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News story: UK Chief of Defence Staff reaffirms commitment to Australia
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During a visit to the country, Sir Stuart Peach met his Australian counterpart, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, to discuss how both countries’ Armed Forces can work together on a number of fronts.
Sir Stuart also met with the Australian Minister of Defence, Senator the Hon...Read More »
News story: The evolution of incident reporting, from pure statistics to nuanced insight
Rarely did anyone attempt to grasp the wider implications of a particular incident for the future, or spot trends or patterns or read across issues to other aircraft. There was a corresponding lack of corporate memory as to related incidents which had occurred in the past…
News story: MOD confirms the death of Captain Dean Sprouting
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It is with regret that the MOD must announce the death of Captain Dean Sprouting of the Adjutant General’s Corps at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on 31st January 2018. He was serving with Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. The incident is currently...Read More »
News story: Defence Secretary discusses threats with US counterpart
Both countries have recently unveiled new plans for improving security, following the UK’s announcement of the Modernising Defence Programme and the US publication of its National Defense Strategy.
The two programmes are closely aligned in their thinking, with a strong emphasis on modernising forces to tackle the increasing shared threats...Read More »
News story: Huge new Atlas aircraft hangar opened by Defence Minister
The Atlas maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, which covers 24,000 metres squared and is 28 metres high, is now fitted out and fully operational in support of RAF transport operations all over the world.
Minister for Defence Procurement Guto Bebb said:
From deploying troops and armoured vehicles to a war zone,...Read More »