Royal Air Force Typhoons hone their skills in Oman

Eight Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft from 6 Squadron, based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland have started a two week exercise in Oman… More information

New Commanding Officer for 6 Squadron

Wing Commander Billy Cooper has formally taken command of 6 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth from Wing Commander Jim Walls… More information

RAF Leuchars’ 6 Sqn deliver a thundering salute from the air

Over 100 years after the first pioneering balloon squadron took to the skies above North East Fife, the airmen and women of RAF Leuchars have proudly celebrated their historic ties to the area by parading through the city of… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

AF QRA Force are “An impressive bunch”

As part of a wider tour of RAF sites in Scotland, the Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois spent a day at RAF Leuchars where the RAF’s 1 (Fighter) Squadron and 6 Squadron are based. During the visit to RAF air defence headquarters the… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF’s most complex air exercise of the year

RAF aircraft are taking part in Red Flag, the most complex air exercise of the year, which started at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday. The RAF squadrons have joined 150 aircraft from the US armed forces and Royal Australian Air Force for three weeks of intensive training in the… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Royal Navy pilot flying RAF Typhoon

Lt Ollie Pocock has become the first Royal Navy pilot to serve on a front line RAF Typhoon Sqn. Lt Pocock, 25, from Bristol joined No 6 Sqn based at RAF Leuchars and is currently flying sorties as part of a syllabus enabling him to… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Dr Andrew Murrison MP visits RAF Leuchars

The Minister for International Security Strategy, Dr Andrew Murrison MP has visited the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) facility at RAF Leuchars, meeting personnel of the Typhoon Force that hold at high readiness to scramble in… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

6 Sqn prove themselves in the Middle East on Ex Shaheen Star 5

RAF personnel from 6 Sqn, RAF Leuchars have been taking part in a multinational exercise from 906 Expeditionary Air Wing in the Middle East. Exercise Shaheen Star 5, is a Combined Air Operation exercise conducted over… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

CAS visits RAF Leuchars and Lossiemouth

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton has visited the two RAF stations north of the border at Lossiemouth and Leuchars. CAS, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton said: “I have greatly enjoyed my… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

The mixed multi-nation air contingent that is: Joint Warrior

The mixed multi-nation air contingent that is: Joint Warrior. More than 40 fixed-wing aircraft, 30 helicopters and 40 warships, from the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Germany, over 12,000 personnel are taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior this week. Conducted in the spring and autumn of each year the exercise provides… More information