400M Atlas transport aircraft. The A400M was refueled by a Voyager tanker
UK’s Royal Air Force Successfully Tests New Aircraft Refueling Capability
25 Oct 2021, 07:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Air Force wants to be able to deploy its jets faster, even in unfriendly, remote areas, which is why it has developed a new refueling system.
Watch the Newest Royal Air Force Submarine Hunter Take Off Like a Majestic Hawk
20 Oct 2021, 07:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / RAF's newest submarine-hunter, the American-built Poseidon, was christened with a heroic name, inspired by a World War I Canadian pilot
Spitfire, the Hailed Hero From the Battle of Britain That Ruled European Skies
19 Oct 2021, 15:55 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While it didn't shoot down as many planes as the Hawker Hurricane during the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire had the mission to destroy the German planes
Royal Air Force Starts Testing Self-Driving Vehicles on Its Airbases
24 Sep 2021, 01:36 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Royal Air Force together with the Academy of Robotics announced the launch of a new trail development of self-driving vehicles
Rolls-Royce to Power RAF’s Future Game-Changing Five-in-One Military Aircraft
16 Sep 2021, 09:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Aeralis is developing the first truly modular, multi-mission jet, with Rolls-Royce engines, which will change the way the Air Force conducts its operations
RAF’s Red Arrows Flank the Mighty Submarine-Hunter Poseidon in Joint Flypast
26 Jul 2021, 14:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Air Force's new maritime patrol aircraft conducts a ceremonial flight over the RAF Lossiemouth base, together with the Red Arrows.
New $319 Million Contract Uplifts the Royal Air Force’s Submarine-Hunter Fleet
13 Jul 2021, 12:54 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's Royal Air Force just signed an additional contract with Boeing Defense UK, which will boost its current fleet of anti-submarine, maritime patrol aircraft.
Watch RAF F-35B Fighters From HMS Queen Elisabeth Fly at Atlantic Trident 2021
28 May 2021, 08:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / For the first time since the Carrier Strike Group departed on its first deployment, the F-35B Fighters From HMS Queen Elisabeth take part in a major exercise.
RAF Tactical Air Control Party Takes the Lead in Operation Cabrit Exercises
20 May 2021, 11:38 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Air Force announced the successful participation of a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) in joint military exercises, for Operation Cabrit.