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
Cyprus raises doubts about future of British bases on island after drone strike

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

The Guardian

World's most expensive plane 'heads to UK' as Trump set to unleash 'the big one'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-worlds-most-expensive-plane-36829915

La Royal Air Force renonce à l’idée de recruter des réservistes pour piloter ses chasseurs-bombardiers F-35B

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.opex360.com/2026/03/05/la-royal-air-force-renonce-a-lidee-de-recruter-des-reservistes-pour-piloter-ses-chasseurs-bombardiers-f-35b/

One beer, bed, then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down drones

F-35 pilot based in Cyprus becomes first to destroy a target in combat – and celebrates with a single beer

The Guardian

On This Day 4th March 1996.

XL318, Avro 698 Vulcan B.2, Royal Air Force, on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, 4th March 1996.

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