The Pros and 7 Cons of an RAF Voyager

Announced this week was the official naming ceremony of the RAF's newest and largest aircraft, the Voyager On the 15th of July the MoD wrote The RAF's largest ever aircraft…

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Naval Aviation; Blogs and Think Tanks

Best put the kettle on, twice. This is not intended to be authoritative, and I would strongly urge readers to research the facts and points of view (which aren’t facts)…

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The Personal Clothing System (PCS)

UK Armed Forces will soon be issued with a new clothing system to replace Combat Soldier 95 (CS95) The original programme to replace CS95 was called Personal Equipment and Common…

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Pallets East!

There have been a couple of quite interesting Parliamentary questions recently. The first was tabled by Angus Robertson of the SNP, inquiring about moving supplies to Afghanistan by air and the…

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Energy Security and Defence

One of the many arguments for maintaining a strong maritime presence is energy security, particularly fossil fuels, oil and gas. But is this valid? The Conservative party, to their credit,…

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