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The UK's Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, while the RAF's C-17 Globemaster fleet will receive a software and hardware upgrade.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
British forces have continued to conduct air operations to assist the Iraqi government in its fight against ISIL.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
RAF and Royal Navy personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan last week, 17 to 23 October 2011. Here follows an operational update.
A Royal Navy survey ship has discovered a previously uncharted 250-metre-deep canyon on the floor of the Red Sea.
RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 18-31 December 2011. Here follows an operational update.
RAF personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 12 to 18 February 2012. Here follows an operational update.
RAF Chinook helicopter crews recently travelled to the United States to train for Afghanistan in the heat and high-altitude terrain of southern California.
Air Chief Marshal Simon Bryant has met with Royal Air Force personnel during his first visit to Afghanistan as the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief Air (CINCAIR).
847 Naval Air Squadron personnel have returned to RNAS Yeovilton after a month-long training package in the deserts of California.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford spent 2 days meeting personnel at Camp Bastion and Kandahar Airfield.
In the south and south west of Afghanistan, a team from the RAF is working with the US Marine Corps (USMC) on the daunting task of co-ordinating the use of some of the world's busiest airspace.
RAF personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 5 to 11 February 2012. Here follows an operational update.
RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan last week, 7 to 13 November 2011. Here follows an operational update.
RAF and Royal Navy personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan in the week of 26 September to 2 October 2011. Here follows an operational update.
RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 1 to 7 January 2012. Here follows an operational update.
RAF personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 22 to 28 January 2012. Here follows an operational update.
Gunners from 148 Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, have been training with US Marines in the dusty heat of the Arizona desert.
RAF and Royal Navy personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan last week, 24 to 30 October 2011. Here follows an operational update.
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