Showing posts with label Lightning II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lightning II. Show all posts
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

MoD set to order its first production batch of Lightning II combat aircraft

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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon today announced that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has reached agreement in principle on an order for t...
Friday, 29 November 2013

Lightning II - an impressive beast

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As training with the new F-35B Lightning II stealth aircraft continues in Florida, USA, a RAF pilot has described how impressed he is wi...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Royal Navy pilot flying RAF Typhoon

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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 Sq...
Monday, 18 November 2013

£35M contract secures RAF’s Brimstone missiles

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The MoD is investing £35 million to sustain the RAF’s stockpile of Brimstone missiles. A contract with British defence firm MBDA will g...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013

New helmets for Joint Strike Fighter pilots

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The MoD report that 'The Mail on Sunday incorrectly reported that flawed helmets had forced RAF pilots to fly 'blind''. In...
Thursday, 12 September 2013

Sqn Ldr Jim Schofield: "Flying the F-35 is a lot of fun"

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The pilots, along with UK ground crew, are testing 3 Lightning II jets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, working alongside their count...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

617 Sqn to be the first operational sqn to have Lightning II

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The RAF has today announced that 617 Sqn, the famous ‘Dambusters’, will be the first operational squadron using Lightning II aircraft.  Ch...
Friday, 28 June 2013

The third of the UK's F-35 Lightning II aircraft has arrived in the States

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The third of the UK's F-35 short take-off and vertical landing Lightning II aircraft has arrived at Eglin US Air Force Base in Flori...
Tuesday, 18 June 2013

RAF Typhoon weapons upgrade agreed at Paris airshow

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During a short ceremony at the Paris Air Show, Defence Ministers from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain witnessed a contract being signed...
Thursday, 13 June 2013

Worlds most sophisticated fast jet training from the RAF

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The first four RAF pilots have graduated from the UK’s new advanced fast jet training course. It is a major milestone for the world’s mo...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Lightning II to be based at RAF Marham

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The UK's Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft is to be based at RAF Marham. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond made the announcement ...
Tuesday, 31 July 2012

The UK's new Lightning II

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The first of the UK's next generation stealth combat aircraft, the Lightning II has been handed over to the MoD. At a ceremony in Fort ...