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19th September 2019

… Spitfires as flown by the squadron during the Battle of Britain. Serial ZF317 ‘QJ-F’, seen here, and ZF171 ‘LZ-R’ … heavily involved in the North Africa theatre during World War Two. Representing the squadron’s wartime role in the … was able to offer 500 flying hours to the British Army for Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training. This …

29th August 2019

… fronts Lord Mountbatten had fully embraced busyness in a war he knew was coming, as Joshua M Casper writes. His … It was all too close to the Jewel in the Crown – India. Britain had been on the brink but had now turned the tide in … (second left) with (from left) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen Lyman Lemnitzer; C-in-C Atlantic Command, …

15th August 2019

… knowledge that only spy planes can bring. When the Cold War ended, the UK armed forces switched much of their focus … without understanding the potential of your enemies. Now Britain is set to top the European aerial … CN235M-100MPAs. SIGINT The RAF operates three RC-135 Rivet Joint intelligence-gathering aircraft, via No 51 Squadron at …

25th July 2019

… and ability to galvanise had a marked impact on the war against the Nazis, and, the war had a marked impact on … best man when he married Edwina Ashley, one of Britain’s most eligible socialites and granddaughter of … Staffs Committee (which since 2011 has included Commander, Joint Forces Command, as one of its positions). Mountbatten …

30th May 2019

… COLD WAR SPY FIGHTS KEVIN WRIGHT EXPOSES THE UK’S CLANDESTINE USE … by the USAF today. A little-known fact is that Britain was heavily involved in the U-2 programme during the … carrying out two complementary programmes rather than a joint one.” FIRST MISSIONS In December 1958 a final exchange …

30th May 2019

… foretold, the worldwide conflict of 1914-1918 was the ‘war to end all wars’. In fact, as we are only all-too aware, … numbers and collective security were deemed the solution. Britain and France took the first steps by signing the Treaty … peace. The crucial point of the North Atlantic Treaty was Article 5, which stated that “an armed attack against one or …

By Jon Lake 2nd May 2019

… however, was not immediately rescheduled after the war amid reports that Qatar had been unhappy with the costs … High-speed Anti Radiation Missile (HARM), the AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) cruise missile and the … with the US, France and the Eurofighter partner nations (Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain), as well as providing the …

28th March 2019

… direct operational contribution but operating outside the Joint Operational Area. He said: “Today is a time to rightly … her” First used in live operations during the First Gulf War, Tornado has completed 40 years of RAF service. Following … as a soldier and the turbulent politics of wartime Britain shaped the career of a man who continues to influence …

28th February 2019

… SECOND WORLD WAR BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN PLAYED A SMALL, BUT … deaths presently sits at 27 million. By comparison, Britain and the US suffered approximately 800,000 dead in the … Lend-Lease supplies reached the north Soviet ports. The joint British-Australian action may have been minor in the …

20th December 2018

… British supply convoys crossing from America. In World War Two, U-boats came within a whisker of strangling Britain’s lifeline to the Americas. And throughout the Cold … the lead component of what Russia calls the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command, responsible for the Arctic, North …

15th November 2018

… to be larger than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Jon Lake looks at some of these programmes and explains … been mooted for NGAD. Lockheed Martin The purpose of this article is to explore the new generation of aircraft that are … cockpits. Last April the UK’s defence secretary said that Britain could develop its own new-generation manned combat …

18th October 2018

… the two world wars, virtually all vehicle manufacturers in Britain were turned over to war work – some of course building the tanks, ships and … last operation as late as November 1918. Carried out by a joint effort of the British and US Navies, the mines were set …

30th August 2018

… War in the air recreated for the cinema audience with … reviews the star-studded Second World War epic, Battle of Britain. REAL TO REEL Great British War Films A Battle of … the accuracy and invention employed by Hamilton and his joint producers – Harry Saltzman and Benjamin Fisz – led to a …

By Jon Lake 19th July 2018

… not an artificially enlarged one, still sized to meet Cold War requirements. The 1990 Options for Change defence review … fought in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Joint Force 2025 initiative is now shifting attention towards … posture The 1998 Strategic Defence Review laid down that Britain’s armed forces should be able to mount a military …

26th July 2018

… that military Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Britain decided on the invasion of Sicily. Their hope was of knocking Italy out of the war and opening up the Mediterranean once more to Allied … Tunisian base for a mission over Sicily. (CANADIAN FORCES JOINT IMAGERY CENTRE) A Hurricane IIc of 253 Sqn, KX838 W, at …