British Military Aviation And Updates
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How come RAAF - the self declared best AF in the Indo Pacific didn't meet RAF's requirments , Pops ?
In reversal of colonial times, IAF instructors to train UK’s RAF fighter pilots - The Times of India
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What do you think about this development Paddy ? I hope we don't see a repeat of this in the other arms of your armed forces ? Like the RN & the Army . @BMD
UK and France begin work on Meteor successor missile
The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to begin studying a next-generation air-to-air missile to succeed Meteor, one of Europe’s most advanced beyond-visual-range weapons.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
F-35B conducts flight test with British SPEAR mini-cruise missile
F-35B conducts flight test with British SPEAR mini-cruise missile - Breaking Defense
The first flight milestone comes four years later than originally planned, after an initial delay caused by technical troubles.
Raytheon pitches Red Kite weapon at RAF stockpile gap
Raytheon UK has unveiled Red Kite, designed and digitally engineered in Britain, built on the StormBreaker airframe and aimed at strengthening RAF stockpile resilience.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
RAF grounds Hawk fleet following crash
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has grounded its fleet of BAE Systems Hawk T1 and T2 advanced jet trainer aircraft following a crash at RAF Valley on Anglesey.
www.janes.com
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has grounded its fleet of BAE Systems Hawk T1 and T2 advanced jet trainer aircraft following a crash at RAF Valley on Anglesey.
A source who declined to be identified told Janes that flight operations of the Hawk T1 airframes used by the Red Arrows aerobatic display team and the Hawk T2 airframes used for pilot fast jet training have been temporarily suspended after a Hawk T2 crashed shortly after take-off on 23 September 2023.
Both crewmembers were seen to have ejected from the stricken aircraft, and there were no reported injuries on the ground. The MoD has provided no further details on the incident.
The Red Arrows operate 10 Hawk T1s that are supported from a pool of spares of an unknown number of previously retired airframes (the team currently flies seven aircraft for dynamic displays, and nine for flypasts).
The RAF operates the Hawk T2 to train both its own and the Royal Navy's (RN's) fast jet pilots, with 28 of the type having entered service in 2009. It is used specifically for the Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) programme, which sits outside the scope of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) programme contracted to Ascent. A further nine Hawk Mk 167 (essentially the same T2 standard) aircraft are flown by 11 Squadron (Qatar) at RAF Leeming in northern England, but these were not named by the MoD as being included in the grounding order.
A source who declined to be identified told Janes that flight operations of the Hawk T1 airframes used by the Red Arrows aerobatic display team and the Hawk T2 airframes used for pilot fast jet training have been temporarily suspended after a Hawk T2 crashed shortly after take-off on 23 September 2023.
Both crewmembers were seen to have ejected from the stricken aircraft, and there were no reported injuries on the ground. The MoD has provided no further details on the incident.
The Red Arrows operate 10 Hawk T1s that are supported from a pool of spares of an unknown number of previously retired airframes (the team currently flies seven aircraft for dynamic displays, and nine for flypasts).
The RAF operates the Hawk T2 to train both its own and the Royal Navy's (RN's) fast jet pilots, with 28 of the type having entered service in 2009. It is used specifically for the Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) programme, which sits outside the scope of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) programme contracted to Ascent. A further nine Hawk Mk 167 (essentially the same T2 standard) aircraft are flown by 11 Squadron (Qatar) at RAF Leeming in northern England, but these were not named by the MoD as being included in the grounding order.