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Red Arrows to use just seven aircraft until 2030 due to ageing engines

The Hawk T1 aircraft flown by the Red Arrows team will be retired in 2030

The Independent UK

Red Arrows to fly with two less aircraft amid move to ‘future aircraft type’

The Red Arrows will still fly in their nine aircraft formation for The King’s Birthday Flypast this year.

Evening Standard

Video captures moment Russian jet flies just metres from RAF spy plane above Black Sea

It is the most dangerous Russian action against a British Rivet Joint aircraft since a plane fired a missile over the Black Sea in 2022

Evening Standard

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump dispatches 5,000 troops to Poland as Nato jets scrambled over Baltics

Trump had threatened to withdraw troops from Europe earlier this month

The Independent UK

Russian warplanes ‘repeatedly’ intercepted RAF spy plane over Black Sea

Russian fighter jets "repeatedly and dangerously" intercepted an unarmed RAF spy plane over the Black Sea, disabling its autopilot and coming within metres of its nose. The Ministry of Defence condemned the "unacceptable behaviour" as the most dangerous encounter since 2022, risking accidents and escalation.

The Times of India

Russian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near miss after flying close to RAF spy plane

UK calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed RAF plane over Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

What we know as Russian fighter jet ‘dangerously’ intercepts RAF spy plane

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Russian fighter jets fly ‘dangerously’ close to RAF spy plane over Black Sea

The Russian jets came within six metres of the RAF aircraft, disabling its autopilot before circling it six times, the Ministry of Defence said

The Independent UK

UFO Cold Case Deepens After Teen Vanishes Near RAF Bempton While Researching Secret Bunker Mysteries

The mysterious disappearance of teenager Russell Bohling near RAF Bempton resurfaces as UFO and alien research continues.

International Business Times UK

‘He was a genius’: UK family donates father’s hand-made, 40-year Lancaster cockpit to RAF Airfield

The family of a Berkshire man has donated a hand-built Lancaster bomber cockpit replica to an RAF visitor centre after he spent nearly 40 years creating it in his garden shed.

The Times of India

British Medics Are Parachuting to Remote Areas to Provide Hantavirus Medical Aid

British medics parachute into Tristan da Cunha to deliver urgent hantavirus medical aid after a cruise-linked outbreak raises global concern.

International Business Times UK

Falling backwards and plunging through clouds: British paratroopers’ landing on Tristan da Cunha

Member of army squad sent with medics to assist suspected hantavirus patient recounts descent to remote island

The Guardian - UK

Hantavirus crisis: UK Special Forces parachute onto remote island to treat stranded citizen

British Army medics executed a daring parachute mission onto remote Tristan da Cunha to treat a resident with suspected hantavirus, a consequence of a cruise ship outbreak. The operation, involving six paratroopers and two clinicians, faced challenging high winds. This marks a first for UK military medical humanitarian support, highlighting…

The Times of India

MoD has no system to detect civilian deaths caused by military, study shows

Revelation comes after report commissioned by department released in response to charity’s FoI request

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‘Heroic’ coastguards rescue dog from ‘crashing’ waves after it slipped and fell into the sea

Crew members from North Berwick RNLI and the coastguard rescued the weimaraner, called Sparkle, after the incident at Seacliff beach in Scotland

The Independent UK

UK on ‘high alert’ to defend Falklands, says RAF chief

A leaked Pentagon email has sparked concerns that the US could back Argentina’s sovereignty claim

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown says he queried Andrew’s ‘unacceptable costs’ as trade envoy

Brown calls for police to look into former prince’s use of public funds and says he had colleague raise issue in 2008

The Independent UK

The workout secrets of Anne Hathaway and the Devil Wears Prada 2 cast

FITNESS IN FOCUS: This week, the long-awaited fashion film’s sequel will arrive. The cast has remained in enviably good shape after 19 years. Monique Eastwood, who trains Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, tells Harry Bullmore exactly how they’ve managed it

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The Independent UK

Prince William admits the one thing he misses about the RAF

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Evening Standard

Prince of Wales speaks of ‘fond memories’ on return to airbase

William visited RAF Valley in Anglesey to mark the station’s 85th anniversary.

The Guardian - UK

It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it

Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like now, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

This is what happened when I took the RAF fitness test

FITNESS FOCUS: Senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore travelled to RAF High Wycombe to take the air force’s official fitness test, which includes a bleep test and a standing broad jump – he was very quickly humbled

Evening Standard

Maritime search and rescue boosted as RAF patrol plane brought in

The RAF brought the P-8 Poseidon to Northern Ireland for a joint exercise with the Coastguard and RNLI across the north coast.

The Independent UK

Royal Air Force Poseidon plane boosts Northern Ireland search and rescue capabilities

The plane’s on-board systems can pinpoint the location of people in distress at sea

Evening Standard

Island of Ireland in ‘absolutely critical position’ amid tensions with Russia

Brigadier Piers Ashfield was speaking as the RAF brought a P-8 Poseidon to Northern Ireland for a joint exercise with the Coastguard and RNLI.

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