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Supporting the Armed Forces onto the home ownership ladder.

• Updated: 19 December 2022

A London charity has been issued with an Official Warning over a fundraising campaign in support of a soldier of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).

• Updated: 9 January 2025

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) carries out low flying for training across the UK - low flying areas (LFAs), tactical training areas (TTAs)

• Overview

  Military low flying is used to train military aircrew. Low flying by…

• Where and when low flying happens

  The UK is divided into 20 separate low flying areas. Three of these areas…

• Find out about low flying in your area

  Contact the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for information about low flying…

• Request low flying to be temporarily stopped

  You can apply to have low flying stopped temporarily in your area, for…

Thousands of UK personnel will continue to deploy to Europe in the next two months to spearhead a major NATO exercise.

• Updated: 3 January 2025

On 18 March the Defence Secretary announced new measures to enable armed forces personnel to support public services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Updated: 12 June 2020

Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families

The Wessex Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association (WX RFCA) supports and promotes the Reserve and Cadet forces across the south-west of England.

• Updated: 20 July 2022

The operation has concluded after more than two years of successfully protecting Polish airspace.

• Updated: 12 December 2024

Find out why our armed forces undertake low flying in the UK.

• Updated: 27 January 2023

The British Army has completed the first live firing of a next-generation howitzer in Finland in one of the largest series of NATO artillery exercises ever conducted in Europe.

• Updated: 21 November 2024