The outgoing Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Rich Knighton, welcomed his successor: “I am absolutely delighted that Air Marshal ...

Air Marshal Harv Smyth will succeed Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton in August 2025. The Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed that His ...

An air marshal who flew military planes in hundreds of missions across several warzones will be appointed as the new head of the RAF.

Air Marshal Smyth’s appointment follows a series of promotions to command positions since becoming an Air Commodore in 2015.

Speaking at the Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference, Knighton called for NATO members to establish a multinational space ...

RAF Leeming currently serving as the focal point for what is the UK’s largest-ever tri-service rotary-wing training operation ...

A former fighter pilot from County Armagh is to become the next professional head of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Air Marshal Harv Smyth, who was born and educated in Lurgan, is to to take up the role ...

Exercise Hades Warrior is a high-intensity, multi-service military event designed to test the UK's best helicopter pilots to ...

Congratulations have been offered to a Lurgan man who is soon to head up one of the UK's three military branches.

Born and educated in Lurgan, Harv Smyth joined the Royal Air Force in 1991 via the RAF Sixth Form Scholarship Scheme. Upon ...

Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, Incoming Chief of the Defence Staff Air, said: “I am absolutely delighted that Air Marshal Harv Smyth has been selected as the next Chief of the Air Staff and I have ...

The new boss of Leonardo Helicopters UK has stressed the "criticality" for the business of winning the ongoing New Medium ...