The RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force to assist NATO operation Baltic Sentry.
According to Statista, the Royal Air Force currently has 556 fixed-wing aircraft. These range from tiny training aircraft to next-generation fast jets like the F-35 Lightning II to enormous freighters ...
What You Need to Know: A Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing interoperability among allied forces ...
First flying in September 1964, the TSR.2 was designed as a tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft capable of speeds up to Mach 2, and was one of the most technologically advanced aircraft of the ...
Nearly seven decades after its first flight, the Hawker Hunter is still roaring through military airspace. Officially retired from front-line Royal Air Force (RAF) service in the early 1970s, the ...
The Tornado—developed as a multinational partnership between the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Italy—proved itself to be a highly adaptable platform, fit for a wide range of combat roles. The most ...