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The legendary aircraft designer Pierre Sprey was not a fan of the ugly F-4 Phantom, but it was greatly loved by an RAF pilot named Tug ... Memories of Flying the Phantom FGR 2demonstrates time ...
Our favourite clips from thee 2024 RAF Cosford Air Show, featuring the Red Arrows, Typhoon FGR.4, Atlas C.1, Voyager KC.2, Chinook HC.5, F-35B Lightning, Falcons, Jet Provost, Gnat, Rolls Royce ...
The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF ...
The badge, innocuous enough so Archie thought, revealed the achievement of 1,000 flying hours in a Phantom. “Have you ever been to the Malvinas?” asked the colonel. An embarrassed hush ...
Some of the pilots had taken part in the 'Black Buck' raids, a series of successful attacks on Argentina's Port Stanley airfield base in the Falklands. The RAF planned to fly the Vulcans in pairs ...
A helicopter flown by the RAF for the last six years - including ... with a chinook captured from the Argentinians in the Falklands War. 16 July 2009 • 11:05pm A Royal Airforce Chinook HC2 ...
However, with the RAF facing a ‘fighter gap' between the ... The program will succeed the Eurofighter Typhoon and Japan’s F-2 fleet, and has been presented as a flagship example of defense ...
Prince William arrived in the Falklands yesterday – triggering a wave of protests by Argentinians. Pilot Wills, 29, is due to spend six weeks as part of a four-man RAF helicopter search and ...
RAF Hawk pilots staged a flypast although observers’ view was hampered by low cloud. Mrs Jones and sister Nesta, 51, hope to visit the Falklands for a special service this year. Guardsman David ...