The Latest Breaking News from RAF

Russian fighter aircraft hold combat drills over Baltic Sea

Air exercises come amid growing number of intercepts between NATO and Russian military planes over Baltic and Black Sea.

Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2023

Russia claims it has intercepted two British fighter jets flying over the Black Sea

Russia's defence ministry claims to have intercepted two British Typhoon jets accompanied by an RC-135 near to its border over the Black Sea before the foreign planes turned around and 'distanced themselves'

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

Watch Bruce Dickinson sing Iron Maiden classic The Trooper with a covers band in an RAF hangar in Oxfordshire

The RAF squadron was hosting a farewell party for the C-130 Hercules aircraft last week when the Iron Maiden frontman made a surprise appearance on stage

Metal Hammer · Jun 26, 2023

Accidents in war and life

An unflustered wife or an unmindful pilot is bad news for an unwell husband or a bullet-ridden aircraft.

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2023

Armed Forces Day flypast 2023: Route, times and when you can see the Red Arrows

Red Arrows is showing off its incredible aircraft at an Armed Forces Day extravaganza in Falmouth, Cornwall, an event that will also feature a military parade and bands

Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2023

Shetland’s SaxaVord spaceport ‘weeks away’ from recognition

Owner Frank Strang says the first launch will be ‘two fingers’ to his spaceport’s opponents.

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Shetland spaceport ‘weeks away’ from recognition

Owner says imminent launch is 'two fingers to the people who tried to put us out of business'

Insider UK · Jun 23, 2023

The town saved from disaster and the £15m project designed to stop 1 in 10,000 year event happening again

In 2019 a major incident was declared and 1,500 people were evacuated when cracks started to appear in the dam wall of Toddbrook reservoir in Whaley Bridge

Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2023

Debris found in Titan search as Scottish RAF aircrafts assist in major operation

Debris has been found in the search area as a major operation is underway to recover the Titan submersible. Jets from RAF Lossiemouth have arrived in Canada to assist.

Edinburgh Live · Jun 22, 2023

Titan tragedy: Families pay tribute to Britons among five killed on Titanic sub

Family of father-and-son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, from south-west London, urge well-wishers to keep their ‘departed souls and our family in your prayers’

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2023