Often operating in the harsh conditions of the north Atlantic, Royal Navy Merlin HM.2 helicopter crews describe the tactics and technology they use in the ‘cat and mouse game’ of hunting submarines, using dipping sonar and sonobuoys to locate and track the subs. The experts in anti-submarine warfare are the sailors of 814 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) – nicknamed ‘The Flying Tigers’ with their aircraft adorned with a fierce tiger motif. 814 NAS ‘The Flying Tigers’ Royal Naval Air

Exercise Pinion Titan was the largest British Army aviation deployment since 2003 with the assets from RNAS Yeovilton, RAF Odiham gathering at Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk at the beginning of November 2025. Over the course of the exercise up to 50 helicopters participated including Wildcats Mk.1s, AH-64E Apaches and Chinooks. In addition to the Army Air Corps (AAC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) helicopters the Aviation légère de l’armée de Terre 3e Régiment d'Hélicoptères de