Indra was chosen from a list of potential suppliers. Delivery of the advanced long-range air defence deployable radar system is anticipated to take place by the end of this year. The LTR25 deployable military radar system, which is part of the family of Lanza radars developed by Indra, is ...
UK Raytheon Sentinel R.1 Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft are being switched on a daily basis between duty in Libya and Afghanistan, according to senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officers.TIMRIPLEYJanes Defence WeeklySentinel fleet stretched to the limit, says RAF', Jane's Defence Weekly...
RAFColleges LordTrenchard(fatheroftheRAF) andWinstonChurchill(Secretaryof StateforWarandAir)bothdecided onanannualbudgetof£15million andconcentratedonsound trainingandorganisation. Result-RAFCollegeCranwell ApprenticeschoolandRAFHalton andRAFStaffordCollege Andoverwereopened Thisledtohighqualityaircrew andgroundcre...
"Protector is going to change how we look at remotely-piloted aircraft," Gale says. "I think it is going to change European airspace – when we put detect and avoid in there, you suddenly reveal the limitations of the human [operator]." The Ministry of Defence on 13 July announce...
The crashed aircraft 'Nimrod' has been identified by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as aircraft XV230. Nimrod was maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft of the UK Royal Air Force BAE Systems crashed in Afganistan on September 2, 2006, killing 14 personnel on board. It was likely to ...
This is an incisive look at the RAF’s bombing campaign during 1941–42 through the prism of a multinational crew which faced mounting risks from an increasingly organised and integrated German air defence capability.Related Items Engineering Hitler's DownfallGwilym RobertsBritain and the BombW J ...
and finished with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. By war’s end he had in his possession an Air Observer’s Badge and Operational Wings. Over the course of his service in the RCAF Lindsay had also earned four medals: Africa Star and Clasp; Defence Medal, General Service Medal, and Canadian...
She cursed and screamed, clawing helplessly at the air. It was no good. The rocket found its mark, hitting the fleeing jet square in the tail. The plane vanished in a fiery ball of explosion. “Noooo! Franky!” She screamed in anguish. “You’ll pay for this you motherfuckers! You...
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16 Responses About This Site This website is dedicated to the men of RAF 21 Base Defence Sector (BDS), 85 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force, who landed onOmaha Beachin Normandy, France, on D-Day, 6th June 1944. Their story has remained relatively unknown, but they suffered 48 casualties ...