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1st Flight of Newest UK Chinook Helicopter
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., April 15, 2013 — Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force.
The March 15 flight, at the Boeing helicopter facility near Philadelphia, happened ahead… Continue reading
Third F-35B For United Kingdom Makes First Flight
Monday, the third United Kingdom Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II
sped down the runway at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
embarking on its first flight. The aircraft, known as ZM137, departed at 10:16
a.m. with Lockheed… Continue reading
Typhoons reach Malaysia
Number 1(Fighter) Squadron successfully complete Typhoon trail to Malaysia
1(Fighter) Squadron have successfully flown four Royal Air Force Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft from RAF Leuchars to Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Base Butterworth.
The 7,000-mile trail was completed in four… Continue reading
Dambusters 70th Anniversary Tail Art revealed
To mark 70 years since the formation of the RAF’s elite 617 “Dambusters” Squadron TV historian and presenter Dan Snow has today formally unveiled commemorative tail art on an RAF Tornado GR4, the aircraft flown by the Sqn today.
Speaking… Continue reading
First UK operational flight of F-35
First flight by operational pilot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
The first solo flight of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by a UK operational pilot has taken place in the United States.
On 19 March at Eglin Air Force… Continue reading
Last Flight of RAF VC10 K3
On Monday 18th March, VC10 K3 tail number ZA149 departed from RAF Brize Norton for the final time.
The aircraft landed at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, where it will be dismantled for spares. Flight Lieutenants Stewart and Pryor piloted the aircraft… Continue reading
Tranche 3 Typhoon goes on test
Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing.
The aircraft, British single seat no 116, has now entered electromagnetic testing.
A range of Typhoon systems… Continue reading
RAF Typhoon Display Pilot is good to go
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris has received his Public Display Authorisation (PDA) for the 2013 Royal Air Force Typhoon Display
The PDA is the formal sign-off, completed by the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) No 1 Group, Air-Vice Marshal Stuart Atha.… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce opens new Service Centre at RAF Marham
Friday, 11 January 2013
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened its first Service Delivery Centre to support military engines at the Royal Air Force base at Marham in Norfolk, UK. The facility was officially opened today by the… Continue reading
RAF Pilots Prepare For Landing On New Carriers
Pilots have been using a simulator in Lancashire to help prepare them for landing on the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.
RAF and Royal Navy personnel have been training with the Flight Control Office – or Flyco –… Continue reading
IMPROVED CAPABILITY FOR TYPHOON FLEET
Under the programme known as Retrofit 2, 43 Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft have been upgraded to the Tranche 1 Block 5 standard, which includes installation of the forward looking infra-red (FLIR) system, enhancement of the air-to-air capability, introduction of… Continue reading
RAF TYPHOON DISPLAY PILOT 2013
RAF Coningsby is pleased to announce that Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris will be the Royal Air Force Typhoon Display pilot for the 2013 airshow season.
The display will be returning to 29(Reserve) Squadron at RAF Coningsby following a two year… Continue reading