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It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the names of the 5 service personnel who lost their lives following the crash of a Lynx helicopter in southern Afghanistan on 26 April 2014.
Scottish Secretary says being part of the UK gives us a bigger role on the world stage.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Four Royal Air Force Typhoons have deployed today to take part in the Nato Baltic air policing mission over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Over 1,000 kilos of heroin have been seized in a Royal Navy-led multinational maritime forces and counter-terrorism operation.
French General Bruno Guibert talks about the importance of the ongoing EU Training Mission in Mali and the progress being made there.
HMS Dragon and RAF Typhoons have been in contact with their Russian counterparts this week.
350 damaged flood risk management assets already repaired following winter flood and storm damage restoring protection to 115,000 properties
A Plymouth-based company has been awarded a £5 million contract to overhaul the interiors of all the Royal Navy's ships and submarines.
The combat aircraft will fly in Britain for the first time this summer at 2 airshows.
A remote-controlled boat that can search for, hunt and destroy mines is being tested by a specialist Royal Navy unit.
Armed Forces Minister has said 'UK defence is better together' during a visit to Royal Air Force air defence headquarters in Scotland.
Armed forces veterans will benefit from a new £6.7 million housing development in Glasgow.
Philip Hammond was in Scotland today visiting Scottish veterans, and workers at Thales Optronics in Glasgow.
Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.
An RAF veteran has visited Bletchley Park to see the top-secret kit he used to direct aircraft over Normandy following the D-Day landings.
The First Sea Lord has said that the security of Scotland and the rest of the UK would be compromised if the Scottish choose independence.
The Royal Navy hi-tech survey ship is working as part of an international task force to search for signs of the missing jet.
The British Army's Apache attack helicopters, operated by the Army Air Corps, flew their 50,000th hour on operation in Afghanistan recently.
Airborne reservists have taken their place in the British Army's rapid reaction force on Exercise Joint Warrior.
In Afghanistan, RAF personnel have begun dismantling elements of a comprehensive communications network built up over the past decade.
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