2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (453+ words) Historical documents written by Group Captain James Stagg – the chief meteorologist tasked with advising on weather conditions for Operation Neptune in 1944 – have been discovered at a Royal Navy training unit based at HMNB Devonport. They explain how the accurate weather…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (594+ words) MPs have been told that Armed Forces personnel and their families deserve better housing but it will take time to fix issues following decades of neglect. Figures show nine out of 10 homes in the estate need improvement and repair, with…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (464+ words) Two vintage Fleet Air Arm aircraft have conducted a flypast over one of the UK's aircraft carriers as she continues on her three-month deployment around the country and northern Europe. A Swordfish and a Seafire from Navy Wings, a naval…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (753+ words) We arrive at a factory in Warwickshire to find a long line of shiny Ineos Grenadiers. This is the official press launch of Team Grenadier, a consortium of five companies – led by Ineos – that is bidding to replace the British…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (300+ words) Many former crew members will likely shed a tear at the sight of ex-HMS Northumberland being ignominiously towed out of Portsmouth Harbour by a tug. But this is the fate that awaits almost every Royal Navy warship in the end,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (107+ words) Forces News Louis Skupien, the first British civilian to fly in an F-16 Viper, has been describing what it's like to fly in a combat aircraft that goes near-vertical and pulls up to 9G. He told BFBS Forces News how he had…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (91+ words) Forces News The race is on to replace the British Army's SA80 assault rifle – and SIG Sauer could be about to throw its hat into the ring. BFBS Forces News' Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne, Hannah King and Justin Bosanquet travelled to New…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (340+ words) The full dismantling of HMS Swiftsure is still on track to be completed by the end of this year, Defence Readiness & Industry Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed. The decommissioned nuclear submarine is to become the first UK vessel to be…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (597+ words) Two Royal Navy warships have celebrated five years of deployment during their landmark mission to the Indo-Pacific. One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six days have passed since sister patrol ships HMS Spey and HMS Tamar left Portsmouth. The ships, crewed…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (494+ words) The Army is officially not undermanned, according to the Ministry of Defence. Confirmation of its manning status came as statistics revealed that although thousands of personnel had left the service last year, the overall size of the organisation remained largely…...