Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
One of either RAF Marham in Norfolk or RAF Lossiemouth in Morayshire is under threat because of planned cuts to joint strike fighter numbers. So, too, is RAF Kinloss in Morayshire, with the new Nimrod MRA4 expected to move to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Take That had to be rescued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) yesterday.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Search and Rescue services at RAF Lossiemouth have been suspended during the night, the MoD has confirmed.
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
GOALIE and airman Mark Bowden has been chosen as the RAF's new recruitment poster boy - after his football skills helped out in Iraq.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Tornado crews from RAF Lossiemouth return home after a four-and-a-half month tour in Afghanistan.
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Ex-Royal Marine Flight Lieutenant Phil Rossiter has switched services to go from the ground to the air in Afghanistan where he is helping the fight against improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Flt Lt Rossiter is on his first operational tour as an RAF officer but is no stranger to Afghanistan having served at Bagram Air Base in Parvan province as a Royal Marine. He is now a Tornado GR4 pilot in 14...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Night-time search and rescue operations from RAF Lossiemouth have been temporarily suspended, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.
OberonHouston (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I've always been irritated with the way Gordon Brown has always loudly boasted about Labour's record tax and spend come debt record in office. So where does this get us? Well, not very far if your involved in the Search & Rescue unit at RAF Lossiemouth. The stupid decisions didn't stop at the TA it seems. So, one more time, where is all the money going? As the BBC reports tonight on the...
The engineer (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Lord Drayson, the science minister, over opening a launching centre for sub-orbital flights at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland.Flanagan said the move would require amending the government’s 1986 Outer Space Act, a piece of legislation that makes it difficult to launch a commercial space-flight service in Britain.‘In 1986, things like space tourism were not on the agenda,’ he said. ‘If that regulatory...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Scientists have warned that climatic conditions could hamper Virgin’s plans to run its operation from Scotland. RAF Lossiemouth has substantial cloud cover for nearly two-thirds of the time. However, Whitehorn said it would be possible to operate the Virgin Galactic service despite poor weather because the spacecraft is launched from a mothership that carries it up to 50,000 ft.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... involving police officers, firefighters, coastguard teams and a search and rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth, was mounted shortly after 8am following reports that a man was trapped in a tractor in the waters of the River Don, close to the Don bridge on the outskirts of Kintore.Emergency teams found the blue tractor completely submerged, 20 metres from the bank of the swollen river.Inspector...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... involving police officers, firefighters, coastguard teams and a search and rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth, was mounted shortly after 8am following reports that a man was trapped in a tractor in the waters of the River Don, close to the Don bridge on the outskirts of Kintore.Emergency teams found the blue tractor completely submerged, 20 metres from the bank of the swollen river.Inspector...
