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@thinkdefence While they are technically above the Victoria Stadium (being on the Rock they’d be above most things in Gib…), neither of the venues visible are the Victoria Stadium. It’s behind them, to the north west.

Picture: Observation Team from The Royal Yeomanry above the Victoria Stadium on Exercise Barbary Star 2022 on the rock of Gibraltar

@ROBANDTHEMOB @NavyLookout @Gibdan1 @key2med @jr_amon_ceuta I’ll blame the lunchtime beer and autocorrect for that one!

@MattFromKent @NavyLookout @Gibdan1 @key2med @jr_amon_ceuta Do you mean present and correct ?😉

HMS Dragon inbound to Gibraltar for logistics stop this morning navylookout.com/hms-dragon-wor… Via @Gibdan1 H/T @key2Med @jr_amon_ceuta

@ROBANDTHEMOB @NavyLookout @Gibdan1 @key2med @jr_amon_ceuta Preset and correct on the port bow.

@NavyLookout @Gibdan1 @key2med @jr_amon_ceuta More like HMS No Dragon ! 🙄#CheckTheBow

@macellaestrella Fairford is an American base, located in the UK. The munitions aren’t British.

@DefenceHQ Can you explain how loading up American planes with British bombs that they then take off with from British airports to drop on Iran is ‘defensive’?

An update on UK operations in the Middle East, 16 March 2026.

The islamic forces stormed the Tehran’s Heart Hospital in January and, right in front of the doctors and nurses, they started delivering "mercy shots" executing the wounded. They told the staff, "You aren’t allowed to treat them." Out of thirty people on staff, about half stood their ground and refused to stop. They dragged them down to the basement and murdered two of the nurses right in front of everyone else’s eyes. They took the rest into custody and put them through every kind of torture imaginable. Two of the nurses were gang-raped so brutally, even using objects, that their internal organs were destroyed. Anyone defending this Ahrimanic regime should face the consequences of their actions, be it CNN, Tucker Carlson, Bushra Shaikh, Calla Walsh, Maram Susli (Syrian Girl), Suleiman Ahmed, Max Blumenthal, Alexander Dugin, Glenn Diesen, Kim Dotcom, Susan Abulhawa, Jeremy Loffredo, Anya Parampil, Jonathan Hackett, Trita Parsi, Negar Mortazavi, Mina Jafari, Jamal Abdi, Sina Toossi, Assal Rad, Hoda Katebi, Assal Rad, Patrick Disney, Vali Nasr, Farnaz Fassihi, and anyone else whitewashing the horrific crimes against the people of Iran. We will never forget you.

Flights from Oman to the UK for £350? Bargain! It’s not like there are no commercial flights available (albeit at higher cost)…

David Lammy: "... because Cyprus is part of NATO" erm, Cyprus is not a member of NATO. Maybe its just a slip of the tongue? Except he repeats the claim just a minute later "... Cyprus is a NATO country" Does the deputy PM not know that Cyprus isn't a member of a NATO?

@RAeSTimR @benmoores2 There’s a captured Iraqi twin 30mm or similar mounted outside 33 Squadron at Benson… probably still works

@benmoores2 Time to raid IWM Duxford to see what they have?

Obvious Q - no spare Sky Sabre batteries that could be deployed to defend RAF Akrotiri? #Cyprus #IranIsraelWar

The Greeks taking the defence of strategic UK sovereign territory more seriously than the UK government.

Normally I’d say that there isn’t anything to negotiate… but I am aware of who leads our current government and where he gets his legal advice…

I shall check the legality of fighting them on the beaches, I shall check the legality of fighting them on the landing grounds,in the fields and in the streets, my Attorney General & I will never stop checking the legality.

Probably hadn't even started his mandatory online training or got his Teams account set up properly

Weak.

@Hush_Kit Did ops for a handful of them before they retired! Plenty of time in the jump seat but never at the controls myself.

Anyone on here been at the controls of a BAe 146/Avro RJ?

@yorkshire_lewis @Gabriel64869839 Pollard stated that the plan is to refuel from US KC-130… Madness to not have a national capability.

@Gabriel64869839 Does this mean A400M is finally going to get some A2A refueling capability?! That contract with AirTanker needs to hurry up & end! Get the A400Ms A2A refueling capable & buy the rest of the Voyagers of AirTanker!.

It would have been totally absurd had it been otherwise, since VOYAGER cannot physically carry out helicopter AAR. I tried explaining this many, many times over here over the years. Lovely to have (finally) a confirmation the new CHINOOKs will have the probe. Proper MH-47Gs.

The Defence College of Air and Space Operations has invited back graduates who missed out for a ‘Mega Grad’. The Reviewing Officer was Air Officer Commanding 2 Group, Air Vice-Marshal Appleton MA RAF, a previous Station Commander and Commandant. #AirOperations

War Footing latest

@EruthmaEruthmas @joerichlaw Unless deemed historically significant and required for preservation, the MOD does indeed dispose of almost all record types once they are no longer required for day to day administration. 3 months to 7 years, depending on the record type.

@joerichlaw I mean it's not true, but it will stiff up a conspiracy theory and the RAF won't give out their data retention policies just to call out a gobshite.

SPOILER: One reason why Jeffrey Epstein and his gang used RAF bases when they could is that MOD passenger logs are generally destroyed 3 months after landings and departures.

@vanessajossi I certainly wouldn’t say no to one!

The DA50 sure is a gorgeous aircraft

America are experts at hypocrisy.