Genuine question, what can these accomplish that 48 submarine launched Tomahawks couldn’t at much lower cost and risk?

Seven #RAF Chinooks drawn from all four squadrons at Dishforth today ahead of an airborne assault as part of #ExPinionTitan.

When you sat in the back of an RAF Herk

MQ-9B is still being trialled overseas and is not cleared to drop weapons. So retirement of Reaper creates another capability gap on the RAF frontline alongside medium helicopter and AWACS. Service is becoming increasingly hollow.

Conversion of two Boeing 737s into E-7 Wedgetail for the USAF in Birmingham (UK) is surprising but logical (US jobs aside). Hopefully they’ll use the two spare UK radars which in turn should expedite the signing of the UK business case which continues to dog the UK E-7 programme.

I know you know but for the record RAF Voyagers are incapable of refuelling Israeli F-15, F-16 or F-35 jets.

Appears Dutch F-35As shot down some of the Russian drones in Polish airspace, first air-air kills for the type in Netherlands service.

Worth noting there’s a significant RAF presence in Qatar with 83 Expeditionary Air Group based at Al Udeid.

As Air Force One approaches Anchorage there are a pair of E-3 Sentry AWACS airborne. Not taking any chances?

A UK F-35B has made an emergency landing at Japan's Kagoshima airport after experiencing a mechanical problem local media report. This is standard on carrier ops, just gets tricky when there isn’t a friendly place to put down.

Missed by operators, customers and enthusiasts alike, I don’t see anything from A400 to convince me we should not have opted for half a dozen MC-130s to replace the J models. (MOD Crown Copyright)

RAF RC-135 pilot Flt Lt Keable serving on exchange with the USAF has been awarded a U.S. Air Medal for meritorious service in an operational environment. Equivalent I believe to a Mention in Dispatches.

Set up a commercial company, hire a Skyvan photoship, charge folks £1000s to fly on it, and the RAF will supply a variety of aircraft free of charge to you (but not the taxpayer) to ensure you make a healthy profit. Genius.

A good choice for CAS. A good leader and warfighter but most of all just a decent bloke.

Credit where credit’s due, Brize Norton’s runway hasn’t melted this summer.

Three RAF Voyager tankers have not flown since the Brize incursion. ZZ337 likely in maintenance as not flown since 23 May which leaves ZZ338 and ZZ343 as the likely damaged aircraft.

One option for the ‘how to refuel an RAF F-35A’ conundrum, although with the Air Tanker contract ending in 2035 the RAF may go it’s own way, the A models won’t be delivered anytime soon.

Appears the rumours were true, RAF is to get a dozen F-35As to carry tactical nukes.

Am I the only one who thinks that as Iran threatens to close shipping lanes in the Straits of Hormuz and harm UK interests one of our big war canoes is hosting cocktails parties?

If this had been a UK operation it would have been called something like Op Peristeronic, Op Scripturient or Op Quincunx.