All Nimrod aircraft that have not had a vital safety modification are to be grounded by the Ministry of Defence, the BBC has learned. The Nimrods, all based overseas, will be withdrawn on 31 March in ...

DEFENCE orders worth #4000m, including a #2000m contract to replace the RAF's 30-year-old fleet of Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, are expected to create and sustain 5000 jobs, more than 700 of them ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: One of the Nimrod’s particularly useful characteristics was the airframe’s large bomb bay that could hold a variety of munitions, including sonobuoys used to detect enemy ...

An RAF vintage aircraft preservation group said it was looking for another airfield for its Nimrod plane after Coventry Airport announced its closure. The Nimrod XV232 is a preserved maritime patrol ...

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At least 10 pilots and crew have quit their posts at RAF Kinloss in the last decade because of safety concerns over the ageing Nimrod fleet, it is claimed. Aviation writer David Morgan said he was ...