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101 YEARS LATER, PEACE AT LAST FOR WORLD WAR ONE AVIATORS
In a moving ceremony near The Somme in
France, the final resting place of two Royal Flying Corps (RFC) aviators has
finally been marked exactly 101 years after their deaths, following painstaking
research by a retired Royal Canadian Navy Officer.
The graves of
Lieutenant Leonard Cameron Kidd MC and Second...Read More »
News story: UK and Poland meet for Security and Defence Talks
Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon hosted Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski and Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz in London.
The Foreign Secretary and Mr Waszczykowski discussed areas of shared interest including European security, joint work on the Western Balkans, and countering Russian influence in Eastern Europe.
During their meeting, the Defence Secretary...Read More »
RAF TYPHOONS ROLL UP MAGIC CARPET IN OMAN
Royal Air Force
personnel have been put through testing training over Oman since the beginning of
October as 6 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth conduct exercises with the Royal Air
Force of Oman (RAFO).
Nearly 250
personnel comprising RAF regular, reserve and civilian contractors serving
alongside the Royal Air Force of...Read More »
Speech: International Concept Development and Experimentation conference 2017
It is a pleasure to be here at Wembley for this well timed conference on maintaining advantage in an era of global challenges, the first time in 17 years the annual International Concept Development and Experimentation conference has been hosted by the UK Ministry of Defence.
I would also like...Read More »
News story: Defence Ministers meet US Secretary of the Navy for the first time
They reviewed a number of defence and security issues, including our close Carrier cooperation, our deepening capability collaboration on F-35s and P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, and the UK’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. The meetings underscored the strength and strategic importance of the UK-US Defence relationship, as well as each...Read More »