Often operating in the harsh conditions of the north Atlantic, Royal Navy Merlin HM.2 helicopter crews describe the tactics and technology they use in the ‘cat and mouse game’ of hunting submarines, using dipping sonar and sonobuoys to locate and track the subs. The experts in anti-submarine warfare are the sailors of 814 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) – nicknamed ‘The Flying Tigers’ with their aircraft adorned with a fierce tiger motif. 814 NAS ‘The Flying Tigers’ Royal Naval Air

Exercise Pinion Titan was the largest British Army aviation deployment since 2003 with the assets from RNAS Yeovilton, RAF Odiham gathering at Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk at the beginning of November 2025. Over the course of the exercise up to 50 helicopters participated including Wildcats Mk.1s, AH-64E Apaches and Chinooks. In addition to the Army Air Corps (AAC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) helicopters the Aviation légère de l’armée de Terre 3e Régiment d'Hélicoptères de

This year’s Exercise Ocean Sky had an added spice to it with the Indian Air Force sending four Sukhoi SU-30MKIs to Gran Canaria, who were participating with Ejército del Aire y del Espacio F/A-18 Hornets and EF2000 Tifons, Hellenic Air Force F-16s, Força Aérea Portuguesa F-16s, Luftwaffe EF2000s and U.S Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles. This is the first time that a non-NATO and allied force have participated in the EX which is designed to improve interoperability and air cont

The key stone exercise Cobra Warrior (CW) second edition of 2025 saw an interesting mix of aircraft arriving in the UK to make this exercise as complex, realistic and challenging as possible. Overview of Cobra Warrior Group Captain Paul Hanson, head of operations and training at the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) explained the background and importance of Cobra Warrior to the RAF and its participants. ‘Cobra Warrior is One of the most complicated and integrated exercises