“Operation Mikado”: A one way mission to wipe out Argentine Exocet Missiles during the Falklands War
The sinking of HMS Sheffield had made the Exocet missile a fatal…
Farnborough 2012: AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat delivered to the UK Ministry of Defence
On Day 3 of the Farnborough International Airshow, the first three AgustaWestland…
Near miss as Britain's biggest warship squeezes through Thames Barrier to attend the Olympic Guard exercise
Along with the Typhoon on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at RAF Northolt,…
You won't believe it: UK considered bringing back one aircraft carrier and the Harrier for Libya
Can you remember the famous possible, reportedly imminent, UK's U-turn on the…
OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands
Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine…
40-year old Falklands, Iraq, Libya veteran Sea Dart missile makes its last firing
Introduced some 40 years ago, Sea Dart missile, a ship lunched anti-aircraft …
