The British government has signed an agreement with Italy and Japan to develop a series of fighter jets using “cutting edge” technology and designed to defend the skies in the 2030s. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the deal for the next-generation Tempest jets during a visit to RAF Coningsby, a fighter jet base in Lincolnshire….
UK, Italy, and Japan Planning to Produce ‘Cutting Edge’ Tempest Fighter Jet
UK Air Force Scrambles Typhoon Jets to Intercept Russian Bombers
Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) scrambled its Typhoon jets on Wednesday to respond to four Russian military aircraft approaching UK airspace, the RAF has confirmed. The jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and were joined by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The incident took place less than…
Battle of Britain: Restored Spitfire Unveiled
A Spitfire donated to Stoke-on-Trent by the RAF in 1972 is set to go back on public display in a new glass-fronted £5.4 million ($7.5 million) gallery as an “anything’s possible” symbol of hope. The aircraft’s official unveiling in a 3,800 sq ft (350 square meter) extension to the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery on…
101-year-old WWII Vet Receives 700 Birthday Cards and Counting, Expecting Hundreds More
A widower is set to receive more than 1,000 cards for his 101st birthday after kindhearted care home staff appealed to generous strangers to make his day special. RAF veteran Jack Annall in the UK was not able to get a visit from his daughter Mary for his big day on Aug. 19, as she…
RAF Takes £30 Million Step Towards Robot Revolution in the Skies
The RAF has taken a step closer to joining the robot revolution in the skies, with the announcement it’s developing self-piloting fighter jets that will tag along as wingman to a human-piloted jet. The “loyal wingman” concept is being rapidly developed and explored by militaries around the world. Now, a £30-million ($41-million) contract to design…
Sonic Boom Heard Across East England as RAF Jet Scrambled
A Royal Air Force jet was scrambled to intercept an aircraft that wasn’t responding to traffic control on Tuesday, breaking the sound barrier and shocking people across the East of England with a sonic boom. According to the RAF, the Typhoon jet established communications on reaching the civilian aircraft and escorted it to a nearby…
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