News Round-Up – January 9th 2018

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Twas the before Christmas at HMS Drake

Posted by Tony Wilkins on December 24, 2017

A little something for Christmas Eve courtesy of the “Senior Service”.

Merry Christmas to you all and please spare a thought or prayer for our service personnel spending tomorrow on duty away from home, across the globe.

News Round-Up – December 21st 2017

Posted by Tony Wilkins on December 21, 2017

RAF Voyager F-35 Lightning II

Here are some of the latest British military news stories making the headlines this past week.

General Defence News

Aerial footage reveals RAF Mildenhall intruder came dangerously close to US military aircraft
(Task & Purpose)

Defence budget: New equipment at risk over MoD savings ‘doubts’
(BBC News)

UK takes delivery of final F-35B this year
(Seapower Magazine Online)

UK bemoans lack of F-35 transparency, requests regular programme updates
(IHS Jane’s 360)

Jobs axed at Ministry Of Defence rocket range
(Forces Network)

Ministry of Defence pledges to back arms companies’ export sales and draw in small businesses to the sector
(Telegraph)

The MoD’s new robot can disarm bombs in super-fast time
(Wired)

This veteran is walking 1400 miles after becoming homeless due to mental health issues
(Wales Online)

British Army News

British army families affected by Afghanistan war sent on santa’s lapland holiday
(The London Economic)

Iraqis awarded damages due to abuse and unlawful detention by Ministry of Defence
(Metro)

It’s not just British soldiers. The whole Iraq war fiasco is back in the dock
(The Guardian)

Personal photos capture Holy Land stories of British World War I soldiers
(The Jerusalem Post)

Mass grave reveals bodies f British soldiers from Northern War of 1845-46
(Forces Network)

Former soldiers offered £10000 to rejoin Army to reduce shortfall of 4000 troops
(Mirror)

Royal Air Force News

Missing RAF man: Corrie Mckeague’s mother says police are investigating murder reports
(Yahoo News UK)

RAF pilot who saved Iraqi soldiers awarded medal for bravery
(Forces Network)

UK MoD names new Typhoon squadron to train Qatari personnel
(Airforce Technology)

David Davis ‘spent nearly £50000 on RAF flights to Brexit meetings’
(Metro)

Captured World War II German U-boat revealed in Group Captain Montague Whittle’s photos
(Fox News)

RAF Northolt: Boris Johnson secures government pledge to put cap on the number of commercial flights
(Get West London)

Royal Navy & Marines News

Leak discovered on Royal Navy’s new £3bn warship HMS Queen Elizabeth
(Sky News)

Sir Stuart Peach plays down possibility of cuts to Royal Marines
(Forces Network)

Missing Argentine submarine latest: MoD denies Royal Navy helicopter chased vessel
(International Business Times)

HMS Ocean is coming home for Christmas from her last ever deployment
(Plymouth Herald)

Looking to create a ‘Global Britain’? Japan and the Royal Navy might hold the answer
(Telegraph)

Royal Navy confirms nuclear alarm going off at naval base was a false alarm
(Devon Live)

Prince Harry appointed Captain General Royal Marines
(Forces Network)

BAE Systems contracted for UK Navy’s JSS 2 programme
(Naval Technology)

Head of British Armed Forces warns of Russian attacks on submarine cables
(Datacenter Dynamics)

Trident may be removed from MoD budget, MPs told
(The Guardian)

It’s an ‘absolute inevitability’ that military drones will fly from HMS Queen Elizabeth
(Business Insider)

Families of men lost on HMS Narwhal plan to pay tribute at their watery grave
(Telegraph)

RFA Mounts Bay makes flying visit to Bermuda
(Royal Gazette)

News Round-Up – December 12th 2017

Posted by Tony Wilkins on December 12, 2017

HMS Queen Elizabeth Royal Navy CVF carrier

Here are some of the latest British military news stories making the headlines this past week.

General Defence News

Armed Forces face ‘completely unacceptable’ delay to pay rise
(Telegraph)

Theresa May orders ministers to cool public dispute over defence
(The Guardian)

Qatar Goes Ahead With $6.7 Billion Typhoon Combat Jets Deal With UK’s BAE Systems
(U.S. News & World Report)

The F-35 could intercept a North Korean missile launch — but it could bring an all-out war
(AOL)

Forces children’s charity which scooped a Sun Millie faces closure after Government denies funding
(The Sun)

‘Prepare for invasion’ Ex-MoD UFO chief drafts WAR PLAN for future ALIEN assault
(Express)

EU Army to be formed by 2025 – but France and Germany CLASH over defence plans
(Express)

British Army News

Can you find the camouflaged soldier hidden in this viral photo?
(Atlanta Journal)

Indian & British Army flex muscles in joint anti-terrorism exercise
(India Today)

Tank Driving Trainers To Strike
(Forces Network)

Royal Office minister meets top British military official
(Times of Oman)

