The Royal Air Force has conducted a mid-air refuelling operation with the French Air and Space Force over the Middle East.

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American B-1B Lancer bombers flew in formation with Hungarian and Swedish JAS-39 Gripens over Riga, Latvia, on 19 August, in a NATO manoeuvre intended to signal allied resolve to Russia on the Alliance’s eastern flank.

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The UK has now received 40 of its planned fleet of 48 F-35B Lightning aircraft, following the latest delivery flight.

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Some claim Scotland only gets £2.1bn in defence. GERS shows £5.1bn. The difference is simple: UK defence isn’t just about where money is spent, it’s about the forces that defend Scotland whether based in Lossiemouth or Lincolnshire.

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Poland has signed a formal Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the United States to modernise its 48 F-16 Block 52+ fighter jets to the advanced F-16 Viper configuration.

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Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed that the hundreds of Royal Air Force surveillance flights over Gaza are operating solely to support hostage rescue, with intelligence shared only for that purpose.

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Two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Coningsby on Friday after a business jet travelling from Nice lost contact with air traffic control, triggering a sonic boom heard across parts of Essex.

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For the first time, two Italian Air Force F-35 fighters scrambled from Ämari Air Base, Estonia, in response to Russian aircraft under NATO’s Air Policing mission.

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“The message is deterrence, making sure Moscow understands that NATO can strike hard and fast if necessary.”

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MPs recently raised serious concerns over the UK’s air surveillance capability as the RAF’s E-7 Wedgetail programme faces continued delays and questions mount over its strategic resilience.

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