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B-52 Stratofortresses Begin Bomber Task Force 25-2 Deployment at RAF Fairford
Two U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers from Minot Air Force Base touched down in the UK on Feb. 11, 2025 to kick off the Bomber Task Force 25-2 deployment. Created in 2018, the Bomber Task ...
Flightglobal7d
Second UK flight launches RAF’s Protector into integration and operational testing
Performed from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire on 12 February, the sortie came roughly 15 months after the type’s debut outing from the UK site, in November 2023. “The second UK flight of ...
The Aviationist8d
Royal Air Force Protector RG1 Completes Further Flight Testing
2025 Four Protector RG1s have so far been delivered to RAF Waddington with three more being utilised in the United States for test and evaluation. The new UAVs have been assigned to 31 Squadron ...
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Battle of Britain Bomber Intercept! RAF Hurricanes attack He-111s - Historic WWII Mini-Movie
The Luftwaffe launched relentless air raids, but the RAF stood firm. This video recreates a critical moment in the Battle of Britain, as Hurricane pilots intercept a formation of Heinkel bombers ...
The Daily Telegraph7d
Sqn Ldr Stanley Booker, Bomber Command navigator who survived torture and Buchenwald
shorter-range Ilyushin Beagle bombers arrived, not the long-range aircraft that had been predicted. After returning to the UK and to 206 Squadron, now as a navigator on the RAF’s long-range ...
Yahoo17d
Funeral held for 'last' WW2 RAF bomber pilot
The funeral for the man believed to have been the last surviving World War Two Bomber Command pilot has been held in Kent. Wing Commander Jack Harris, who carried out 37 raids with 550 Squadron ...
BBC15d
Red Arrows 50p coin marks 60th anniversary
Since 1965, the Red Arrows – officially called the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team and based at RAF Waddington ... Team leader Sqn Ldr Jon Bond said: "Across 60 seasons, the Red Arrows have ...
Winnipeg Free Press10d
Waddington, Montana Grizzlies square off against the Idaho State Bengals
Offer only available to new and qualified returning subscribers. Cancel any time. BOTTOM LINE: Avery Waddington and Montana visit Kacey Spink and Idaho State in Big Sky play. The Bengals are 5-4 ...
BBC29d
Fighter jet canopy dumped in mid-air emergency
The air force confirmed the canopy of the Typhoon, from XI (F) Sqn at RAF Coningsby, had been "jettisoned by the pilot" during a flight which took it over the North Sea. A spokesperson for the RAF ...
MercoPress6d
RAF chief takes to the sky in Argentine Air Force fighter-bomber
On the last of his three day visit to Argentina, Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff Sir Peter Squire yesterday flew an Argentine Mirage fighter bomber similar ... The RAF chief toured the ...
Cambridge News26d
The former WW2 RAF base with crumbling buildings once used to launch bombers
One of these stations is the WW2 bomber station RAF Warboys just outside Huntington ... The runways and taxiways were gradually broken up. Despite a squadron briefly moving back to the site ...