A Scandinavian Airlines plane heading to Manchester Airport was intercepted by two RAF Typhoon fighter jets after a "brief and temporary loss of communications." According to flight trackers, the ...

RAF fighter jets have escorted a plane from Kenya into Stansted Airport amid security fears. The Kenya Airways Boeing 787 - en route to London Heathrow from Nairobi - was diverted into Stansted at ...

RAF Typhoon fighter jets scrambled to escort plane landing at Manchester Airport Sarah Hooper Published February 5, 2024 12:51pm Updated February 5, 2024 4:39pm ...

The airport opened on 1 June 1937, becoming the base for No. 62 Squadron RAF and No. 82 Squadron RAF of No.1 (Bomber) Group. The units flew the British light bomber Hawker Hind biplanes - which ...

A historical airbase was once home to the RAF as Britain armed itself against ‘growing threats’ in the late 1930s. In 1935 the Air Ministry obtained 100 acres of farmland and RAF Cranfield was ...