Defence sources say the problem lies in how wind turbine blades reflect the electromagnetic pulses used by RAF radars to detect aircraft. These so-called “primary radar” pulses are reflected ...

The RAF has had a presence at the base for more than 70 years RAF Kinloss will officially close as an air force base later this month, it has been confirmed. The 39 Engineer Regiment will take ...

and that of RAF Leuchars in Fife, will be announced after the Scottish elections on 5 May. An MoD spokeswoman said: "The airfield at Kinloss will cease to function on 31 July. The rest of the base ...

A total of 14 servicemen died in the Nimrod explosion A defence technology company criticised over the RAF Kinloss Nimrod crash which left 14 servicemen dead is to appoint a new head of safety.

But Labour said the SNP was scaremongering, and added: "Under the SNP's plans there would be no RAF bases in Scotland and no new jets." The slowdown in activity at Kinloss comes out of the package ...

Kinloss currently launches about 70 rescue missions each year, and a spokesman said the work remained ''an absolute priority''. The news comes just two months after the RAF said it was cutting 390 ...

GROUND investigations are to begin later this month into potential radioactive contamination at a site near the former RAF base at Kinloss where hundreds of aircraft were dismantled following the ...

The RAF has formally handed over its base at Kinloss to a unit of the Royal Engineers. The transfer brings to an end more than 70 years of air force operations at the base. It will now be known as ...

FORRES, one of the Moray towns affected by the closure of RAF Kinloss, received a jobs boost ... The staff will answer calls for a “major energy company”, including inquiries on bills, direct ...