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5th July 2018

… other UK assets. The final push to IOC will see a ‘war week’ intended to demonstrate capability before the … the carrier in autumn 2019 as the UK progresses towards a joint deployment with the US Marine Corps in 2021 on the new … to put a strike package of 24 F-35s to sea in 2023, when Britain will declare full operating capability with two …

28th June 2018

… SQUADRONS AND OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE UNITS IN THE PACIFIC WAR - UNITS THAT EMBRACED A STYLE OF FIGHTING AND UNDERTOOK … units and organisations mirrored wartime developments in Britain. SPECIALIST COVERT UNITS Elite forces have a long … local forces, and the boldness and confidence to conduct joint and combined clandestine operations, Australia’s …

By ALAN WARNES 21st June 2018

… role, he explained how they all work together: “The Rivet Joint does SIGINT [signals intelligence], Sentinel does radar … overseas operations continually since the first Gulf War in 1990- 91. No 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron flies the … southeast of Lincoln near the village of Scopwick, is Britain’s oldest RAF station, having been opened on March 28, …

31st May 2018

… for its role in Operation ‘Chastise’, the Dams Raid ( Britain at War, April 2018 ) and later continued as a specialist … The ceremony took place in the USA, reflecting the joint nature of the F-35 program, and was part of a wider …

By words Louise Limb pictures Louise Limb, Andy Teare 17th May 2018

… since 1936, mainly in snowploughs, but during World War Two branched out into manufacturing rubber tracks. James … working on projects such as the underwater pipeline from Britain to France to supply Allied vehicles after D-Day. … showing four-wheel bogie tracks but with just discernible joint in the main lengthways strut beneath the Land Rover …

By Paul Crickmore 3rd May 2018

… out of service in 2008. Rich Cooper DURING THE BATTLE of Britain, the Royal Air Force demonstrated to the world the … both the Eastern and Western power blocs. As the Vietnam War evolved, the US found itself facing a North Vietnamese … weapons capability, such as the B-2, F-22 and the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM). …

25th January 2018

… size of newspapers in both wars. During the Second World War in Great Britain, paper rationing was introduced on 1 July 1940. To … (CIOS), Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT) and the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA). A variety of …

16th November 2017

… shortfall in rotary-lift capacity during the long-running war in Afghanistan. Now the 60-strong fleet is a possible … and fit for purpose in the world in 2017 and beyond. Britain’s air arms are at the heart of this process and … the most active effort revolves around what is called the Joint Helicopter Command’s basing review. Options under study …

By words John Teasdale pictures US National archives 21st September 2017

… and six smaller islands. It gained independence from Great Britain in 1974, though Queen Elizabeth remained Head of … soldiers and marines would react to being sent to war with only a few days notice; memories were strong of the … see Operation Urgent Fury: The Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Grenada, by Ronald H Cole. What interests …

28th September 2017

… into the Indian Ocean in the Easter of 1942. SECOND WORLD WAR | INDIAN OCEAN RAID IMAGE Plt Off Jimmy Whalen downs two … Churchill’s greatest wartime fear? Defeat in the Battle of Britain? Capitulation at Dunkirk? The U-Boat Menace? Surely, … potential fighter cover for Somerville - was provided by a joint RAF/FAA fighter component of 65 aircraft, three …

21st September 2017

… 2008, including work with casualties from the 2003 Gulf War. Now a Reader in Politics and Ethics at the University of … MQ-1 Predators, under the auspices of the Combined Joint Predator Task Force, also from Creech AFB. The Reaper … much older on average than ‘The Few’ in the Battle of Britain and Bomber Command [in the Second World War]. It also …

27th July 2017

… needed Canadian troops to become involved in the war to keep his politically divided nation together. The … was losing 10,000 men a day on the Eastern Front, whilst Britain, the Soviet Ambassador mocked, was dragging its heels … Front, to protect the French ports. On 20 July, the Joint Intelligence Sub-committee had informed the Chiefs of …

27th July 2017

… to a number of the pilotless Fi 103s launched against Britain. Communication between pilot and launching aircraft … passed to the Bomb Disposal service and was placed at the Joint Services Bomb Disposal School, Broadbridge Heath, near … 103R-4 Reichenberg V1 may be viewed at the Lashenden Air War Museum, near Headcorn, Kent. Museum opening hours for the …

By words Tim Gosling pictures Archive 15th June 2017

… over all their arms, ammunition, and all other weapons and war-like equipment as directed by General Moore or … war SPECIFICATIONS Make Commer Model RC Nationality Great Britain Year 1914 Used by Great Britain, Belgium, United … the Commer performed faultlessly and was claimed to be the joint fastest with the Thornycroft. On July 1, 1914 it was …

25th May 2017

… The Royal Navy and the Spanish Civil War WITH THE ROYAL NAVY CURRENTLY TASKED TO SUPPORT THE … George Steer directly to the breakfast tables of Britain’s decision makers and to a horrified public. The … so called “Red” Duchess of Atholl, Chair of the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief, gave the strings of her …