The UK has announced that it will purchase 12 F-35A fighter jets and formally join NATO’s Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) nuclear sharing mission.

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A Royal Air Force Typhoon conducted a routine air interception training exercise this afternoon involving a French military aircraft transiting UK airspace.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has described Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as a “very weak response,” a choice of words widely interpreted as an effort to dial down tensions following the United States’ strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

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Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully flown two MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft controlled by a single operator onboard an E-7A Wedgetail, simulating a live engagement with an airborne target.

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Iran is reported to have launched several ballistic missiles at the US-run Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, with visible air defence activity observed over the capital, Doha.

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The Ministry of Defence has declined to confirm whether the UK intends to procure a land-based cruise missile, citing the classified nature of the capability mix being developed under the Strategic Defence Review.

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It has happened again.

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The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are working together on the development of fixed-wing drone technologies that could eventually fly from Britain’s aircraft carriers

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The United States has launched airstrikes against Iran’s key nuclear enrichment sites, deploying B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to deliver previously unused 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.

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U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers have departed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri for a staging base in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia.

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