New Capita system has left British Army recruits unable to register online
(The Register)

Royal Air Force News

Corrie McKeague: Mother of missing RAF serviceman ‘now knows’ her son is not in landfill
(ITV News)

Member of Brunei royal family was on RAF training course in Shropshire
(Shropshire Star)

RAF Typhoons Return To Fly Sorties Over Estonia
(Forces Network)

Youngster donates his Christmas money to help Bournemouth veteran after RAF plea
(Bournemouth Echo)

How Sly;RAF Tornado crews repeatedly killed US Navy F-14s and F/A-18s in training
(The Drive)

Royal Navy & Marines News

The Queen commissions the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier – HMS Queen Elizabeth (Telegraph)

MoD confirms it is in talks with Brazil over sale of Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean
(Plymouth Herald)

Head of the Royal Navy will fight for our Royal Marines ‘every step of the way’
(Plymouth Herald)

Plymouth could lose 1400 sailors and submariners as Devonport fleet comes under attack
(Plymouth Herald)

I was invited on the Royal Navy’s newest and most powerful aircraft carrier — here’s what it was like
(Business Insider)

Dockyard union calls on Royal Navy work for Rosyth to stave off job cuts
(The Courier)

Ex-RN helicopter in Irish service to be named after crewmember lost in accident
(Irish Examiner)

News Round-Up – November 27th 2017

Posted by Tony Wilkins on November 27, 2017

UK United Kingdom Royal air force navy raf f-25b lightning II VSTOL

Here are some of the latest British military news stories making the headlines this past week.

General Defence News

UK government set to compromise over defence cuts after Tory revolt
(The Guardian)

As pressures mount over the funding of UK defence, has a ‘fog of war’ descended over the arms industry?
(Telegraph)

Theresa May To Reaffirm UK’s Commitment To European Security Amid Fresh Brexit Talks
(Forces Network)

F-35 fighter jet production ‘provided massive boost to UK economy’
(BT.com)

‘WW2’ shell handed in to Exeter police
(BBC News)

Morgan Sindall Wins GBP250 Million Contract From UK Defence Ministry
(Interactive Investor)

‘We keep searching’ for Argentine sub after ‘explosion’ report, navy says
(fox6now)

Thorntons Christmas ad passes on the love to armed forces charity
(The Drum)

British Army News

Joint exercise of Indo-UK armies to be held in Bikaner
(Times of India)

Family of men killed by SAS in Afghanistan given £3364 by British Government
(The Independent)

New Technology Recovers Fingerprints From IEDs And Fired Ammunition
(Forces Network)

James Corry: IRA bomber ‘released from German jail after four days’
(The Irish News)

British Army explores augmented reality
(Shephard Media)

The War On Poaching: British Forces On The Front Line
(Forces Network)

Royal Air Force News

RAF base continues preparations for fighter jet arrival
(ITV News)

The Spitfire that time couldn’t bury
(Yorkshire Post)

‘Keep Windscreens Clean To Prevent Collisions’, Fighter Pilots Advised
(Forces Network)

Firefighting museum vehicles moved out of RAF Scampton
(BBC News)

RAF Benevolent Fund create digital storytelling experience for supporters
(UK Fundraising)

RAF Atlas takes over in Middle East
(IHS Jane’s 360)

RAF Recruits Gear Up for 100th Anniversary
(Forces Network)

UK aims to certify P-8 by early 2019
(IHS Jane’s 360)

Royal Navy & Marines News

Royal Navy sailors perform Changing of the Guard in historic first
(Telegraph)

Royal Navy ship HMS Diamond ‘breaks down’ in Gulf
(BBC News)

Call to save HMS Repulse before WWII resting place of 500 Royal Navy crewmen is destroyed by Java Sea looters
(Telegraph)

Royal Navy frigates at Portsmouth and Devonport reorganised
(BBC News)

Kernel of truth: Life-sized nutcrackers reveal key moments in naval history
(Shropshire Star)

British Royal Navy’s HMS Albion training exercise continues
(Naval Technology)

Centenary of Women’s Royal Naval Service marked at Ulster Museum
(Belfast Newsletter)

BAE Systems awarded £18m Royal Navy contract
(Insider Media)

News Round-Up – November 20th 2017

Posted by Tony Wilkins on November 20, 2017

British Army Challenger 2 II main battle tank

Here are some of the latest British military news stories making the headlines this past week.

