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Corporals Mark and Lyndsay Roberts joined the RAF independently of each other and are now both involved in the air-side of the daily running…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Major General Nick Pope, who has recently taken over as the Chief of the Defence Staff's Strategic Communications Officer, briefed members of the media yesterday on the situation in Afghanistan.
UK Armed Forces were again in action yesterday over Libya, with RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft destroying four of Colonel Gaddafi's main battle tanks near Zlitan.
After a mammoth 20-month deployment, Royal Naval survey ship HMS Enterprise today returns to her home port of Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth.
Army Sergeant Majors are world famous for bawling orders that can be heard a mile away. Now, London District's Garrison Sergeant Major, WO1 Bill Mott, has lent his ear-splitting bark to an infantryman action toy.
A transcript of a statement given by Prime Minister David Cameron and the Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday 10 June 2011.
Foreign Secretary William Hague answered questions on the situation in Libya and also on the Arab Spring on 9 June via Twitter.
Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt will attend the Libya Contact Group meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 June.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt condemned the attack on a Palestinian Mosque on Tuesday in the West Bank.
FCO Minister Alistair Burt: "Today's Contact Group reaffirmed the international community's commitment to implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973."
Dr Fox said: “Our objective when NATO took responsibility for enforcing UN Security Council Resolution [UNSCR] 1973 remains the same today…
Deploying on operations is par for the course for the military, but for civilians it is a completely different ball game. Leigh Hamilton reports.
The 4,900-tonne Type 23 frigate will be taking over duties from HMS Iron Duke and will be patrolling busy shipping lanes and providing security…
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced that Northwood Headquarters in Middlesex will be retained as a key NATO command HQ.
Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said he "firmly believes that the Libyan people will achieve their vision for a free, prosperous and democratic Libya".
British Ambassador to Afghanistan Sir William Patey has returned from a two days visit to Pakistan 5-6th June.
Dr Fox began his speech by saying that, even as they dined, Britain’s interests were under attack, and that there was a continuous battle being…
More than 10,000 people lined the streets of Colchester yesterday to welcome the town's soldiers home after their recent six-month deployment to Afghanistan.
A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from 771 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose recently assisted a farmer by lifting his stranded steer off Cornish cliffs.
The RAF Air Traffic Controllers at Camp Bastion, the main UK base in Helmand province and the UK's fourth busiest airfield, have recently moved into a new state-of-the-art control tower.
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