Month: June 2023
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Gloster Meteor at 80: How Britain’s first jet fighter is still playing a vital role today — Laura Skitt 27th June 2023 at 3:47pm
Play Video Watch: Forces News delves into the Gloster Meteor’s history. – watch here Britain’s first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet to see combat in the Second World War, the Gloster Meteor, took its first true flight 80 years ago. Little did people know that eight decades later, it would still be playing…
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Mercer declares ‘real progress’ in Veteran ID cards rollout and says he’s confident of saving his eyebrows – Julian Perreira 28th June 2023 at 4:25pm
Johnny Mercer has issued an update on the rollout of Veterans ID cards (Picture: Bridget Catterall/Alamy Stock Photo). Veterans’ Minister Johnny Mercer has declared there is “real progress” over the rollout of Veterans ID cards and – slightly tongue-in-cheek – said he was confident he won’t have to shave his eyebrows in a wager over…
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RAF End of an era: C-130J Hercules makes final RAF flights 28th June 2023 at 10:55am
Play Video The final RAF C-130J Hercules flights have taken off as the transport aircraft retires after 56 years of service. The last two flights took off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning – heading to Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge to be sold off along with the rest of the Hercules fleet. Known as…
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Japan Australia Drill Together in South China Sea for Trident Exercise – By: Dzirhan Mahadzir June 27 2023 1:21 PM
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Anzac (FFH150) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Izumo sail together in the South China Sea as part of the Trident 23 exercise. JMSDF Photo Australian and Japanese forces conducted exercise Trident 2023 over the weekend in the South China Sea. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force…
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Canada requests 16 P-8 aircraft in US$5.9bn deal
AIR & SEA LIFT | 28 JUNE 2023 By: Robert Dougherty The Canadian government will acquire 16 P-8A patrol aircraft for around US$5.9 billion in a possible foreign military sale approved by the US State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress of the aircraft and related equipment possible sale on 27…
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