Credits: WalesOnline RAF Chinook suspected to have had a wire strike (overhead power lines), and force landed in a field near Llangynin, Carmarthenshire at 10:30pm local time on 28 July 2020. The MoD said the incident happened on Tuesday evening near Llangynin, and the twin-engine aircraft crew suffered “minor injuries”. …
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The RAF aircraft was struck by a BIRD mid-flightCredit: Twitter / Breaking Aviation News A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas suffered a bird strike during a flight out of Getafe Air Base, Spain. The aircraft suffered substantial damage on the fuselage under the cockpit. Pictures of the damaged Airbus …
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The so called Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on Apr. 5, 1968 when Royal Air Force (RAF) Hunter pilot Alan Pollock performed unauthorised low flying over several London landmarks and then flew through the span of Tower Bridge on the Thames. His actions were to mark the 50th anniversary …
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According to the Ministry of Defence, six RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft as they approached British airspace. The total number of Russian jets involved has not been revealed. The air force deployed three pairs of Typhoons from its Quick Reaction Alert programme, along with two pairs …
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Flown by Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots, RAF new F-35B fighter jet take off and on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time. According to gov.uk Britain’s state-of-the-art £100million Lightning II stealth jets landed on the Royal Navy’s lead aircraft carrier ahead of trials with the US military. This …
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Royal Air Force Douglas Dakota III plane pilot performed an unscheduled landing after engine problems. The no.1 engine was shut down and the propeller feathered. There are reports Manchester Airport has come to a standstill after a Second World War plane was forced to make an emergency landing. According to …
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Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are in the United Kingdom to conduct various training exercises in the region and one of them recently made a very significant first-ever visit to Iceland. Now, in another notable first, a pair of the flying-wing bombers have taken to the skies …
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On Aug. 22, 2019, the legendary Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows flew in formation alongside the US Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds for a historic aerial parade above Manhattan, along the Hudson River and over Statue of Liberty. History was made as the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, the RAF’s Red …
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It has been claimed by some sources that an RAF Tornado (ZA467) crewed by Squadron Leader Gary Lennox and Squadron Leader Adrian Weeks was shot down on 19 January by an R-60MK missile fired from an Iraqi MiG-29 piloted by Jameel Sayhood, however, this aircraft is officially recorded as having …
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The Royal Air Force in mid-2019 operates just 119 fighters, the lowest number in its history. The shrinking of the British fighter fleet has happened even faster than observers predicted just a few years ago. And it could be years before the force significantly grows again. As of June 2019, …
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