Defence ministers have insisted a parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day will be sufficiently resourced, amid ...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been forced to cut back D-Day memorial parachute jumps as only one plane is guaranteed ...
Defence officials have been scrambling around to secure more aircrafts to take take part in the mass parachute drop for the ...
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed last night that four giant Airbus A400M transport planes will now take part on June ...
Defence chiefs are attempting to get more planes for a planned D-Day 80th anniversary parachute drop, as the RAF's fleet is ...
Parachutists boarded planes synonymous with D-Day at the Duxford Air Show, before flying to Normandy to join commemorations ...
The Parachute Regiment wanted to send 450 troops in four Airbus A400M Atlas planes to the June 6 commemorations in Normandy. But the RAF said only one of the planes, a replacement for the Hercules ...
Grant Shapps today vowed to find more planes for a mass parachute jump to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Defence Secretary made the commitment amid fury that cuts to the military had left ...
Flowers have been laid close to where a 14-year-old boy died after getting into difficulty in the river Tyne. A nearby tree ...
Defence officials have been scrambling around to secure more aircrafts to take take part in the mass parachute drop for the 80th anniversary of D-Day following a shortage. The shortage of planes ...
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said 181 parachuters will take part – the same number as those involved in the operation in the location on D-Day. Published May 20 A re-enactment parachute jump ...