On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all...
23 KB (2,582 words) - 15:57, 25 October 2024
On 2 September 1995, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft crashed into Lake Ontario during an air display, killing all seven crew members...
9 KB (1,025 words) - 21:43, 2 September 2024
On Tuesday 16 May 1995, a Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 aircraft suffered an in-flight engine fire which led to the aircraft having to ditch in the Moray Firth...
7 KB (677 words) - 13:40, 6 September 2024
response to a requirement issued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its fleet of ageing Avro Shackletons, the Nimrod MR1/MR2s were primarily fixed-wing...
53 KB (6,002 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2024
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards...
191 KB (15,965 words) - 19:27, 11 November 2024
Army Air Corps 4 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines 17 Fleet Air Arm Passengers 1 Royal Air Force 18 Special Air Service (Army) 3 Royal Corps...
14 KB (1,032 words) - 19:03, 29 October 2024
accidents and incidents involving military aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force have occurred since 1945, the great majority of them before the end...
69 KB (9,102 words) - 12:26, 24 October 2024
provide the warfighter.” On 29 September 2006, RAF BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 PA-2, ZJ518, arrived at Eglin Air Force Base after its first transatlantic flight...
284 KB (40,835 words) - 09:33, 9 November 2024
The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918...
61 KB (6,485 words) - 15:06, 13 September 2024
RAF Kinloss (category Royal Air Force stations in Scotland)
Royal Air Force Kinloss, or more simply RAF Kinloss, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the...
35 KB (3,598 words) - 15:41, 9 October 2024
served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a...
73 KB (2,479 words) - 00:05, 19 October 2024
Boeing RC-135 (redirect from Rivet Amber crash)
E-Systems, L3Harris Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers...
57 KB (6,358 words) - 05:05, 9 November 2024
On 30 April 1990, a Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton AEW Mk II aircraft, of No. 8 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Lossiemouth, crashed into a hill on the Isle...
17 KB (1,811 words) - 14:39, 18 February 2024
performance including range and azimuth The Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are deploying Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft...
42 KB (4,639 words) - 15:50, 14 November 2024
The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols...
25 KB (2,994 words) - 05:28, 2 April 2024
De Havilland Comet (section Hawker Siddeley Nimrod)
maritime patrol derivative, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, which remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first...
109 KB (13,602 words) - 08:14, 25 October 2024
Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario) – Seven Royal Air Force crew members were killed when their Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P stalled during...
266 KB (24,822 words) - 03:31, 13 November 2024
AgustaWestland AW101 (section Royal Air Force)
ship-based utility operations. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) operates the CH-149 Cormorant variant for air-sea rescue. Another variant, the Lockheed...
115 KB (10,756 words) - 04:43, 8 November 2024
Eurofighter Typhoon (section Royal Air Force (UK))
mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2013. "Engine surges caused DA6 crash." Flight...
218 KB (20,971 words) - 16:56, 14 November 2024
airmen were killed when a Royal Air Force Nimrod crashed during a reconnaissance flight over Afghanistan on September 2, 2006. US military personnel have...
24 KB (2,655 words) - 20:09, 3 November 2024
Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It has also...
143 KB (11,951 words) - 04:59, 9 November 2024
Canadian Forces CP-140 Aurora, Royal Netherlands Navy P-3, German Navy Breguet Atlantique and Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft...
38 KB (3,791 words) - 13:24, 3 November 2024
Atlantic have included the German Navy, the Italian Air Force, the Pakistan Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy. In 1958, NATO produced a specification...
42 KB (4,518 words) - 11:01, 10 November 2024
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009) (redirect from 2001 Sudanese Air Force Antonov AN-24 crash)
was never recovered. 2 September A Royal Air Force Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 reconnaissance aircraft, XV230, crashed near Kandahar, Afghanistan after...
176 KB (21,539 words) - 03:12, 24 October 2024
RAF Lossiemouth (redirect from Royal Air Force Lossiemouth)
Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...
107 KB (9,740 words) - 13:48, 18 August 2024
Indian Army – Quantity unknown. 1 lost in crash in 2017 Indian Air Force – 50. At most 47 in service, 3 crashes in 2014, 2015 and 2024. Indian Navy – 16...
27 KB (2,115 words) - 19:15, 15 October 2024
P-3 Orion CUP operated from 1982 to 2006. Sold to Portugal and Germany. New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force - 6 P-3B upgraded to P-3K2 operated by...
100 KB (11,266 words) - 06:48, 16 November 2024
List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan (redirect from List of Coalition aircraft crashes in Afghanistan)
Afghan Air Force fled over the border to Uzbekistan over the weekend, carrying 585 Afghan personnel, an Afghan Air Force Embraer 314 crashed in Uzbekistan's...
148 KB (12,796 words) - 02:26, 10 November 2024
RAF Marham (category Royal Air Force stations in Norfolk)
Royal Air Force Marham, commonly abbreviated RAF Marham (IATA: KNF, ICAO: EGYM) is a Royal Air Force station and military airbase near the village of Marham...
53 KB (4,411 words) - 19:43, 15 October 2024
and is used by the United States Air Force, NATO, French Air and Space Force, Royal Saudi Air Force and Chilean Air Force. The E-3 has a distinctive rotating...
71 KB (7,075 words) - 05:01, 9 November 2024