Day: April 23, 2018

The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has cut the first turf on a £132m facility for the UK’s new fleet of submarine hunting Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) at RAF Lossiemouth. The site will be the future home to the country’s nine-strong, new P-8A Poseidon MPA fleet. The aircraft’s role will be to protect the UK’s […]

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Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has committed to working ever closer with charity partners during a visit to a state of the art recovery centre for veterans and service personnel. Mr Williamson visited Tedworth House on Monday, a joint recovery centre run by the MOD, Help for Heroes, and the Royal British Legion. The £24million residential rehabilitation […]

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The squadron immortalised by the Dambusters raid of World War II has been reformed to fly the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets, the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced. Mr Williamson announced the new 617 Squadron after an event in Washington DC to mark the centenary of the RAF. The naming of the new 617 Squadron […]

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