The caption below this photograph reads as follows: "Aukus in action. RAF Lightnings join the US and Australian military and Japan's maritime self-defence force for a multilateral exercise in the Bay of Bengal. In a potent display of air and…
In my most recent Insight, I referred to "Truth, Honesty and Integrity". During my time as the Sea Harrier Desk Officer in the MOD and, later, as the Air Warfare Adviser to the First Sea Lord, I was exposed to…
The simple answer to this generalised question is: "practically everything". My planned way ahead as Chief of the Air Staff would have been as different as chalk and cheese compared with what actually took place. As the 50s and 60s…
When the Task Force set sail in 1982 to recapture the Falkland Islands after the Argentine invasion, there were only 2 Services "on parade" and prepared for action: the Royal Navy (which includes the Royal Marines) and the Army. The…
As the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 war approaches, it is high time to lay to rest the myths that have been perpetuated in the public arena about the conduct of that War and of the false claims by various…