The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract worth around £184 million to ensure the Royal Navy’s new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will continue to be equipped with the latest air-to-air missile. Designed and manufactured in the UK, ASRAAM is an advanced heat-seeking weapon which will give Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B… Continue reading MOD SIGNS £184 MILLION CONTRACT TO SECURE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES FOR THE F-35B
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F-35B LIGHTNING II LANDS IN THE UK
The first of Britain’s new supersonic ‘stealth’ strike fighters has touched down in the UK for the first time. The F-35B Lightning II jet was flown by RAF pilot Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols on its first transatlantic crossing, accompanied by two United States Marine Corps F-35B aircraft from their training base at Beaufort, South Carolina.… Continue reading F-35B LIGHTNING II LANDS IN THE UK