A revolutionary method of landing an F-35 Lightning fighter jet on a ship has been carried out for the first time on board the UK’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. British test pilot Peter Wilson made history when he conducted the first ever shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) this weekend – a method which looks like a conventional aircraft … [Read more...] about F-35 pilot makes history with revolutionary method of landing jets on HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Britain’s flagship HMS Albion has arrived in Oman
Britain’s flagship HMS Albion has arrived in Oman ready to lead the naval element of the largest combined military exercise for UK forces since 2002. Over the coming weeks more than 4,000 British personnel will be tested in the punishing sands of the desert alongside their Omani comrades in temperatures nudging 40ºC. Assault ship HMS Albion – on the final leg of a … [Read more...] about Britain’s flagship HMS Albion has arrived in Oman
F-35 jets conduct first night-time landings on HMS Queen Elizabeth
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has reached another milestone in her flight trials with the first night-time landings of F-35 Lightning jets. Britain’s biggest warship is currently conducting flight testing off the east coast of the United States and part of that is practicing landing in darkness. These tests were carried out with and without the aid of night-vision … [Read more...] about F-35 jets conduct first night-time landings on HMS Queen Elizabeth
F-35 Lightning Jets make history with first landing on carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell were the first pilots to make history by landing their F-35 Lightning stealth jets on the flight deck of Britain’s newest carrier. Shortly afterwards, Cdr … [Read more...] about F-35 Lightning Jets make history with first landing on carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
Babcock inspires Future Engineers at Devonport
Babcock International, the highly-skilled engineering services provider, has welcomed more than 50 school pupils to HMNB Devonport as part of its ongoing support of the UK’s Year of Engineering. Learning about the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), the pupils embarked on a week-long Future Engineers work placement programme – a new placement scheme … [Read more...] about Babcock inspires Future Engineers at Devonport
Award for Royal Navy sailors who defied missile threat to protect merchant ships
Sailors who braved the threat of missile attack to protect merchant ships in the Middle East will be awarded a new medal clasp, it has today been announced. Her Majesty The Queen has agreed a new clasp, the Gulf of Aden Clasp, will be introduced for those who served on board Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring during a period of significant threat in the Bab al-Mandeb strait in … [Read more...] about Award for Royal Navy sailors who defied missile threat to protect merchant ships
RAF honours, Captain Ferdinand West, the first pilot to win the Victoria Cross
The first RAF pilot to be awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) has been honoured today with a new memorial paving stone in Whitehall Gardens, London. Hailed as a First World War hero, former banker Captain Ferdinand ‘Freddie’ West was a pilot with 8 Squadron, flying over France in his FK8 aircraft to gain information on enemy movements. On 10 August 1918 he and his observer … [Read more...] about RAF honours, Captain Ferdinand West, the first pilot to win the Victoria Cross
Royal Marines train England’s Young Lionesses for World Cup
The England Under 20s Women’s Football squad spent 48 hours with the Royal Marines – hoping to benefit from the same grit and determination which steeled Gareth Southgate’s World Cup squad. The Young Lionesses are just a month away from appearing in the U20 World Cup finals in France. Thirty-one players tackled the commandos’ fearsome endurance course, spent a night in … [Read more...] about Royal Marines train England’s Young Lionesses for World Cup
HMS Magpie, the Royal Navy’s newest ship commissioned in Devonport
The Royal Navy’s newest ship has been commissioned at a ceremony in Devonport Naval Base. HMS Magpie is the newest addition to the Royal Navy’s Hydrographic Squadron, replacing veteran survey ship HMS Gleaner, which paid off earlier this year in Plymouth after 35 years’ service. Lieutenant Commander William Alexander, HMS Magpie’s first Commanding Officer and Gleaner’s … [Read more...] about HMS Magpie, the Royal Navy’s newest ship commissioned in Devonport
The Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose shadows two Russian warships
The Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose shadowed two Russian warships in the approaches to the English Channel after they ventured out of the Baltic. The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate sailed up the Channel to meet with corvettes RFS Boikiy and Stoikiy as the Russian vessels sortied from their base in the Baltic and entered the North Sea. HMS Montrose worked alongside the Maritime … [Read more...] about The Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose shadows two Russian warships
