Manchester Monday 9 23rd March 2026.

XV227, Hawker Siddeley HS-801 Nimrod MR.2P, Royal Air Force, accelerating along the runway for take-off prior to a display routine at the annual Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

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Manchester Monday 3 23rd March 2026.

ZF409, Shorts Tucano T.1 (a license-built version of the Embraer EMB-312 Tucano), Royal Air Force, at the annual Woodford Air Show, 25th June 1994.

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Manchester Monday 23rd March 2026.

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A British Royal Airforce DH 98 FB VI Mosquito armed with RP-3’s in flight over England - 1944
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Photo of the Day 16th March 2026.

G-SPRC, Vans RV-8, wearing a spurious Royal Air Force camouflage livery, having it's engine examined in the new hangar at Manchester Barton, 29th July 2024.

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Photo of the Day 16th March 2026.

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Manchester Monday 2 9th March 2026.

AJ841/G-BJST, North American T-6H Harvard Mk IV (license-built by CCF, Canadian Car Foundry), in Royal Air Force desert camouflage, taxiing in after landing at Manchester Barton, 29th July 2024.

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UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment

Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region

The Guardian
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Foreign minister wants ‘conversation’ about closing UK military sites following lack of warning of impending attack on RAF Akrotiri

The Guardian