RAF Typhoon pilots smash Isis mountain cave network in Iraq with deadly fusillade of Storm Shadow cruise missiles RAF Typhoon pilots used the Storm Shadow cruise missile for the first time Previously the high-tech weapon system was used by the Tornado GR4 fleet ISIS in Iraq and Syria were also blasted by Hellfire and Paveway … Read more
The RAF is to lose 114 manned aircraft including Typhoon jets under the defence review announced today that puts faith in drones. Under plans unveiled by the Government today a vast slew of fighters, transport aircraft, trainers and helicopters will be phased out over the next few years. They will be replaced by the next … Read more
Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier while soaring over Cambridge and London to intercept private jet Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter plane breaking the … Read more
RAF scrambles Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian Bear aircraft spotted near UK airspace in the North Sea RAF Typhoons intercepted a pair of anti-submarine TU-142 Bear F aircraft today The Russian craft were skirting UK airspace over the North Sea around 9am An RAF Voyager jet joined the Typhoons to provide them with air-to-air … Read more
At least ten people have died as a devastating super typhoon has wreaked havoc in the Philippines, bringing 174 mile-per-hour winds triggering volcanic mudflows that engulfed some 150 houses. Typhoon Goni – one of the most powerful typhoons in the world this year – blasted into the eastern island province of Catanduanes at dawn with … Read more
RAF Typhoon are jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was on a exercise off Scottish coast RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers near Norway Two Tupulev 160 bombers were heading in direction of HMS Queen Elizabeth £3billion aircraft carrier was off Scottish coast on … Read more
South Korea has hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen travelled northwards along the country’s east coast on Monday. It comes a day after the powerful storm battered Japan‘s southern islands with winds of 80mph and heavy rains, with four people are missing following a landslide. The storm, carrying top sustained winds of up to 112 km … Read more
A powerful typhoon that officials warned could bring record rains and gusts strong enough to flip cars slammed into southern Japan on Sunday, prompting authorities to urge millions to seek shelter. Typhoon Haishen has weakened somewhat as it neared Japan’s mainland, and shifted further west out to sea, but it remained a ‘large’ and ‘extremely … Read more
Dramatic moment RAF Typhoon jet escorted Ryanair plane after terror alert was sounded over ‘suspicious item’ in toilet that turned out to be a phone – as two men are RELEASED without charge RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept the Lauda jet after the report Armed police surrounded it on runway when it landed … Read more
RAF Typhoon jets scramble to intercept passenger jet that lands in Stansted after ‘suspicious object is found in plane toilet’ Two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to Stansted Airport in Essex this evening The jets circled over the Essex airports just after 7pm and then returned to base Laudamotion passenger aircraft was escorted as it … Read more