Guidance

MOD sponsored, current or planned exercise list 17 to 21 November 2025

Updated 19 November 2025

Exercise name

Pinion Titan

Dates

3 November to 3 December 2025

Times (Local)

24 Hour

Area

Low flying areas: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9A, 9B, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 NS:2A, 2B, 3A, 3BW, 3BE, 4AN, 4AS 4BW, 4BE, 5A, 5CN, 5E, 5F1, 1N, 2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 7, 9A, 9B, 10, 18.

Aircraft

Multiple rotary

Counties affected (Day)

Buckinghamshire 

Oxfordshire

Berkshire

Wiltshire

Somerset

Dorset

Hampshire

Surrey

Gloucestershire

Devon

Cornwall

Shropshire

Worcestershire

Warwickshire

Herefordshire

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutland

Northamptonshire

Bedfordshire

West Midlands

Lancashire

West Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

Cheshire

Derbyshire

Staffordshire

Essex

East Riding

Northumberland

Tyne & Wear

Durham

Scottish Borders

Cumbria

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

Kent

East Sussex

West Sussex

Counties affected (Night)

Buckinghamshire 

Oxfordshire

Berkshire

Wiltshire

Somerset

Dorset

Hampshire

Surrey

Gloucestershire

Devon

Cornwall

Shropshire

Worcestershire

Warwickshire

Herefordshire

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutland

Northamptonshire

Bedfordshire

West Midlands

Lancashire

West Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

Cheshire

Derbyshire

Staffordshire

Essex

East Riding

Northumberland

Tyne & Wear

Durham

Scottish Borders

Cumbria

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

Kent

East Sussex

West Sussex

Exercise name

Yorknite

Dates

19 November to 5 December 2025

Times (Local)

Wave A 1430-1545

Wave B 1730-1830

Wave C 2030-2130

Area

Low flying areas: 11, 12, 13, 16, 17

Aircraft

Multiple fast jet

Counties affected (Day)

North Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

East Riding

South Yorkshire

Lincolnshire

Nottinghamshire

Northumberland

Tyne & Wear

Durham

Scottish Borders

Cumbria

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

Lancashire

Counties affected (Night)

North Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

East Riding

South Yorkshire

Lincolnshire

Nottinghamshire

Northumberland

Tyne & Wear

Durham

Scottish Borders

Cumbria

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

Lancashire

Exercise name

Guardian Defender

Dates

21 November to 5 December 2025

Times (Local)

24 Hour

Area

Low flying areas: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2 NRR: 1, 2

Aircraft

Multiple rotary

Counties affected (Day)

Buckinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Berkshire

Wiltshire

Somerset

Dorset

Hampshire

Surrey

Gloucestershire

Dorset

Devon

Cornwall

Counties affected (Night)

Buckinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Berkshire

Wiltshire

Somerset

Dorset

Hampshire

Surrey

Gloucestershire

Dorset

Devon

Cornwall