Tag: Royal Air Force

Joint Warrior exercise off the coast of Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 2, 2015

A military exercise involving 55 warships and submarines, 70 aircraft and around 13,000 personnel will take place off the west and east coast of...

Leuchars jets intercept Russian bombers

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Deadline News Journalist - October 25, 2011

FIGHTER jets from RAF Leuchars intercepted two Russian bombers earlier this month, it has been revealed. The Typhoon jets from Number 6 Squadron were scrambled...

Snow-hit streets of Edinburgh are being cleared with military precision

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - December 9, 2010

IT started on the stroke of 11.30am with the kind of military efficiency you’d expect from the combined ranks of the Army,...

RAF cargo plane collides with deer on runway

Deadline News Journalist - June 10, 2010

By Michael MacLeod AN RAF cargo plane hit a pair of deer as it came into land at RAF Kinloss. Parts of the propeller were smashed...

Brave troops caught up in political row

Deadline News Journalist - May 15, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A POLITICAL row has erupted after a Scots councillor demanded his local marine unit be saluted for their bravery. The Royal Marines of...

Missing windsurfer’s body found

Deadline News Journalist - May 1, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE THE BODY of a man found washed up on the Fife coastline has been identified as missing surfer Nigel Dawes. Married-father-of-three, Nigel Dawes,...

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