On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...

The Royal Air Force has opened the Protector RG Mk1 flight and training establishment at RAF Waddington, in a ceremony hosted by Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. The building, which houses ground ...

The first instructors for the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system (RPAS) fleet have begun simulator-based training in the USA.

The two pilots are the first of twelve that will undergo Lead In Fighter Training at Decimomannu air base. The first two Royal Air Force pilots trained in Italy at the International Flight Training ...

Started in July 2023 the LIFT course was completed one month ahead of schedule. During the training students conducted real and synthetic training missions, training under the widely adopted “train as ...

Mikel Arteta plans to call on RAF fighter pilots for advice on how to better communicate with his players.

One of 16 Protectors that the RAF is receiving into RAF Waddington. The service has now opened at the same site an international training centre for the MQ-9B that ...