MOD sponsored, current or planned exercise list 26 October to 30 October 2026
Updated 21 October 2026
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Exercise name
Ex Talon Cyclone
Dates
26 October to 12 November
Times (Local)
8am to 1159pm
Area
Low flying areas: 5, 6 and 10 NS: 3A, 5A, WDTA and NRR1
Aircraft
Multiple rotary
Counties affected (Day)
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Nottinghamshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Northamptonshire
Bedfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Essex
Counties affected (Night)
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
Oxfordshire
Lancashire
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Greater Manchester
Merseyside
Cheshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Bedfordshire
Northamptonshire
Exercise name
Ex Guardian Defender
Dates
30 October to 20 November
Times (Local)
9am to 1159pm
Area
Low flying areas: 1A, 1B, 1C and 2 NS: NRR1 and NRR2
Aircraft
Multiple rotary
Counties affected (Day)
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Somerset
Dorset
Hampshire
Surrey
Gloucestershire
Devon
Cornwall
Counties affected (Night)
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Hampshire
West Sussex
Surrey
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall