The English Electric Canberra was an absolute game changer. Fast, high-flying and built to last, it could outrun fighters and stayed in service for decades.

Have any other military aircraft had such a long service life?

#aviation #raf #militaryaviation #aviationlovers #planes

And still the #RAF is involved in #Israel's #genocide.
#KeirStarmer and his collaborators deceive the British people.

On this date in Aviation and Space History...
A flight of 16 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Blackburn "Skua" dive bombers sink the German light cruiser Königsberg at Bergen, Norway. It is the first time in history that dive bombers sink a major warship. #SpectrumNews1 #Aviation #RAF

Several nurses handle medical equipment in this oversized photo for a recruitment campaign for nurses in the British Royal Air Force. I believe the image is from the late 1960’s. My mum is on the left in blue. My folks met at RAF Mildenhall as my dad was in the USAF. These devices appear to be for delivering oxygen and pain killers during surgery.

Mum on the left in an oversized photo for a recruitment campaign for nurses in the British Royal Air Force.

I believe the image is from the late 60’s. My folks met at RAF Mildenhall. My dad was in the USAF.

These devices appear to be for delivering oxygen and pain killers during surgery.

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#Starmer (the Fraud) interviewed & asked about #Israel 's ethnic cleansing in #Lebanon:

"That's WRONG & needs to stop"

> Meanwhile #MiddleEastEye exposé shows #RAF sent drone to circle over Lebanon before illegal #Israeli bombing killed at least 18

> Starmer is a liar, a fraud and a C*NT

Челлендж по рисованию на стаканчиках выпитого кофе продолжается, только теперь в виде коллаба с метавселенами. Ну точнее с моими друганами. Они тоже принимали участие.
Один из них забрал стаканчик себе кста 🥲
#art #coffee #artgelpen #artpen #raf

RAF pocket book 1937, printed in India 1942

Guide to field sketching from pocket book

Air force markings, two of four pages

Appendix to pocket book

My late father’s #RAF pocket book from his time in India during #WW2

The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, capsized in Kiel Harbour.

9 April 1945: The Royal Air Force sank the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer in #Kiel Harbour. #History #WW2 #RAF #AdmiralScheer

BAE Systems Successfully Tests Low-Cost Laser-Guided Weapon on Eurofighter Typhoon Aviation News – BAE Systems has achieved a major milestone by successfully test-firing a low-cost precision weapon from a Eurofighter Typhoon to counter uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). This demonstration provides a highly effective and affordable solution for modern aerial defense, proving the integration of the APKWS® laser-guidance kit on the high-performance fighter. The trial took place at the company's flight test development center in Warton, Lancashire, utilizing a Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon test and evaluation aircraft.

#Aviation #DefenseNews #Eurofighter #Typhoon #BAESystems #UAS #DroneDefense #RAF #PrecisionStrike #MilitaryTech

WHY is* #rslickinChurnalist* #Peston🤢..doing a " #propaganda puff-piece" on #SpinelessStarmer..and "lying though his teeth" about the #UK "not being dragged into #Trump's ILLEGAL #War on #Iran?"When the #MOD is tweeting about #RAF gunners..shooting down #Iran drones?
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

RAF Lakenheath shut down by protesters at both gates The action comes amidst growing public backlash over the use of RAF Lakenheath to facilitate illegal US-Israeli bombardment of Iran

APR 7
#RAF Lakenheath in #Suffolk UK shut down this morning amidst public backlash over facilitating illegal US-Israeli bombardment of #Iran
via The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

#NoWar #AbolishIce
#RefuseFascism #TrumpMustGo #Resist #RATR
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British Typhoon jets bomb Islamic State in Syria RAF Typhoon jets carried out a joint air strike with French aircraft against a suspected Daesh facility in Syria, according to the Ministry of Defence.

