Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the UK is to provide
'non-lethal' equipment to opposition forces in Syria. In this is
included the provision of non-combat armoured vehicles, body armour,
search and rescue and communications equipment and training...More information
The Annington Trust is again offering to sponsor forty-three 14-18yr
olds from Service families across the UK on an 8-day Outward Bound
adventure courses at Ullswater, Loch Eil and Aberdovey. The closing date for applications for the Annington Challenge is Sun 31 Mar 13. For only £50 as a contribution for the week its too good an opportunity to miss...More information
Yesterday in The House the Defence Secretary set out the plan for Army
rebasing, the withdrawal of troops from Germany and the concentration of
Army units around 7 main locations in the UK...More information
On Wed 6 Mar 13, tickets for this summer's RAF Cosford Air Show go on
sale. The airshow is one of only three official RAF airshows in the UK
and takes place on Sun 9 Jun 13.
The announcement follows confirmation that RAF Cosford has been nominated to include in its 2013 display the Red Arrows. Last
year more than 38,000 people attended the air show and organisers are
anticipating another bumper turn-out at the West Midlands’ largest ...More information
RAF pilots and ground crew who will operate the A400M Atlas aircraft are
to benefit from state of the art training facilities thanks to a new
multi million pound contract.The MoD is investing £226 million on a
specialist training school at RAF Brize Norton where the fleet of
transport aircraft will be based. It will house two full flight
simulators to train RAF pilots, a specialist workstation to train
loadmasters, a cockpit simulator to train engineers and a suite of
computer-based training equipment. The facility will allow all
personnel...More information
Rebasing shake-up to be announced today. The Defence Secretary is
expected announce today how rebasing will look in the future. It is
thought the MoD is to spend £1.8 billion in a move to build 1,900 SFA
and 7,800 SLA. The 2010 SDSR announced the complete withdrawal of troops
from Germany and it expected the majority will be back on UK soil by
2016 and the remainder by 2019. The MoD are saying this will pump £240
million a year back into the UK economy...More information
The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond has been speaking out about the
effect of any more cuts on the future capabilities of the UKs Armed
Forces. He suggested further cuts would leave the Armed Forces with a
hughly reduced capability and that George Osboune should look to other
Governement departments for any further saving citing the welfare budget
as possible area where money could be saved...More information
