19-Apr-24 - The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed the order for six five-bladed Airbus H145D3 helicopters, first announced last November, to be used in Cyprus and Brunei #H145D3
14-Nov-23 - The UK plans to order 6 Airbus H145 helicopters to be known as Jupiter HC Mk2 for the British Armed Forces in Brunei and Cyprus from 2024 #Jupiter
09-Nov-23 - Babcock International Group announced a new charity partnership with the British Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) charity to support a number of its key events. to assist serving soldiers, veterans and their families #veterans
24-Oct-23 - The British Army declared ready for duty its first Regiment equipped with the new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. The 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (3 Regt AAC) completed 6-week training with AW159 Wildcats #Apache
06-Sep-23 - Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Logistics Readiness Squadron overseeing the transfer of the new Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters to the United Kingdom #Arizona
07-Nov-22 - Under British Army modernisation plan “Future Soldier”, Wildcat helicopter’s tactical data link (TDL) brings a new level of digitalisation of the battlefield #Wildcat
19-May-22 - 3000 troops from 8 NATO countries taking part of Exercise Swift Response in North Macedonia lead by British 16 Air Assault Brigade with Apache and Chinook helicopters. #SwiftResponse
07-Apr-22 - Leonardo signed £360M Integrated Support and Training (WIST) contract for 3-year maintenance and training of AW159 Wildcat helicopter fleet of British Army and Royal Navy
20-Mar-22 - US Army Reserve 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (11 ECAB) part of Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in Camp Buehring, Kuwait trained with British 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (AABCT) #Kuwait
21-Jan-22 - 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (AAC), 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team at Wattisham is the first British unit to field the new AH-64E Apache Version 6. MoD signed long-term support contract with Boeing #Apache
02-Apr-21 - The Apache International Office’ New Equipment Training (NET) currently support Qatar Emiri Air Force, UK’ Royal Air Force and Saudi Ministry of National Guard to learn the Boeing AH-64E Apache V6 differences #Version6
27-Nov-20 - The first two AH-64E Version 6 Apaches were delivered to the British Army. Boeing is rebuilding 38 Westland-built AH-64D through 2024. Additional new-built aircraft are planned #Apaches
