First Paveway IV release for RAF Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth.
Development of the Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft has taken another
step forward with a successful weapons test. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, based
at RAF Lossiemouth, released 2 live... More information
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were welcomed with a flypast
yesterday, during a visit to the UK's most northerly RAF base on their
67th wedding anniversary. Two Typhoons and a... More information
Number 1 (Fighter) Squadron marks relocation with a special 8-ship
formation in the shape of a number 1. Relocating from RAF Leuchars in
Fife, Scotland, to RAF Lossiemouth, Typhoon aircraft of... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
Number 58 Squadron, RAF Regiment has returned safely to RAF Leuchars
following a successful seven month operational deployment to Camp
Bastion as part of the RAF’s contribution to the NATO mission in
Afghanistan. Deploying in Oct 13 as... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The RAF’s Number 12 (Bomber) Squadron and 617 Squadron (the Dambusters)
have bid farewell to active service with a disbandment parade at RAF
Lossiemouth, performing their final salute in front of His Royal
Highness... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
RAF search and rescue were scrambled last Tuesday, when a call came in
for their assistance to search for a missing person caught in an
avalanche on... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
IX (Bomber) Tornado GR4 Sqn from RAF Marham and No 6 and 1Typhoon Sqn
from RAF Leuchars and Lossiemouth continue their efforts on Exercise Red
Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The RAF fast jet Sqns are
among... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
After flying their final mission in Afghanistan, 71 years after carrying
out one of the most daring raids of World War II, the RAF 'Dambusters’
Sqn has returned to RAF Lossiemouth. Flt Lt Mo Abdallah said: “It's
great to be home, the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
Programme of RAF interest. Tomorrow evening Tue 14th Jan 14 at 9pm on
BBC 4. The winter of 2012 was one of the coldest, longest and busiest
on record in the... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
One of the oldest squadrons in the RAF is to be re-equipped with the
latest Typhoon jets. The move is part of a transformation of the RAF’s
combat air capability which will see battle-proven Tornado GR4 aircraft
replaced by... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
From RAF Lossiemouth, your unit back home... RAF Lossiemouth is sending
individually addressed parcels to all 400 of its personnel out in
Afghanistan over the Christmas period. The Stn Cdr, Gp Capt Mark
Chappell, has also written a personalised Christmas card to each. Jennese Bailie, a PSF Welfare Clerk, has... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The endurance challenge - the Dambusters Run – will be the last UK call
of action 617 Sqn undertakes before heading off to Afghanistan for their
final tour of duty, and will help raise much-needed funds for... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
Building work at RAF Lossiemouth has begun in preparation for the
transition from Tornado aircraft to Typhoons. Hangar 3 has been
renovated in... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
RAF personnel from 31 Sqn Tornado detachment from RAF Marham, serving in
Afghanistan, has handed over command to 12 (Bomber) Sqn from RAF
Lossiemouth. Throughout the four-month... 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
The Sunday Times yesterday ran a story titled 'Dambusters hit by defence
cuts bombshell' which commented on an article from the RAF's flight
safety publication 'Air Clues'. In response the MoD has issued the
following statement... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link
The RAF's 12 (Bomber) Sqn is being put through its paces at RAF
Lossiemouth this week as it makes final preparations before deployment
to Afghanistan. Dubbed 'War Week', the exercise is the... 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
Red Flag is the largest air combat exercise of the year. Taking place in
the US it was the Typhoon's first foray. Coningsby based XI(F) Sqn
joined Tornado GR4s from Lossiemouth’s 12(B) Sqn. The RAF Det Cdr, Gp
Capt Johnny Stringer said: "Red Flag is... More information
Historian and television presenter Dan Snow has unveiled the tail art
painted on to a 617 Sqn Tornado to commemorate the 70th anniversary of
the formation the Dambuster Sqn on this day 70 years ago. The unveiling
took place at RAF Coningsby where the squadron was based in 1943 rather
than at RAF... More information
