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"Will Not Hesitate To Protect British Interests": Sunak On Yemen Airstrikes
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect British interests abroad after the Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out strikes against Houthi rebels.
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UK Says Air Force Plane With Minister Onboard Had Signal Jammed Near Russia
A British Royal Air Force plane carrying the UK defence minister had its signal jammed as it flew near Russian territory this week, a government spokesman confirmed on Thursday.
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Biden Warns Of More Strikes In Yemen, Calls Houthis A "Terrorist" Group
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called Yemen's Houthi forces a "terrorist" group, after American and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight.
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"Will Not Hesitate...": Biden's Warning After US, UK Strike Houthi Rebels
President Joe Biden said Thursday that US and British forces had launched air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in "defensive action" after attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
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UK Scrambles Jets Twice To Intercept Russian Planes Near NATO Airspace
British Royal Air Force fighter jets were twice scrambled over the course of 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.
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UK's Last World War II "Dambuster" Dies At 101
The last surviving crew member of a British Royal Air Force squadron that targeted Nazi Germany's industrial heartland in World War II has died aged 101, media said Thursday.
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Old Video Of Pilot Ejecting Moments Before Fighter Jet Crashes Goes Viral Again
The British Harrier jet, on a mission in Afghanistan, crashed in Kandahar in 2009. The pilot managed to eject in the nick of time.
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UK Working To Stop China From Recruiting Its Ex-Air Force Pilots
While British military personnel frequently take part in training exercises with foreign armies, any collusion by ex-pilots with China -- which London has dubbed the "number one threat" to domestic and global security -- poses a serious concern.
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Indian Air Force Airlifts 900 Oxygen Cylinders From UK Amid Acute Shortage
The first batch of 900 oxygen cylinders offered by the British Oxygen Company was airlifted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to India on Monday.
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The Storied Career Of India's Oldest Fighter Pilot, Who Turns 100 Tomorrow
On August 5, 1940, a young Sikh pilot took off on his first training flight in a Tiger Moth aircraft from the Walton airfield in Lahore with his two British instructors.
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US Air Force F-15 Fighter Jet Crashes In North Sea, Pilot Missing
A US fighter jet on a training mission from a British Royal Air Force base in eastern England crashed in the North Sea on Monday, the US Air Force said.
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Canada Air Force Plane Crashes In British Columbia During Coronavirus Tribute
A plane from Canada's Snowbirds, an elite air force aerobatics team, crashed on Sunday in British Columbia during a performance to salute public efforts against the coronavirus, the military said.
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Storm Forces William And Kate's Royal Plane To Abandon Islamabad Landing
A fierce storm in Islamabad forced a plane carrying Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate to abandon two landings before returning to Lahore late Thursday, reporters travelling with them said, in a dramatic end to a day of cracking cricket balls and touring the towering historic Badshahi Mosque.
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US Envoy's Wife Kills Teen In UK Car Crash, Claims Immunity And Flees
An American woman, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, has fled the United Kingdom after killing a British teenager in a wrong-way collision, authorities said Saturday. Harry Dunn died after the woman allegedly collided with Dunn's motorcycle near the Royal Air Force Croughton station, which is operated by the U.S. Air Force.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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"Will Not Hesitate To Protect British Interests": Sunak On Yemen Airstrikes
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect British interests abroad after the Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out strikes against Houthi rebels.
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UK Says Air Force Plane With Minister Onboard Had Signal Jammed Near Russia
A British Royal Air Force plane carrying the UK defence minister had its signal jammed as it flew near Russian territory this week, a government spokesman confirmed on Thursday.
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Biden Warns Of More Strikes In Yemen, Calls Houthis A "Terrorist" Group
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called Yemen's Houthi forces a "terrorist" group, after American and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight.
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"Will Not Hesitate...": Biden's Warning After US, UK Strike Houthi Rebels
President Joe Biden said Thursday that US and British forces had launched air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in "defensive action" after attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
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UK Scrambles Jets Twice To Intercept Russian Planes Near NATO Airspace
British Royal Air Force fighter jets were twice scrambled over the course of 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.
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UK's Last World War II "Dambuster" Dies At 101
The last surviving crew member of a British Royal Air Force squadron that targeted Nazi Germany's industrial heartland in World War II has died aged 101, media said Thursday.
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Old Video Of Pilot Ejecting Moments Before Fighter Jet Crashes Goes Viral Again
The British Harrier jet, on a mission in Afghanistan, crashed in Kandahar in 2009. The pilot managed to eject in the nick of time.
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UK Working To Stop China From Recruiting Its Ex-Air Force Pilots
While British military personnel frequently take part in training exercises with foreign armies, any collusion by ex-pilots with China -- which London has dubbed the "number one threat" to domestic and global security -- poses a serious concern.
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Indian Air Force Airlifts 900 Oxygen Cylinders From UK Amid Acute Shortage
The first batch of 900 oxygen cylinders offered by the British Oxygen Company was airlifted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to India on Monday.
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The Storied Career Of India's Oldest Fighter Pilot, Who Turns 100 Tomorrow
On August 5, 1940, a young Sikh pilot took off on his first training flight in a Tiger Moth aircraft from the Walton airfield in Lahore with his two British instructors.
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US Air Force F-15 Fighter Jet Crashes In North Sea, Pilot Missing
A US fighter jet on a training mission from a British Royal Air Force base in eastern England crashed in the North Sea on Monday, the US Air Force said.
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Canada Air Force Plane Crashes In British Columbia During Coronavirus Tribute
A plane from Canada's Snowbirds, an elite air force aerobatics team, crashed on Sunday in British Columbia during a performance to salute public efforts against the coronavirus, the military said.
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Storm Forces William And Kate's Royal Plane To Abandon Islamabad Landing
A fierce storm in Islamabad forced a plane carrying Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate to abandon two landings before returning to Lahore late Thursday, reporters travelling with them said, in a dramatic end to a day of cracking cricket balls and touring the towering historic Badshahi Mosque.
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US Envoy's Wife Kills Teen In UK Car Crash, Claims Immunity And Flees
An American woman, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, has fled the United Kingdom after killing a British teenager in a wrong-way collision, authorities said Saturday. Harry Dunn died after the woman allegedly collided with Dunn's motorcycle near the Royal Air Force Croughton station, which is operated by the U.S. Air Force.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