General Defence News

Britain’s new military BFF (Best Friend France)
(POLITICO.eu)

MoD Figures Show British Armed Forces Falling In Strength
(Forces Network)

Former Defence Ministers Call For More Cash To Be Pumped Into The Armed Forces
(Forces Network)

Putin Wants to Rebuild Soviet Union, Former Head of British Army Warns
(Newsweek)

Fightback over defence cuts as political choices jeopardise our nation’s security
(Mirror)

£2500 Ministry of Defence grant pays for therapy garden at primary school
(Schools Week)

Jet engine inventor’s son visits Wright-Patterson
(Dayton Daily News)

Royal Navy And British Army Unite For Drill Practice
(Forces Network)

British Army News

Tanks here to stay say army on Battle of Cambrai’s 100-year anniversary
(Times & Star)

The Battle of Cambrai: ‘We had a sense of victory for the first time’
(BBC News)

Is the British Army on the Verge of Developing Super Ammo?
(The National Interest Online)

British military dog receives highest honor for valor
(KOMO News)

Goodbye Comfort Zone: Teenagers Get Taste Of Army Life
(Forces Network)

British Invasion! Royal Army sending more troops to train at Ft Polk
(KALB News)

Francis Rowntree killing ‘not justified’ – coroner
(BBC News)

Joseph Parker inquest: New witness ‘saw soldier shoot at man’
(BBC News)

Royal Air Force News

David Davis demanded the RAF fly him to Brexit negotiations
(Business Insider Nordic)

New Air Training Corps members recite the ‘cadets promise’
(Lynn News)

RAF Shawbury officer awarded flight safety award for drone awareness campaign
(Shropshire Star)

Babcock seals the deal for £160m worth of contracts with the Royal Air Force
(City A.M.)

UK RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen John Hillier calls on ACM Dhanoa
(City Today)

Royal Navy & Marines News

Crack Royal Navy squad sent in to save missing Argentina submarine crew from beneath the waves
(The Sun)

Ex-Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown warns Royal Marines could ‘disappear in six years
(Mirror)

Queen to commission Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth on 7 December
(Naval Technology)

Royal Navy sailors set for a historic first as they guard the Queen
(The Portsmouth News)

Trident submarine plans facing a ‘perfect storm’ of problems, says MoD report
(Herald Scotland)

Royal Navy divers destroy wartime bomb found 60m from North Sea gas pipe
(Norfolk Eastern Daily Press)

Royal Navy commanders to use drones to track Russian ships near British waters
(Express)

Royal Navy rescues solo yachtsman stricken in rough seas in Bay of Biscay
(Sky News)

News Round-Up – November 13th 2017

Posted by Tony Wilkins on November 13, 2017

Prince charles remembrance service 2017

Here are some of the latest British military news stories making the headlines this past week.

General Defence News

Prince Charles steps in to lay wreath as Queen observes
(Metro)

Prince Harry breaks military rules while at Remembrance Day parade by having a beard
(Mirror)

UK military ‘must evolve to match threats we face’, says Armed Forces chief
(Sky News)

Defence Secretary: “We Must Never, Ever Flinch In The Face Of Aggression”
(Forces Network)

Britain will lose NATO clout if defence cuts continue, warns top US general
(Telegraph)

A European Army is not happening, Ministry of Defence claims
(Blasting News)

Australian, British Forces Help Vietnamese People’s Army Prepare for South Sudan
(Sputnik International)

Far-Right groups are trying to hijack British symbols and institutions for their own warped ideals
(Telegraph)

Troops on tax credits as civilian staff get more than £7m in bonuses this year
(Daily Star)

British Army News

British Army’s Kenya training threatened by land row
(Telegraph)

UK tanks to receive ‘state of the art upgrades’ in MAJOR £1.4billion restoration programme
(Express)

Serving soldier Semesa Rokoduguni dedicates try to his Army colleagues
(The Independent)

Landmark documentary to reveal Britain’s “forgotten” Chinese army in WWI
(Xinhua)

Army officers tell of helping London Bridge attack wounded
(Forces Network)

Reclaiming Remembrance: ‘I thought it was a white event’
(BBC News)

Top republican Copeland seeks new probe into father’s killing by Army
(Belfast Telegraph)

Royal Air Force News

Britain to send RAF Typhoon jets to Vladimir Putin’s doorstep as NATO vows to boost military might
(The Sun)

Devastating RAF air strike on ISIS underground lair kills dozens of jihadists as they try to flee
(Mirror)

Fighting ISIS: On the Ramp at Al Udeid Air Base
(Aviation Week)

Fresh appeal launched on 50th anniversary of RAF Halton servicewoman Rita Ellis’ brutal murder
(Bucks Free Press)

Girlfriend of missing RAF man Corrie McKeague girlfriend posts heartfelt Remembrance Day tribute
(Scottish Daily Record)

I don’t bear my Iraqi captors ill will, says Gulf War RAF hero
(Evening Standard)

Royal Navy & Marines News

Plymouth Royal Marine dies aboard Royal Navy ship
(BBC News)

Britain ‘to halve’ its minehunter presence in the Gulf
(The National)

Bomb squad storms one of Britain’s main Royal Navy bases
(Mirror)

Sex, Drugs And SSBNs
(Strategy Page)

Royal Navy EOD Divers Disable WWII “Pipe Bomb”
(The Maritime Executive)

UK Royal Navy to install NAVICS integrated communications systems
(Military Embedded Systems)

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