MOD sponsored, current or planned exercise list 21 to 25 September 2026
Updated 17 September 2026
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Exercise name
Ex Cobra Warrior 26-2
Dates
7 September to 3 October 2026
Times (Local)
7am to 0530pm
Area
Low flying areas: 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20 T
Aircraft
Multiple fix wing and rotary
Counties affected (Day)
North Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
East Riding
South Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Northumberland
Tyne & Wear
Durham
North Yorkshire
Scottish Borders
Northumberland
Cumbria
Scottish Borders
Dumfries & Galloway
South Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Inverclyde
West Dunbartonshire
Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow
East Dunbartonshire
North Lanarkshire
Clackmannanshire
Falkirk
West Lothian
Edinburgh
Midlothian
East Lothian
Cumbria
Durham
North Yorkshire
Lancashire
Exercise name
Ex Strike Warrior 26-1
Dates
21 September to 9 October 2026
Times (Local)
24 hours
Area
Low flying areas: 14, 14T, 15
NS: 1A, 1BE, 1BW, 1C, 1D, Inverness HNTA
Aircraft
Multiple rotary
Counties affected (Day)
Outer Hebrides
Highland
Moray
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Perth & Kinross
Fife
Argyll & Bute
North Ayrshire
Isle of Arran
Inverclyde
West Dunbartonshire
Clackmannanshire
Aberdeenshire
Counties affected (Night)
Highland
Argyll & Bute
Stirling
Perth & Kinross
Highland
Outer Hebrides
Highland
Moray
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Perth & Kinross
Moray
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Exercise name
Ex Aquila Cyclone 26-1
Dates
21 September to 2 October 2026
Times (Local)
6 am to 6pm
Area
Low flying areas: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11
NS: 4BW, 5A, 5F, 5CN, WDTA, WASH ROA
Aircraft
Multiple rotary
Counties affected (Day)
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Somerset
Dorset
Hampshire
Surrey
Gloucestershire
Somerset
Dorset
Devon
Cornwall
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Suffolk
Essex
Cambridgeshire
North Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
East Riding
South Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Counties affected (Night)
North Yorkshire
East Riding
Lincolnshire
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Bedfordshire
Northamptonshire
Dyfed
Powys
Herefordshire
Gloucestershire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Cambridgeshire
Northamptonshire
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire