The closure of an RAF base in Rutland has moved closer with the disbanding of one of its four Harrier squadrons and the transfer of another. RAF Cottesmore, one of the county's largest employers, is ...

Up to three squadrons of Harrier and Tornado fighter jets – more than a quarter of the frontline force – will be scrapped. The Harrier airbase at RAF Cottesmore in Rutland will be closed.

the RAF had 33 fighter squadrons in 1990, 17 in 2003 and just 12 today. By April 2011, that number will shrink to eight squadrons with the retirement of the U.K.'s Harrier jump jets and the ...

A military brass band struck up the theme tune to the Thunderbirds television show before a flypast by a solitary Harrier jet yesterday as the Royal Air Force said goodbye to an historic squadron.

A special parade has been held at RAF Wittering to mark the end of the last Harrier squadrons. The decision to axe them was made in the government's defence review. The planes have already gone ...

Personnel who flew and maintained the Harrier during the Cold war and in its first combat operations in the Falklands War will also celebrate. Members of a squadron recently returned to the Harrier ...

Their Harrier jet has been left "non-operational" and an investigation is being carried out, she added. The squadron, normally based at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire, is responsible for Harrier ...

which unified the Harrier squadrons of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy into a single command structure. This development was the culmination of years of increasing coordination between the ...

Aviation enthusiasts could get their hands on a real fighter jet when two former RAF planes are sold at public auction. A 1976 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 Jump Jet and a 1988 Panavia Tornado F3 ...

“Having been the Station Commander for RAF Valley, I have fond memories and am sorry to see 19 Squadron disband. However, as a former Harrier pilot I am equally thrilled to see IV Squadron re ...