Pro-Palestinian Activists Break Into the UK’s Largest Air Base
The Palestine Action group said two of its members had entered R.A.F. Brize Norton on electric scooters and sprayed red paint in aircraft engines and on the runway.
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Pro-Palestine protesters break into RAF base on scooters and deface two aircraft
Palestine Action members break into Brize Norton airbase in Oxfordshire and spray military planes with red paintA pro-Palestine protest group has said two of its members broke into the RAF’s Brize Norton airbase and defaced two military aircraft with s…
General Atomics’ MQ-9B ready for game-changing AEW capability to strengthen European defense
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UK minister admits rules banning armed forces from speaking out are unlawful
Woman told court that gagging orders reinforced culture of closing ranks that tolerated rape and sexual assaultThe UK defence secretary, John Healey, has conceded that policies that banned members of the armed forces from speaking to the press or MPs w…
Growing threats, new weapons, more troops: key points of strategic defence review
Review says UK must be ready to ‘fight and win’ a full-scale war. Here is a summary of its recommendationsKeir Starmer vows to make Britain ‘battle-ready’ as he unveils defence spending plansUK politics live – latest updatesA vision of what war between…
Relatives of 1994 Chinook crash victims initiate legal action against MoD
All 29 onboard, including crew and MI5, RUC and army officers, died when RAF aircraft crashed on Mull of KintyreRelatives of intelligence officers and military personnel killed in a 1994 RAF helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre have taken the first …
Families of those killed in 1994 Chinook helicopter crash call for sealed documents to be released
Bereaved families renew call for inquiry and demand access to documents that have been sealed away until 2094Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of lif…
‘How can you not know?’ Black and Asian people went overboard for Britain, says WW2 veteran
Prince Albert Jacob feels disappointed in continued ignorance of role many non-whites played in war effort“Most black people went overboard and tried hard to make sure that they did their best for Britain,” says Prince Albert Jacob, a 99-year-old veter…
UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels
RAF jets target buildings used to make drones, officials say, in Britain’s first involvement since Trump took officeMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritish fighter jets joined their US counterparts in airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels overnight…
RAF fighters scrambled twice to intercept Russian planes last week
Incidents over Baltic Sea come after UK’s deployment of six jets to eastern Poland to defend Nato airspaceRAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said two RA…