The virtual top guns: New fighter jets will be flown by on-board computer if RAF pilot gets stressed The new BAE Tempest can be flown by a pilot or by a computer ‘co-pilot’ The high-tech jet is due to be in service by 2035 following a £2bn investment According to BAE, the operator could become … Read more
RAF’s first Poseidon submarine-hunter jet lands at home base in Scotland as commander heralds ‘new era of combat airpower and maritime patrol’ The first Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft landed at its home base of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland Nine Poseidon MRA1 aircraft have been ordered, first of which landed on UK soil for the … Read more
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