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London Olympics security: Major Exercise takes place in the skies of the UK
On Jan. 18 reports started filtering in from local newspapers in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, UK, of aircraft flying in circles over their locations and urged visitors to their website to comment...
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Ready for a 9/11-type of attack: RAF Typhoons based in London will shoot down...
Four RAF Typhoon fighter jets have landed at RAF Northolt airbase, in west London, on May 2, 2012, ahead of a nine-day military exercise aimed to test security for London Olympic Games.The arrival of...
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There's a place in London where RAF Typhoons will buzz your car during the...
If you plan to visit London during the Olympic Games and you are an aviation geek, I suggest you to pay a visit to one of the best (temporary) spotting places ever.Judging by the image below, published...
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Near miss as Britain's biggest warship squeezes through Thames Barrier to...
Along with the Typhoon on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at RAF Northolt, west London, the Olympic Guard exercise, whose goal is to test the security plan aimed to prevent a 9/11 type of attack during this...
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Airspace over London now on lock-down: All security measures put in place to...
Friday Jul. 13 saw the London Olympics only two weeks away.But the date is a milestone because, at 23.00 local time, the airspace over the southeastern UK eventually came under special security...
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Banksy latest Olympic themed mural depicts an athlete throwing an air-to-air...
Among the two Olympic Games themed stencils that the famous street artist Banksy has painted on walls in unknown locations, there is also a javelin thrower armed with an air-to-air missile.Similar to...
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Olympics air security gets its first test as Typhoon is scrambled from RAF...
At around 12.20pm local time on Wednesday Jul. 25 the RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoons based at RAF Northolt (London) for Olympic Games security got their first scramble.Using radio callsign...
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RAF Typhoon scrambles for second intercept in London Olympics No-Fly Zone
On Aug. 3, at 16.49 local time, a Royal Air Force Typhoon was scrambled for the second time since a No-Fly Zone was established, from RAF Northolt, North West London.Eye witnesses stated that the...
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Outstanding low-pass departure of a special colored Royal Air Force Tornado...
Watch this Tornado perform a deafening low take-off instead of the usual noise abatement departure. RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force airport located in west London, 10 km to the north of London...
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