Exercise Mountain Dragon Helping Troops Train to Fight the Taleban

Military personnel and industry partners are using pioneering technology to train Armed Forces personnel for fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan from a hangar at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. RAF Tornado aircrew from II (AC) Squadron based at RAF Marham...

Royal Navy Falkland’s Veteran Volunteers to Fly Against Taleban

A Royal Navy reservist and veteran of the Falkland’s conflict has volunteered for a tour in Afghanistan with 663 Squadron Army Air Corps, flying the Apache attack helicopter.  Lieutenant Commander Bill O’Brien, 54 and from the South West, retired...

First Modernized G.222 Aircraft Delivered to the US Air Force for Afghan National Army Air Corps

Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and part of the Finmeccanica Group, has delivered the first modernized and refurbished G.222/C-27 aircraft to the United States Air Force this week. How People Arrived Here: c-27 aircraft