#RAF #Syria #aviation

"14 ARRESTED FOR PEACE BLOCKADE AT LAKENHEATH"
#ChristopheDomec for @mstaronline.bsky.social

Fourteen peace activists calling for an end to British complicity in the #UnitedStates' war were arrested at #RAF: #Lakenheath.

#MorningStar
#TomorrowsPapersToday

Another from today

#spitfire90 #raf #aviation #photography

Caught the Spitfire anniversary flight, wish I’d had a longer lens on me at the time!

#spitfire90 #raf #aviation #photography

Crumbs! - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #BritishImperialHistory #RAF #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #ItalianImperialHistory #BattleOfBritain #ImperialJapaneseHistory
#HistBookChat

#R4Today

#WesStreeting: “Should #KanyeWest come to #UK? Absolutely not”

“He sang ‘Heil #Hitler; plastered #swastikas on shirts”

“If only he had actually adopted Hitler’s #Genocide, introduced #EthnicCleansing and an #Apartheid #DeathPenalty … THEN we could have armed him and handed him the #RAF”

📡 UPDATE: Police arrested 7 protesters at RAF Lakenheath. The facility is linked to US military operations involving Iran. Analysts report an F-15E fighter jet downed Friday was stationed at the base. #RAF #Iran

The English Electric Lightning was pure power, speed and noise. A Cold War icon that could climb like nothing else and still turns heads today. Proper British engineering at its finest.

#aviation #raf #fighterjet #coldwar #planes

RAF Base Protesters Arrested Near US Flights Seven protesters were arrested on 5 Apr 2026 near a UK RAF base used by US aircraft (Al Jazeera), raising local security and reputational questions for defence contractors.

RAF Base Protesters Arrested Near US Flights: Seven protesters were arrested on 5 Apr 2026 near a UK RAF base used by US aircraft (Al Jazeera), raising local security and reputational questions for defence… 👈 Read full analysis #RAF #Protesters #USFlights #DefenceContractors #SecurityConcerns

I have a concern that the F15s that took off from RAF Lakenheath,should not have been where they were and doing what they should not have been. I'm glad that the crews are safe. But, there was a deal. #UKgov #MOD #RAF #UKPM

Come on #Starmer, you woould be in good company. Close down US aircraft flying from #RAF bases.

Rafaela airport (Argentina) information SAFR RAF General weather, closest aviation weather, Maps, hotels and aeronautical information for Rafaela airport (Argentina)

How many runways can you see for Rafaela airport (Argentina) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/safr/en #rafaelaairport #airport #rafaela #argentina #safr #raf #aviation #avgeek vl

Cold War classics

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#aviation
#history
#RAF

Iran publishes images of downed US F-15 it says belonged to UK-based squadron Iran published images of what it said was a downed US fighter jet from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath.

Iran published images of what it said was a downed US fighter jet from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #USF15 #DownedJet #MilitaryNews #RAF

Design contract for next-generation British fighter jet GCAP moves into full trilateral mode with GBP 686m contract for design of next-generation fighter jet for the UK, Italy and Japan.

#RAF #Italy #Japan #aviation

Spitfire Mark VB, R6923 QJ-S, of No. 92 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill, Kent, enroute back to the airfield - May 1941. CREDIT : ron_eisele #ww2 #worldwar2 #spitfire #kent #bigginhill #england #raf #royalairforce

UK receives final F-35B fighter from initial 48-aircraft order - Air Data News The United Kingdom has taken delivery of the last F-35B from its initial 48-aircraft order, completing the first phase of its participation in the Lockheed

UK receives final F-35B fighter from initial 48-aircraft order #F35B #LockheedMartin #RAF #UK www.airdatanews.com/uk-receives-final-f-35b-...

RRR4985 #RAF #A400 Atlas ZM 415
Tallinn to BHX...flying below the cirrus fibratus

#clouds #loveukweather #aviation #avgeek #aircraft

Harrier jet on the ground

1 April 1969: The Hawker Siddeley #Harrier - the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities - entered service with the Royal Air Force. #History #RAF