U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers from the 307th Bomb Wing landed at RAF Fairford on 11 September to join Exercise Cobra Warrior 2025.

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Thousands of Airbus employees represented by Unite have voted to accept a new pay and pension agreement, halting plans for industrial action.

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BREAKING – Russian jets entered Estonia over the Gulf of Finland with their transponders switched off and flew close to Tallinn before Italian F-35s scrambled to intercept.

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NATO has confirmed that a French Rafale fighter jet was scrambled from Poland in the first operational response under Eastern Sentry, the Alliance’s new posture along its eastern flank.

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The Finnish request covers up to 405 AIM-120D-3 missiles and eight AIM-120D-3 guidance sections with positioning supported by either the Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module or M-Code.

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AMRAAM remains one of the most widely used beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles in service, with integration across a wide range of U.S. and allied aircraft.

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The Ministry of Defence has announced that Britain will help build military aircraft for the United States for the first time in more than fifty years, under a new contract with Boeing.

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Lithuanian drone company Granta Autonomy has revealed its new X-WING loitering munition system, designed to combine vertical take-off with fixed-wing endurance, the company stated.

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The Ministry of Defence has reaffirmed that the Eurofighter Typhoon will continue to underpin Britain’s combat air capabilities well into the 2040s, bridging the gap until the arrival of the Tempest next-generation fighter.

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While some details were withheld for security reasons, the MoD listed several deployments in support of UK police forces.

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