How ‘ridiculed’ WWII RAF fighter plane the Defiant was far deadlier than it was ever given credit for, says historian in new book The Boulton Paul Defiant was a fighter aircraft carrying a pilot and a rear gunner The Air Ministry commissioned the aircraft in the late 1930s to target bombers In one day, 264 … Read more
It’s a deer miss! Family of animals narrowly miss being hit by FIGHTER JETS after dashing across an RAF runway Animals ran across runway at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, last Friday All three roe deer escaped unharmed from their close encounter with the planes Aviation enthusiast James Feneley, 52, filmed the near miss By Harry Howard For … Read more
Polish WWII fighter pilot, 97, who flew 100 missions with the British Royal Air Force after the Nazis invaded his country dies of coronavirus in New York City Jerzy Glowczewski, 97, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13 in New York City Glowczewski fled his home in Warsaw, Poland, after Nazi soldiers attacked his … Read more
US senators try to BLOCK deployment of 48 fighter jets to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network The amendment is being led by Republican senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton Attempts to block fleet of F-35A Lightning II aircraft being stationed in the UK The $200 million aircraft project has been nearly … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Pussy Galore – a fighter for Equitable justice By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 11 April 2020 No one of a certain age can think of Honor Blackman without flashbacks to her role as seductive Pussy Galore in 1964 James Bond … Read more
Defence giant Cobham adapts fighter jet oxygen system technology to build NHS ventilators By Francesca Washtell and Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 6 April 2020 Cobham has become the latest business to join the effort to make ventilators for the NHS. The British defence … Read more
US F-22 stealth jets and Canadian F-18 fighters intercept two Russian reconnaissance planes that refused to leave the Alaskan Air Defense Zone for four hours Two Russian Tupolev Tu-142 reconnaissance planes were intercepted Monday US and Canadian fighter jets escorted the planes during four-hour flight North American officials say Russian planes flew 50 miles off Alaskan … Read more
Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be carried out by autonomous drones. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the prediction while speaking with US Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Friday. ‘Drone warfare is where the future will … Read more