With 49 aircraft in the official inventory at the time of retirement, the MoD said that four will remain on quick reaction alert duties with 1435 Flight in the Falkland Islands until 2027, 10 will ...

After 54 years of continuous service, Britain’s Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Puma fleet retired on March 31, 2025, concluding a remarkable career that began in 1971. The farewell flights on ...

The Avro Vulcan was a British high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber, renowned for its distinctive, massive delta-wing ...

Britain's Prince William takes to the skies Saturday in the Falkland Islands on his first sortie as an RAF search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

The Vulcan’s “Black Buck” missions in the Falklands War were among the most complex and logistically demanding in RAF history, pushing the aging bombers and their crews to their limits.

Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest ...

Falklands Islands set for £20m boost to RAF base as future with UK in the balance Fears over the future of the Falklands Islands have been raised after the UK gave up control of a a remote ...

Britain's Prince William has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a stint as a military search-and-rescue pilot, the defense ministry said, even as tension resurfaces between London and Argentina ...

It takes 24 hours and a Royal Air Force plane to reach the Falkland Islands where life is reminiscent of an English village with penguins.

RAF Top Guns helped down more than 300 drones and missiles as Iran threatened to trigger World War Three early yesterday. At least four Typhoon fighters took out weapons bound for Israel after scra… ...

The Royal Air Force drew up plans to bomb bases in the Argentinian homeland and fly back via Hawaii during the Falklands War, newly uncovered documents have revealed. Bombing Argentina itself was ...

The Royal Air Force had drawn up plans to bomb airfield bases in Argentina, before flying back via Hawaii, during the Falklands War, new documents have shown.Targeting the mainland of Argentina ...