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Oxford Mail readers have been discussing helicopters flying over Oxfordshire.

The British Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG) recently announced that two of their airframes have now moved safely to their new home at Cotswold Airport (formerly RAF Kemble) near Cirencester, Gloucestershire in the UK. On 22nd July 2021, McDonnell-Douglas F-4K Phantom XT597 made the 125-mile journey from Prestwold, Leicestershire down to Cotswold Airport. Once on-site, the former Royal Air Force combat jet joined FGR.2 XT905, which had undertaken a similar journey three weeks prior. This marks the...

Starfighters’ Director of Flight Operations introduces us to the two-seater TF-104G-M "Black Beauty" with many interesting details.

Prince of Wales embarks Lightning, Apache for first time by Gareth Jennings The United Kingdoms HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced. F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright) A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air F...

30 Years Ago RAF Buccaneer Bombers Carried Out Their First Mission in the Gulf War. 30 Years Ago RAF Buccaneer Bombers Carried Out Their First Mission in the Gulf War. A Buccaneer of 208 Squadron taking off from Muharraq, Bahrain, carrying a Paveway LGB and Pavespike targeting pod on the port wing weapons pylons. © Crown Copyright / Ministry of Defence. Courtesy of Air Historical Branch (RAF). During the Gulf War, the RAF Buccaneer bomber flew a kind of mission its designers hadn’t foreseen....

What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit: A ‘Panther’ pilot’s guide to modern cockpits The F-35 helmet: does it show too much too small? My background – Current F-35 pilot and Weapons School graduate. I Have flown the Harrier II and F/A-18 Hornet operationally as well as instructing Tactics and Weapons training squadrons. I can’t speak with much first-hand credibility about the fighters of the 50s-70s, nor can I tell you much about any twin-seat fighter aircraft. Probably the old...

Advertisement A striking image showing ground crews battling the elements in front of a snow-covered Voyager aircraft is one of four winners in this years RAF photographic competition. Sgt Andy Holmess photo, titled Ground Zero, was taken at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands and was selected as the winner of the Operations and Exercises category. The sergeant, who is stationed at RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire, also won the Current RAF Equipment category with the image titled Astra wh...