Just seen this. Clearest indication of F-35A consideration for the RAF we’ve had… https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-confirms-aim-to-buy-f-35a-for-nato-nuclear-strike-role/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKz9HlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHq_ITkmcXE310XMCEuh0EH-QWIhnuHA1x5Y4iazavH4VqWThRukikZ_ZUjmm_aem_hmzFNEC4Eq86aaGm3uJ2NQ S...

I thought Birmingham was used when Brize is unavailable for any reason anyway. There's a significant difference to being used as a line station and being used for a few landings and departures, to one being able to sustain an operation with facilities and equipment for personnel to plan and manage ...

Very slow progress in purchase of F-35s then. I was hoping they could order some as quickly as Thatcher got the F-4Js; a reopening of Honington with a couple of new squadrons of F-35As perhaps. But no. Not even an order for more P-8s. "Slight" difference in that the F-4J's were readily available as...

Surely stand off weapons are better than free fall so the jets don’t actually have to overfly heavily defended targets? What the UK needs most in my opinion is thousands of armed drones and ground based anti drone and anti missile defences. Possibly at least two or three more squadrons of ‘off the ...

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Middle Wallop: 15 x AH-64E
Wattisham: 32 x AH-64E

Thanks you that's awesome

and are all the Wildcats at Wattisham? what else is at MW?

All the Wildcats are at Yeovilton, along with the RN ones.

I've seen the Thunderbird's display, and practice, many times and also the Blue Angels on my annual trips to Nellis (as per my profile photo!) for Red Flag, Miramar and other US airshows. For me the Blues just have it especially in the latest Super Hornet guise it really has presence in sound and si...

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Always felt they were given a run for their money by the blue angles but I guess their flying style is very different as raptor9 states

Are the Blue Angles better than the Blue Angels?

Don't be obtuse...........

It's interesting the way these things are reported in that they say Mr Trump has decided etc.... in the same way that in the UK they say that Sir Keir Starmer has decided etc..... Surely if and it's a big IF, they have indeed made the decision it is with the significant input of those who are knowl...

Were you around in the 90s?-There was lots of building work on bases that closed soon after! It's obviously a recent decision. Of course Trump does not want to spend $'s in defending Europe.. Also the E's are knackered Yes I remember it well, agreed a sure sign of closure was pouring money into a b...

This doesn't add up particularly, for me at least? Why all the building and development work to be able to accommodate a 4th squadron (the 2nd F-35 one) if the base is to lose 2 F-15E squadron's anyway? SJ already has F-15E's? Also I don't believe I ever saw any plans for the F-15EX at LN? given the...

Deary me ! Poor SOPs … Secretary Hegseth will be prompting Herr Musk from DOGE to email all Tuman sailors asking them what they do all day. How very very embarrassing and avoidable with someone shouting … BRACE BRACE BRACE ? Not good, but still not as embarrassing (or expensive) as having an F35B g...

I think you've just answered your own question as to why there needs to be a rehearsal!!! Different date, timing, aircraft, formations, frequencies, route, etc etc etc. Well maybe not quite so simple The route is the same. The date is not far different. The time is 45min different so near as the sa...

Kings Birthday Flypast is listed as 14/06/2025 on the Red Arrows Display Dates : https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/displays/ Seems logical that there would be a rehearsal for timings etc. Keep an eye on the NOTAMS nearer the time. I see - thank,s a little too early then. I knew the da...

https://t.co/lUxTV3gusX Besides it being sad to see A-10s be phased out, someone correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the point of the EX air superiority? It personally doesn’t make much sense to me for it to replace warthogs, I really thought the F-35 would be the no brainier option here, since it’s...

That's why my personal opinion is a increase in P8's would be a better buy than either fighter options. I'd argue that Storm Shadow and LRASM have maybe a range of 150 - 200 miles, so whether they are launched by Typhoon or P8, that is irrelevant. How many could a P8 carry, 2, maybe 4, compared to ...

My opinion is based on the what I think the UK and the European contigent of NATO is missing. Long range stand off missiles will always be the preferred option in most missions. All fighter aircraft can only carry 1or 2 stand off munitions but something larger would be able to employ many more. Thi...

I would prefer a option to buy a aircraft that can carry multiple long range munitions. Either more p-8's or develop a long range strategic drine capable of carrying say half a dozen munitions. Based on what exactly? You say you’d prefer, are you setting defence strategy? Or just giving a wish list?

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Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:44 am

With all the spy satellite's from foreign powers this would have been known about from first flight

They know exactly what satellites are passing and when and they work around that.

Where would these demonstrators have been flown? And would they have been flown only at night? I just find it a little surprising these days that anything can go unnoticed. When the F-117s reappeared, there was no shortage of people photographing and filming them. Having driven through and around t...

Valid, but this is an emergency. Forget tax, there are other ways to cut the money. The money is there, its just being wasted. And another - Recover the money paid out on fraud committed during the pandemic, there's in excess of £4 Bn that the likes of Malone and the other "pals" were given..... Bu...