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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Defence Secretary has today unveiled the first of a new fleet of Wildcat helicopters and confirmed a £250M contract to support them....
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford was the setting for a medal ceremony of special importance on Monday, when an RAF Air Commodore rec...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
An Oxford academic and RAF Halton wife and mum has received a Vice-Chancellor's Civic Award in a ceremony at which Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was also prese...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Defence Secretary has today unveiled the first of a new fleet of Wildcat helicopters, and confirmed a £250m contract to support them....
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
4th Mechanized Brigade will replace 12th Mechanized Brigade in October 2012 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province....
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Task Force Helmand personnel are expanding their sphere of influence in the Upper Gereshk Valley. Report by Richard Long....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
HMS Daring has made a visit to the Indian port of Mumbai, becoming the first Type 45 to visit the country....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
British and French troops have performed parachute jumps using each other's aircraft and equipment as they work towards a closer relationship....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Buckinghamshire County Council has joined 80 other local authorities by signing up to the Armed Forces Community Covenant....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft have arrived at RAF Northolt ahead of their role providing air security throughout the Olympic Games....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales paid a visit to RAF Valley in Anglesey yesterday on the first day of his four-day visit to Wales....
Monday, 09 July 2012
The role that 3 Commando Brigade played in Afghanistan while on Operation HERRICK 14 last year has been branded 'historically significant' by senior ...
Monday, 09 July 2012
A team from Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose has deployed to the Indian Ocean to join the fight against piracy, people-trafficking and drugs....
Monday, 09 July 2012
More than 500 soldiers from both 19 Light Brigade and 20th Armoured Brigade marched through the centre of Paderborn in northern Germany last week to c...
Monday, 09 July 2012
The horses of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment have swapped the hustle and bustle of city life for some well-earned rehabilitation among the san...
Monday, 09 July 2012
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered new Medical & Dental facilities for 42 Commando Royal Marines, one of three elite battalio...
Friday, 06 July 2012
The RAF’s next generation military transport aircraft has today been officially named as Atlas....
Friday, 06 July 2012
Merlin helicopters and crews from 814 Naval Air Squadron (814 NAS) have returned from the Norwegian Sea, where they took part in a NATO anti-submarine...
Friday, 06 July 2012
A Royal Marine who lost his leg in an explosion in Afghanistan has taken a break from rehearsing his West End play to run through his hometown carryin...
Friday, 06 July 2012
The RAF's next generation military transport aircraft has officially been named Atlas at the Royal International Air Tattoo, which is taking place at ...
Friday, 06 July 2012
Members of II Squadron RAF Regiment marched through the streets of Bury St Edmunds on Armed Forces Day, 30 June 2012, in a homecoming parade to mark t...
Friday, 06 July 2012
Afghan National Army warriors are taking the lead role in the battle against improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Report by Richard Long....
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Plans to redesign the Army into an agile, capable, formidable force for the future have been announced today by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond a...
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Writing in The Times newspaper, Chief of the General Staff General Sir Peter Wall has outlined the thinking behind the changes to be made to the Army ...
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Personnel from all three Services are preparing for their duties as flag-raisers during the 100 Team Welcome and 805 Victory Ceremonies due to take pl...
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that the Government accepts the broad thrust of the six recommendations made in the review of the Unite...
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Today the Secretary of State announced the outcome of the Army 2020 review setting out how the Army will transform to become a smaller, integrated and...
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Service personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force will be raising flags at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Individuals fro...
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Gunners from 148 Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, have been training with US Marines in the dusty heat of the Arizona desert....
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
British Army crews and commanders are training with the new Foxhound vehicles at Camp Bastion before the platform heads outside the wire. Report by Ri...