Royal Navy

F-35B Lightning II Performs First Night shipborne rolling vertical landing Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

F-35B Lightning II Performs First Night shipborne rolling vertical landing Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

F-35B first night shipborne rolling vertical landing aboard HMS Prince of Wales An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the… Read More

1 month ago

First shipborne rolling vertical landing on HMS Prince of Wales by F-35B

F-35B aboard HMS Prince of Wales An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first roll-on landing of an F-35B… Read More

1 month ago

Seafire Vs Corsair Vs Sea Fury: Seafire pilots offer a comparison with some of the competitors of the navalised version of the famous Spitfire

The Supermarine Seafire was a navalised version of the famous Spitfire adapted for use on aircraft carriers. 2646 Seafires were… Read More

2 months ago

Target Port Stanley: the Compelling Story of Black Buck 1 Mission, the first RAF Vulcan Raid during the Falklands War

The idea was simple: to destroy the runway at Port Stanley, and prevent Argentinian fast jets using it against the… Read More

5 months ago

Screenshots of Surveillance footage from US Navy P-8A Poseidon show Iranian fast-attack craft harassing merchant vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz

The civilian crew reported three fast-attack craft with armed personnel approached and followed the merchant vessel at close distance. The… Read More

6 months ago

Here are some cool night photos of the venerable Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft

The cool photos in this post were taken at the former RAF Kemble base (now known as the Cotswold airport)… Read More

9 months ago

Did you know Royal Navy’s Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers were able to damage Bismarck because its guns could not target planes moving so slowly?

Heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft… Read More

1 year ago

Interesting video features Royal Netherlands Navy NH90 and Royal Navy AW101 Merlin helicopters in the Mach Loop

‘It’s been a long time since I last captured an AW101 Merlin in the Loop and to cap it off… Read More

1 year ago

The sinking of HMS Hermes, the First Ship Designed as an Aircraft Carrier

‘At this stage Hermes had a very heavy list to port and it was obvious that she was about to… Read More

2 years ago

The story behind the photo of a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter towing USS Austin amphibious transport ship

The photo in this post features a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter acting as a tug for USS Austin LPD-4 in Long… Read More

2 years ago

Three nations fighter aircraft launch from one aircraft carrier for first time in history

With British, American and Italian F-35B jets taking off from HMS Queen Elizabeth, this marked the first time that three… Read More

2 years ago