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News story: 100 years on, Defence Secretary and members of the Armed Forces attend Passchendaele commemorations
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon joined The Prince of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, The King and Queen of Belgians, Prime Minister Theresa May, and other dignitaries at a commemoration at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Tyne Cot Cemetery.
The Tyne Cot cemetery is situated on the former...Read More »
News story: Defence Secretary pays tribute to wartime sacrifice at Passchendaele
The battle in Flanders began on 31 July 1917 and was a major engagement in the First World War, claiming the lives of around 275,000 British and Commonwealth military personnel and around 200,000 German lives.
Sir Michael Fallon joined Prime Minister Theresa May, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, The...Read More »
News story: Portsmouth hosts US carrier strike group ahead of multinational exercise
The USS George HW Bush and elements of her carrier strike group – the USS Philippine Sea, USS Donald Cook and Norwegian ship HNoMS Helge Insgstad are on the final leg of their deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Global Coalition’s fight against ISIS.
The Nimitz-class carrier has...Read More »
RAF Typhoons test NATO ground based air defence capability
ROYAL AIR FORCE TYPHOONS TEST NATO
GROUND BASED AIR DEFENCE CAPABILITY
Royal
Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft have been playing their part in a
multinational exercise to test NATO’s capability to command and control ground
based systems to defend the skies.
RAF
Typhoons are deployed to Romania as part of...Read More »
RAF Lossiemouth supports MSP fact finding mission
RAF LOSSIEMOUTH SUPPORTS
MSP FACT FINDING MISSION
RAF
Lossiemouth welcomed representatives of the Scottish Parliament to the UK’s
most northerly fast jet fighter station today, Thursday, 27 July 2017.
The
Presiding Officer, Members and Officials headed to the Moray better understand
the range of social and welfare policies and how...Read More »