UK Royal Navy Archivi - Aviation Report

Merlin Mk2 from Royal Navy 814 NAS “Flying Tiger” get claws into NATO Submarine Exercise Dynamic Manta 2020

The Flying Tigers of 814 Naval Air Squadron are once again Britain’s representatives at NATO’s annual test of anti-submarine forces staged in the Ionian Sea. Nine nations – Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Spai... Read More...

FIRST UK F-35 FIGHTER JETS LAND ONBOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH

First UK F-35B fighter jets land onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth

UK F-35 Lightning jets landing, taking off and hovering onboard Britain’s next generation aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time

Flown by Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots, the F-35B Lightning jets are embarking in the 65,000 tonne carrier to conduct operational trials off the East Coast of the USA. This follows successful developmen... Read More...

First aircraft lands on new UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales

A Merlin helicopter was guided safely into land on the expansive deck

The first aircraft touched down on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off the Scottish coast. Not 24 hours after the second of the UK’s new aircraft carriers sailed into open waters for the first time, a Merlin he... Read More...

The second UK new aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has sailed for the first time

Eight years after she was laid down – and two after her sister HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed from the very same site – the HMS Prince of Wales 65,000-tonne warship left the basin at Rosyth Dockyard on the Forth, r... Read More...

HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier sails for US to embark for the first time UK-owned F-35s

HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on august 30 ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B Lightning fast fighter jets for the very first time. The Royal Navy’s biggest warship will be working wit... Read More...

UK Royal Navy F-35B on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time

F-35B jets land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time

Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader A... Read More...

Leonardo delivered first AW-101 Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopter to the UK Commando Helicopter Force

Guto Bebb MP, Minister for Defence Procurement, announced the delivery of the first AW101 Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopter during a ceremony held at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton on May 24th, 2018. The event ... Read More...

Bye Bye "Atlantic": a 45-year history

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-4 Phantom: the last Samurai

Hellenic Air Force 338 Mira “Ares”: the last Phantom over the Aegean

Hellenic Air Force: 120 Training Wing Kalamata, where Eagles soar

MAKS 2019: Russian airshow at Zhukovsky

Payerne air base: exercise Epervier 2019

Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019

Second NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance RQ-4D Phoenix arrives in Sigonella, Italy

Leonardo delivers its first AW169 basic training helicopter to the Italian Army Aviation

Boeing delivers 2500th AH-64 Apache attack helicopter

Airbus delivers first A330 MRTT to NATO Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet

Royal Air Force Typhoons join key German Air Force exercise

Airbus signs contract for integration of 115 new Eurofighter Captor-E scan radars

US Air Force B-2s fly north of Arctic Circle, integrate with Norwegian F-35s

A British Airways' 747 in heritage BOAC design

The Airbus Helicopters H160 receives EASA approval

Alaska’s North Slope Borough now flies a Piltaus PC-24 air ambulance

Babcock provides dedicated Beech 200 air ambulance for swedish Covid-19 patients

Airbus adapts aircraft production rates in COVID-19 environment as update on March commercial aircraft orders & deliveries

First Airbus A350-900 for Aeroflot

55th anniversary of maiden flight of the world’s largest turboprop AN-22 Antei