As part of a wider tour of RAF sites in Scotland, the Armed Forces
Minister Mark Francois spent a day at RAF Leuchars where the RAF’s 1
(Fighter) Squadron and 6 Squadron are based. During the visit to RAF air
defence headquarters the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
RAF aircraft are taking part in Red Flag, the most complex air exercise
of the year, which started at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday. The RAF
squadrons have joined 150 aircraft from the US armed forces and Royal
Australian Air Force for three weeks of intensive training in the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
Lt Ollie Pocock has become the first Royal Navy pilot to serve on a
front line RAF Typhoon Sqn. Lt Pocock, 25, from Bristol joined No 6 Sqn
based at RAF Leuchars and is currently flying sorties as part of a
syllabus enabling him to... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The Minister for International Security Strategy, Dr Andrew Murrison MP
has visited the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) facility at RAF Leuchars,
meeting personnel of the Typhoon Force that hold at high readiness to
scramble in... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
RAF personnel from 6 Sqn, RAF Leuchars have been taking part in a
multinational exercise from 906 Expeditionary Air Wing in the Middle
East. Exercise Shaheen Star 5, is a Combined Air Operation exercise
conducted over... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air
Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton has visited the two RAF stations north
of the border at Lossiemouth and Leuchars. CAS, Air Chief Marshal Sir
Stephen Dalton said: “I have greatly enjoyed my... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The mixed multi-nation air contingent that is: Joint Warrior. More than
40 fixed-wing aircraft, 30 helicopters and 40 warships, from the UK, the
Netherlands, Canada, France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Sweden
and Germany, over 12,000 personnel are taking part in Exercise Joint
Warrior this week. Conducted in the spring and autumn of each year the
exercise provides... More information
Typhoons from 6 Sqn have been exercising with a
multinational contingent at Al Dhafra Air Base. Wg Cdr Mike Baulkwill,
OC 6 Sqn, said: "We have been sent out here to conduct this
multinational exercise that looks at large scale air operations
involving many aircraft. We have seen the ground crew and pilots from 6
Sqn lead and operate in a very different environment. Everybody at every
rank is learning something...See full details
