Group Captain Paul Godfrey provides a wrap up interview for the series on RAF Lossiemouth and the RAF's way ahead.
The USS America is a weapon system, not simply a platform, and is a very flexible insertion force, notably working with an amphibious task force.
During the visit to the Albacte Air Base, we visited several facilities and learned about the Spanish Air Force and its Eurofighters both in terms of operations and support.
How do you maintain the skills necessary to stay in the maritime domain awareness game when your aircraft goes away?
The Poseidon will support a full range of tasks, including anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, maritime and overland ISR, electronic support, and a search and rescue capability
As the Tornado era closes, a number of the skill sets will be carried forward into the fighter transitions involving Typhoon and F-35 and with the P-8 as well.
In a discussion with Wing Commander Paul Froome OC XV(R) Squadron we discussed the way ahead for the RAF.
In this article, Second Line of Defense continues its visits to QRA squadrons in the UK and has more recently visited one in Spain.