Military Aviation – Royal Air Force Puma Retirement (Part 1) – The Flypast
The RAF has just retired its Puma helicopters, with a fitting tribute to a very well respected and significant type. Here at GAR, we kick off our own tribute to the Puma with a look at the final flypast which took place on the 26-27th March 2025. Words by Paul Dunn with photos by the GAR team and friends.
BlogGAR – Son of Ares
In this brand new blog, Rob Edgcumbe takes a look at the ‘Son of Ares’, the latest in a long line of distinctive aircraft produced by Scaled Composites, now owned by Northrop Grumman.
Aviation Event – Northolt Nightshoot XXXI October 2024
The latest RAF Northolt Nightshoot, number 31, took place on Thursday 3rd October 2024. GAR’s Chris Wood broke out his tripod and popped along.
Military Aviation – Exercise Anatolian Eagle
The 2023 multi national iteration of Exercise Anatolian Eagle (AE2023/2) took place at Konya Air Base in central Turkey in early May, with exercise missions being flown between Tuesday 2nd and Thursday 11th May. Chris Wood reports from central Turkey for GAR.
Military Aviation – Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-1
For three weeks in March, the skies over Lincolnshire, northern England and the North Sea reverberated to the sound of numerous jet fighters. Whilst this isn’t that unusual as half of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoons are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, between the 6th and 24th March there were additional aircraft adding to the noise. These aircraft were taking part in exercise Cobra Warrior 23-1…..
Military Aviation – US Army Chinooks at Lydd, April 2023
On Wednesday 5th April the skies around Lydd (London Ashford) Airport in Kent reverberated to the sound of some unusual visitors when a flight of six US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinooks passed through. Chris Wood was in the area and popped along for GAR.
Aviation Event: Northolt Night Photoshoot – October 2022
This autumn’s night photoshoot season has been a busy one. After a three and a half year hiatus as a result of runway resurfacing and the Covid 19 pandemic, October saw the welcome return of the Northolt night photoshoot, . Chris Wood was there and reports for GAR.
Military Aviation – NATO Tiger Meet 2022
The 2022 iteration of NATO’s Tiger Meet took place at Araxos Air Base in western Greece between 9th and 20th May. Chris Wood reports.
Military Aviation: Exercise Iniochos 2022 – Andravida Air Base, Greece
Organised and conducted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Air Tactics Centre (Kentro Aeroporikis Taktikis – KEAT), Exercise Iniochos 2022 took place at Andravida Air Base, Greece from the 21st March to the 10th April 2022, Tom Gibbons reports for GAR with additional photography from Kevin Wills and Chris Wood.
Military Aviation – More F-35A arrivals for the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath
The 495th Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, received their second batch of F-35A Lightning II fighters on 10th February 2022. Glenn Beasley was there for GAR.
Aviation news – 48th Fighter Wing F-35A delivery 15th December 2021
The first four Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs for the 48th Fighter Wing arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK on 15th December.
Aviation news – Second F-15QA delivery via RAF Mildenhall
Monday 13th December saw the departure from the Boeing facilities at St Louis International Airport, Missouri of the second batch of Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QAs on the initial part of their delivery flight. Chris Wood was there to catch them when they landed at RAF Mildenhall.
Air Task Force – Romania. Enhanced Air Policing with the Royal Canadian Air Force
In a quiet corner of Eastern Europe, a new Cold War has been playing out since 2014. Chris Wood reports from Constanta, on Romania’s Black Sea coast, on NATO’s assurance and deterrence measures in the area.
Aviation News – Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QA delivery
Yesterday afternoon the first four F-15QAs for the Qatar Emiri Air Force arrived at RAF Mildenhall at the end of the second leg of their delivery flights. Chris Wood reports.
Obituary – Dale ‘Snort’ Snodgrass
One of aviation’s true legends passed away at the weekend when Dale ‘Snort’ Snodgrass was killed in a crash at an airport in Idaho. Gareth Stringer takes a look at his career.
Aviation News – First Norwegian P-8 On The Line
Boeing continues production of the P-8 Poseidon with the first jet appearing for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Rob Edgcumbe caught it on the line for Global Aviation Resource and also nabbed a bonus sighting of a Royal Air Force jet on flight test.
News – Nigerian Super Tucano delivery flight
Monday 19th July 2021 saw the arrival at Scotland’s Prestwick Airport of six Embraer A-29B Super Tucano aircraft and supporting Dornier Do-328 for an overnight stop as part of their delivery flight to the Nigerian Air Force.
News – Boeing Retires T-33 Chase Planes
On Friday, December 4, 2020, Boeing undertook a formation flight of its two T-33 chase planes to mark their retirement from use. Rob Edgcumbe provides an update for Global Aviation Resource on what took place. Additional images as credited
Vintage Aircraft Club fly in Turweston, 5th September
As a follow up to their recent fly in at Popham, the Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) organised another event at their home airfield, Turweston in north Buckinghamshire, on Saturday 5th September. Chris Wood popped along for GAR.
Aviation News – The People’s Mosquito – Press Release
Today marks 80 years to the day since one of the most influential aircraft to have ever flown first took to the skies. The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito – affectionately named the Wooden Wonder by a British public stunned by its unmatched performance – went on to become one of the most important aircraft of World War Two.
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