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RAF conducts exercise in Egypt for first time in twenty years

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Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons currently deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean have taken part in the first exercise for 20 years with the Egyptian...

Royal Air Force Chinooks conduct heavy lift operations in Mali

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An RAF Chinook has delivered heavy equipment to extend French and Malian forces' operational range as part of Op Barkhane, the French counter insurgency...

RAF extends Chinook deployment in Mali

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The Royal Air Force (RAF) deployment in Mali has been extended, with three CH-47 Chinook helicopters set to continue working with French forces in...

Royal Air Force training another batch of Nigerian Air Force personnel

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The British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) has commenced the training of a fresh batch of 758 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Regiment and Air...

UK to extend Mali Chinook mission

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The United Kingdom will keep its three Chinook transport helicopters in Mali for another six months, where they will continue to support the French-led...

Royal Air Force Chinooks continue with operations in Mali

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Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF Odiham continue to support French forces in Mali on operations countering the ongoing insurgency there. The Chinooks have...

Royal Air Force C-17 arrives in Mali for the first time

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A Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft has arrived at Gao airfield in Mali for the first time. The flight...

RAF 100 flypast over London on Tuesday

In two years, the SA Air Force (SAAF) will mark its centenary and one can only hope there are already officers assigned...

RAF 100 flypast over London on Tuesday

In two years, the SA Air Force (SAAF) will mark its centenary and one can only hope there are already officers assigned...

RAF airlift assistance for French counter-insurgency ops in Africa

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A crew from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Number 99 Squadron have been assisting French troops in sub-Saharan Africa by delivering supplies...

British aircraft made their first strikes on Islamic State in Syria...

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Thursday, hitting oil fields that Prime Minister David Cameron says are being used to fund attacks on the West. Tornado aircraft took off...

Royal Air Force MRTT visits South Africa

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Military aviation enthusiasts in Cape Town and Pretoria last week had the opportunity of seeing a Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager (Airbus...

RAF delivers vital UN supplies in South Sudan

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An RAF C-130 aircraft will today leave RAF Brize Norton, on a UN mission to deliver vital supplies to remote Malakal in...

First USAF F-35s in Europe to be based in the UK

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Royal Air Force (RAF) base Lakenheath will be home to the first two US Air Force (USAF) F-35 squadrons in Europe with...

RAF gets its first A400M

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The first of the UK's A400M Atlas next-generation military transport aircraft was this week officially unveiled by the MOD at its new...

Royal Air Force Tornados deployed to West Africa

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The Royal Air Force (RAF) has deployed three Tornado GR.4 combat aircraft to Chad to help search for missing Nigerian schoolgirls who...

US to buy ex-British Harriers

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The US Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to buy the United Kingdom's Harrier jet fleet after it was decommissioned due to...