Open Skies - planned aircraft flights in UK airspace
...personnel on board. This weekend’s Antonov flight was one such Open Skies flight. Pilot Officer Leo Collins, who works in the Arms Control and Counter Proliferation team at the MOD...
Operations
Latest from HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean
...Bulwark in an area where we would be best placed to respond. I have eight landing craft, which are capable of carrying hundreds of personnel, large equipment and heavy...
Defence in the media: 13 May 2015
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...them safely to land as soon as possible. Read more here. Baltic Air Policing It is reported, including in The Mail Online, Express and Mirror, that RAF Typhoon jets operating...
Defence in the media: 27 March 2015
...here. Ebola The Sun and regional outlets, including the Western Morning News, report that that RFA Argus is on its way home fromSierra Leone and is set to receive the...
Defence in the media: 26 March 2015
...exposed” when they were sent into Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in 2005/06 because of failings in decision-making. The report concluded that the internal structures in government led to “immensely important and...
Defence in the media: 25 March 2015
Falkland Islands It is widely reported, including in The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Guardian, that Britain is to boost its defenceson the Falkland Islands following Defence Secretary...
Defence in the media: 24 March 2015
Falkland Islands The Sun has reported on this morning’s front page that the Defence Secretary will tell MPs that he is ordering a significant increase to the South Atlantic islands’...
Defence in the media: 23 March 2015
...here too. We warmly welcome the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group - a reflection of the close partnership between our nations and navies, and the value of credible seapower in...
Defence in the media: 19 March 2015
News this morning is largely focused on the Chancellor’s pre-election Budget, which was announced yesterday. Elsewhere, BBC News is reporting that British military personnel have begun training members of the...
Defence in the media: 18 March 2015
...forces loyal to Libya Dawn have confronted ISIL on the battlefield. It goes on to report that European states fear that extremists could use Libya as a jumping-off point to...