This is unashamedly a military blog. If anybody isn’t familiar with the news then RIP Red 4 Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. The splendid Capt Haddock noted this tragedy in the previous thread. It appears this top chap stayed with his plane to keep it away from a residential area at […]

One of the only 6 remaining two seater, first generation Harriers is currently up for sale on eBay. As a garden ornament. *sigh* In the early 1970’s each front line Harrier Squadron was issued with one T2 Variant Harrier for pilot training and evaluation purposes. Although designated ‘T’ for trainer […]

In yet another masterly procurement move, the UK Ministry of Defence has decided to spend hundreds of millions of pounds upgrading and restoring its aged Puma helicopters – which were due to retire next year – for service in Afghanistan. This will cost more than buying a fleet of brand […]

There is a very interesting post over on Iain Dale’s site which apparently comes from an RAF insider detailing the real levels of helicopter availability. He doesn’t, however, include this gem of a fact. One of the few Chinooks that we have has been in service since 2003 but things […]

113 years old, and a founder member of the RAF? What a life? A man born before heavier than air flight was even invented, Henry joined the Royal Naval Air Service at the outbreak of WW 1 (hurrah!) Then when the RAF was formed in 1918 he transferred (Boo!). Luckily […]

TheEye is delighted to have such brave Armed Forces…especially after all that the One Eyed Son Of The Manse has done to them. So it was with tolerance that continuous take-off and landing at night operations were heard at RAF Gibraltar last night. Ah, well, didn’t need to sleep anyway. […]

How as a country did we ever sink so far into this lice-infested hole of ineptitude and military mismanagement? Via the splendid Croydonian and sourced from Hansard we learn that Dr. Liam Fox tabled the following question: Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal […]

St C is currently enjoying the £0.73 a pint beer (Tim Taylors Landlord if you need ask) in the officers mess at RAF Uxbridge, home of the afformentioned 63 Squadron RAF Regiment (The Queens Colour Squadron). St C has a soft spot for The Queens Colour Squardon, as they are […]

This gets so spectacularly on TheEye’s nerves that random physical violence against passing tourists is possible. A report commissioned by the European Parliament wants bases like Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Falklands operating under EU flags as part of the “European Security and Defence Policy”. It says: “Member states of the […]

You may want to buy a used Harrier jet for the front lawn as per the previous post, but if Del-Boy offers you a Nimrod then turn him down. The RAF have 18 of them. One tragically crashed in Afghanistan on 2nd September 2006 with the loss of 14 servicemen. […]