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The British air force just got new fighter jets, but there are doubts about whether its fleet is ready to fight
The British now have 17 F-35Bs, though the IOC only covers the nine based in the UK, flown out of R…
Christopher Woody
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The French and British air forces are hunting for a Russian submarine off the Scottish coast
Late in 2014, the Swedish military began searches for a Russian submarine in its territorial waters…
Mike Bird
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British fighters intercepted Russian jets twice this weekend, as NATO conducts war games in the Baltics
"We were scrambled to intercept a contact close to Estonian airspace in the early evening, between …
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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US Space Force destroys every other military service in a 'Call of Duty' tournament
The Space Force defeated the Royal Air Force in the finals after eliminating the other military ser…
David Choi
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The British air force just sent its brand-new F-35Bs overseas for the first time - here's what their arrival looked like
The jets from 617 Squadron, flown by three British Royal Navy and three Royal Air Force pilots, tou…
Christopher Woody,Associated …
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British Prime Minister David Cameron is getting his own 'Air Force One'
The Airbus A330 MRTT (MRTT stands for Multi Role Tanker Transport) is based on the Airbus A330-200 …
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The British air force just got new fighter jets, but there are doubts about whether its fleet is ready to fight
The British air force just got new fighter jets, but there are doubts about whether its fleet is re…
Military & Defense Team
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How the British air force's newest jets commemorate a daring and costly World War II bombing mission
To attack the heart of the Nazi war machine, the British air force brought in some of the best pilo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Ukrainian pilot says its air force is so outclassed by Russia's that it can 'do nothing to them in the air'
A Ukrainian pilot told The Sunday Times that Ukraine's aging aircraft confronting Russia's is be "l…
Sophia Ankel
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The 3 countries that have sent F-35s into combat just combined their stealth fighter firepower for the first time
The drills were designed to train American, British and Israeli pilots to defeat the advanced weapo…
Ryan Pickrell
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British bombers pulled off a raid on the other side of the planet in the UK's first major conflict since World War II
Soon after Argentina seized the Falklands, the British were planning a 6,600-mile operation that wo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A war in South America 39 years ago is still teaching China lessons about how to seize Taiwan
Four decades after the British recaptured the Falklands, the Chinese see similarities to what a war…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A pilot flying off Britain's flagship aircraft carrier was forced to bail out of an F-35 stealth fighter in the Mediterranean
The British defense ministry said that the pilot was able to make it safely back to the ship and th…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia's air force 'remains largely intact,' but more jets won't fix all its problems in Ukraine, NATO commanders say
In Ukraine, the force on offense "faces a massive challenge without air superiority," the chief of …
Christopher Woody
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NATO air forces are turning to the alliance's new experts for help training to dodge Russian missiles
The Finns are considered experts at conducting highway operations, and NATO air forces are sending …
Christopher Woody
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Part of a B-52 bomber fell off during a training exercise in Britain and landed in a woman's front garden
"You won't find any evidence in the front garden where it landed, we managed to get it back to norm…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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A deal for nuclear-powered subs is only the latest secretive collaboration between US, UK, and Australian forces
Despite the fanfare around AUKUS, Australian-UK-US military cooperation goes back decades, and spec…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Air forces are ditching runways to prepare their jets to keep operating when enemies aim for their bases
Western air forces are training to disperse to avoid enemy fire, and part of that involves finding …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Britain Scrambles Jets After Two Russian Military Planes Approach Its Airspace
RAF jets were deployed in similar circumstances eight times last year, but no Russian military flig…