{"id":504621,"date":"2026-03-31T04:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/504621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:48:14","slug":"inside-the-cockpit-of-raf-tanker-during-defensive-mission-against-iranian-drones-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/504621\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the cockpit of RAF tanker during defensive mission against Iranian drones &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBYYWJNRFBKcHRLZW5KaUl5TGhzVDJRa244ZU5YR1JEejRMNFhURXBEa3hGQktyclZCRzRzSzlqdWxOYlQ5eWM4a3JnOWk3SVJXb0FpU3pidER1UnNE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inside the cockpit of RAF tanker during defensive mission against Iranian drones<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOQkVEM21ySHZab1VpR3hLX0NqM0dzaVM5NHZxXzNmUU9sdjJ6bDJiYWhmSksxXzJOS19sRnhxQTlxSjdadk8tWlZJTFM3cTFXT05ESXdoX1FKWlRQbkdpc0JjSEw1RHhHMXJTcjk2bTB2dFJjcEx0dTF1NUlEZ1pmcl9ydHlIWFV3NmdVUG1kT3JtTE41d1Zyc2RCRC1WaFhyOV9BbzhOMVFCcDhjMW9Wc3p5YjE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAF personnel become first ever drone &#8216;aces&#8217; during operations in the Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;www.gov.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQYkVtclN4NVpzbWw3ZGJhVW15QTk4Y2ozQm91LVMtQmFTZDJLMUhnR2h3VTM2b2g1ZzFKcDFISkx4SF9oblFnb2RYQi1WcE1UWGY2SFlxZDJkekFyYVpqVl9OLVBKbjJvT3N1MXdpVGQ1U1A4Q0NMSzgxRlF6MXpOUFFXb1dKNVVISUdkWXlTcy0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAF gunners awarded \u2018ace\u2019 status for shooting down Iranian drones<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNZ2JoX3p3LTRsdU5DYmwzRlJWZ0ZHZHFoaGpLeEFLMmxGZjdtY0lxTW4yQXhjcG9zZUJyUXRQMkRiWWNiTHFEdDRHTm9mQ25rWEtlaXdSNVQydWtHQUFLSnRjbHhOY2dWZDFJNmhTb09MazRnbWZ5WXFvRVlyeHlTTXZPWHc2dWV0SVVmSnRkOThZeVJadDRTUklTVUxOYXpHZ0NuQ2NUUk9SWGUwaVBVUzBVanloYV9udk1jSWg5cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From Spitfires to Sentry: The RAF Regiment Marks a New Era of &#8220;Aces&#8221; in the Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Royal Air Force<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxONGs1X2VaSDZFS1RRRlZrMEdscjNPRV9ubUNBM0wxYkQ3UlRudmJ5WGdTYVdERkxkYWEwUUFEdld6dzBwdEJzWDB3djB0TXJVYmptb2Y1Z19RXzEyanZIU3FJbXY5VlhqS3dSUlAtRkxZRmFtcVljdFUwYlJSVjhBeQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Four British Soldiers Awarded Ace Status for Shooting Down Iranian Drones<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u041c\u0456\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0439<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside the cockpit of RAF tanker during defensive mission against Iranian drones&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCRAF personnel become first ever drone &#8216;aces&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-504621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}