This list will examine the largest flying Royal Air Force bases by size and consider their strategic roles. This means that RAF Spadeadam is excluded as it is a non-flying station. At some 9,600 acres ...

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage ...

A Peak District reservoir with a special connection to the RAF's heroic Dambusters was lit up to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Derwent Dam was where the Dambusters of 617 Squadron trained ahead ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is due to depart HMNB Portsmouth this weekend for Exercise Strike Warrior, hosting F-35Bs from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron. This will be the ...

Summary and Key Points: The UK’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) are collaborating closely with their jointly operated Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs. These stealth fighters are critical to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Wing Commander John Bell, who died a week before his 101st birthday, was the last surviving British wartime member of the famous 617 ...

Wing Commander John Bell, last wartime British aircrew of the 617 ‘Dambuster’ Squadron – obituary At 6ft 4in, Bell was thought too tall to be a pilot, so he was trained as an observer and then as a ...

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A second frontline squadron has been stood up to fly the RAF’s F-35 Lightning stealth fighter jets. The first of the supersonic warplanes touched down at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2018, arriving from ...

A second frontline squadron has been stood up to fly the F-35 Lightning stealth fighter jets. The first of the United States-built warplanes touched down at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2018. The squadron ...