A continuing shortage of capacity in its flying training organisation has led the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to return to training pilots on Hawk T1 aircraft, three years after it retired the analog ...

BAE Systems, Boeing, and Saab sign an LoI to offer a T-7-based fast-jet training system for the RAF, with UK final assembly.

The partners will collaborate on training system that combines live and synthetic training with related mission systems.

On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...

The Royal Air Force has opened the Protector RG Mk1 flight and training establishment at RAF Waddington, in a ceremony hosted by Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. The building, which houses ground ...

The first instructors for the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system (RPAS) fleet have begun simulator-based training in the USA.

Many folks believe that you should choose your friends carefully, because they end up defining who you are. In the case of fighter jets, they need to also apply that to mock enemies – only the ...

The two pilots are the first of twelve that will undergo Lead In Fighter Training at Decimomannu air base. The first two Royal Air Force pilots trained in Italy at the International Flight Training ...

One of 16 Protectors that the RAF is receiving into RAF Waddington. The service has now opened at the same site an international training centre for the MQ-9B that ...