Defence in the Media: 5 December 2016
...base, RAF Scampton, earlier today to be met by waiting families. The flight was the final leg of a major two-month tour to the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions –...
...base, RAF Scampton, earlier today to be met by waiting families. The flight was the final leg of a major two-month tour to the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions –...
...the day: HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier, set sail from Rosyth yesterday to commence first stage sea trials off the north-east of Scotland. Crown Copyright. History...
...east coast of the UK. A short piece is also reported in the Daily Star. Commander Michael Wood, Commanding Officer of HMS Somerset, said: This transit was continually monitored through...
...savings and Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin told the BBC he was concerned that the Defence budget was being cut at a time of increasing turmoil in the Middle East and...
...Sergei Vavilov was visiting South Georgia, 800 nautical miles to the east of the Falklands, when the man was bitten by what is thought to have been a fur seal...
...Challenger II main battle tanks, Warrior armoured personnel carriers and Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles. More than 100 jobs in the North East have been secured by the deal, according to reports....
...on Sunday’s front page yesterday which suggested that RAF pilots have been authorised to shoot down Russian warplanes in the Middle East. Today’s article reports Russia’s ‘fury’ over the RAF’s...
...the Middle East and also a very direct threat to the people of the UK. We will continue to build the case for military action in north-east Syria. Read Defence...
...Secretary Michael Fallon announced the Sentinel intelligence gathering aircraft would continue to operate over the Middle East beyond the end of the year, as part of the US-led coalition. The...
...for greater autonomy in the separatist regions in the east. According to reports, at least one soldier has been killed and more than 100 people have been injured. We are...