- Air
- Air Forces
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
Latest Royal Air Force Stories
British Typhoon Fighters Helped Sink A Warship For The First Time
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 23, 2022
Retired Vulcan Bomber Plows Into A Field During High-Speed Taxi Run
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 16, 2022
20 Percent Of The USAF’s B-2 Force Is Deployed ‘Down Under’
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 3, 2022
Let’s Look At The UK’s Plan To Fly A Tempest Fighter Demonstrator In Just Five Years
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 20, 2022
Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 14, 2022
Watch This B-52 ‘Crabwalk’ Down The Runway In A Heavy Crosswind Like Only It Can
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 22, 2022
Photo Emerges Of Crashed British F-35B After It Was Hauled Out Of The Mediterranean
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 21, 2022
United Kingdom Details Plans To Build Future Fighter Jet Engine With Japan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 22, 2021
U.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In England
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 16, 2021
Watch This B-1B Make A Crazy Steep Banking Climb After A Touch And Go At RAF Fairford
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 13, 2021
RC-135 Now Flying With Donor KC-135 Engine Cover After Frightening Crosswind Landing Mishap
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 22, 2021
Watch This RC-135 Spy Plane Make A Frightening Crosswind Landing In England (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 20, 2021
Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 23, 2021
Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 21, 2021
Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 15, 2021
British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 3, 2021
Check Out This Stunning Photo Of The Qatari-British Typhoon Squadron In Action
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 26, 2021
The Royal Air Force Just Can’t Get Enough Of The Chinook With 14 New Orders
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 21, 2021
The Boscombe Down Incident Remains One Of Military Aviation’s Most Intriguing Mysteries
By Brett Tingley / Updated Apr 7, 2021
British Armed Forces Poised To Make Big Cuts To F-35 Plans And More
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 24, 2021
British Typhoons Have Used Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles For The First Time In Combat
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 16, 2021
Top British F-35 Pilot On How His Fledgling Team Is Forging Its Own Path Forward
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Mar 15, 2021
Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 5, 2021
Royal Air Force Turned A Torpedo Bomber Into A Flying Flamethrower During World War II
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 20, 2021
This Is All The Survival Gear That Apache Attack Helicopter Crews Fly Into Combat With
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 27, 2020
Britain’s Shackleton Radar Plane Was Born As An Already Antiquated Cold War Dinosaur
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 24, 2020
You Can Buy The Royal Air Force’s Impressive Sentinel Radar Planes, But Only In Pieces
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 23, 2020
Watch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted Takeoff
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 9, 2020
Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever
By Robert Hopkins / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 27, 2020
The Day The Royal Air Force Lost Six Jet Fighters In Just 45 Minutes
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 27, 2020
The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Everything We Know About The United Kingdom’s Big New Defense Spending Plan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 19, 2020
Watch The Biggest Unexploded World War Two Bomb Ever Found in Poland Blow Up
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 13, 2020
Aussie F/A-18 Hornet Bristling With Missiles Joins Others For Jaw-Dropping Photo Shoot
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 5, 2020
Britain Banks On Tempest Future Fighter Program As Its Next Great Hope In Combat Airpower
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Oct 16, 2020
Watch This C-17 Crew Experience Sinister-Looking St. Elmo’s Fire
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 5, 2020
Storm Clouds Gather Over F-35B Lightning As United Kingdom Prepares Defense Review
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 16, 2020
The Air Force’s First Overseas-Based F-35A Unit Is Revealed And Now It Needs A Name
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 15, 2020
This Is The Royal Air Force’s First Aggressor Eurofighter Typhoon
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 11, 2020
The Inside Story Of How The UK Culled Its Entire Harrier Jet Force In Just Two Months
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 30, 2020
Eurofighter’s New Radar Is Nearly Ready But Royal Air Force Wants An Even Better One
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 17, 2020
Here’s Who’s In The Running To Build The Royal Air Force’s First Loyal Wingman Drones
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2020
British Government Says It Might Pass On $27M Upgrade For Some Of Its F-35s
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 24, 2020
RAF Bentwaters Has This Bizarre-Looking Cold War Bunker Called The Star Wars Building
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 11, 2020
RAF To Sell-Off Its BAe 146 Military Transports That Also Cart Around the Royals
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 14, 2019
Check Out These Photos Of USAF B-2s And RAF F-35Bs Flying Together For The First Time
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 30, 2019
The United Kingdom Becomes The Third Country To Send F-35s Into Combat
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 25, 2019
U.S. Navy Buys Blue Angels A Surplus Royal Air Force C-130J To Replace Fat Albert
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 25, 2019
The Royal Air Force Has Said Goodbye To The Tornado After An Amazing 40-Year Career
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 15, 2019
You’ve Never Seen Photos Of Low Flying Military Planes As Up Close And Personal As This
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 7, 2019
There Is A B-1B Bomber With A Red Colored Custom Cockpit
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 4, 2019
Defunct Military Listening Post For Sale In Scotland Is A Doomsday Prepper’s Dream
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 26, 2018
Watch This F-15C Eagle Make A Very Hard Hook-Down Emergency Landing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 28, 2018