Nothing in military history has given the RAF such a hold on the public imagination as the gallant Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Battle of Britain.
Sadly in the postwar nuclear world their successors have only been tasked with wartime defence of key military infrastructure in the UK.
It...
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The RAF are getting pair of Dassault Falcon 900LX to replace the BAE 146 (slowly retired one has gone into our local Imperial War Museum Duxford last week) at 32 (Royal) Squadron...
In THIS THREAD, the re-equipment of the Red Arrows has been touched upon, so I thought it would be a good idea to break out a thread to discuss this subject.
What should the Red Arrows use after the Hawks are retired?
Should the Red Arrows continue after the Hawks are retired?
cheers,
Robin.
A British start-up company, Aeralis, is trying to secure £1 mil via crowdfunding to design a concept fuselage demonstrator for a “modular” family of military jet trainers in time for September’s DSEI defence show. They are billing this as the first all-British military aircraft since the Hawk...
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