RAF Getting a Good Deal for Airport Use?

October 4, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Director of Ports has responded to our query concerning the amount of money paid by the MOD for the use of Ronaldsway Airport. Ann Reynolds says the figure is approx £20,000 (or just over) the figure apparently

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Mann: What Are the MoD Paying DoI Asked

September 19, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League have written to the DOI Director of Ports asking what monies are paid by the UK Ministry of Defence for the use by RAF training aircraft which use Ronaldsway regularly. Hawk trainers from the RAF

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RAF Hawk Jets in Airprox Incidents

July 10, 2013

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RAF: Troubled Trainer Claims Another Victim

November 21, 2011

Almost a decade after the Celtic League called for more transparency over the operational safety record of the RAF Hawk jet trainer, another aircrew member has been killed in an accident last week at RAF Scampton. The Celtic League has monitored the somewhat

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Another Crash For Troubled Jet Trainer

August 26, 2011

There has been a further accident involving an RAF Hawk T1A trainer jet, a type which operates extensively over the Celtic country and the safety record of which the Celtic League has consistently raised concerns over. In the latest incident an aircraft attached

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Scotland: Tornado Accidents RAF Reply

March 31, 2011

SCOTLAND: TORNADO ACCIDENTS RAF REPLY The RAF has responded to Celtic League concerns expressed following accidents involving a number of Tornado aircraft during military exercises over Scotland in February (see link below): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3580 The full text of the RAF reply is set out

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