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Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

Significant USAF B-52 Force Now in Europe and the Middle East

Ten Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses are currently deployed across Europe and the Middle East, representing nearly 15 percent of the entire U.S. Air Force fleet...
BriteStorm on UAV

Storm Clouds

The Royal Air Force has performed trials with a new airborne jammer which shows promise in supporting the suppression/destruction of enemy air defence mission. The...

US, UK carrier strike groups demonstrate NATO presence in North Sea deployments

Two NATO carrier strike groups (CSGs) are currently conducting operations in the North Sea. The deployments demonstrate a level of integrated, multi-national, high-end capability and...
MH-47G

Night Stalkers Arrive in UK for Exercise Dark Lightning

On Tuesday 3 September, two Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft arrive at RAF Mildenhall in the UK from Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia....
Anechoic Chamber

The Silent Hangar

The United Kingdom will soon receive a new, large anechoic chamber to help evaluate and improve military aircraft electromagnetic discretion and protection. News emerged in...
ALARM Missile

Difficult Decisions

Armada has been told that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) had considered supplying examples of the ALARM missile to Ukraine. A senior...
General Atomics SOAR SIGINT Pod

There be Dragons!

Reports on social media emerged in April that Royal Air Force General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uninhabited aerial vehicles are flying equipped with the Outdragon...
P-8

UK opens additional US P-8 facilities at RAF Lossiemouth, enhancing integration

The UK and the United States have further enhanced the integration of their respective P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) operations with the opening...
RadioFlash-Podcast-11

Radioflash! Episode 11: V-Bombers and Soviet Air Defence

One of the Cold War’s great ‘what ifs?’ was whether the United Kingdom’s V-Bomber nuclear deterrent force would have been able to reach and...

Babcock Supports the Next Generation of Ukrainian Fighter Jet Pilots

Babcock International Group is proud to be providing vital support to the next generation of Ukrainian Air Force pilots as they prepare to fly...

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