English Electric Lightning XR724 roared back to life at RAF Binbrook as volunteers successfully completed a powerful engine run, marking a major milestone in its decades-long restoration.

The Lightning Association, based at Lincolnshire's former RAF Binbrook, said it had been outside for 30 years. Steve Baker, from the group, said the hangar would ensure the long-term preservation ...

Enthusiasts have spent years restoring Lightning jet XR724, which spent most of its flying career at RAF Binbrook. Josh Mortimer, of the Lightning Association, said visitors to the base, at ...

The Lightning squadrons remained at Binbrook until they were deactivated in June 1988. The station then closed as an operating base and was used as a relief landing ground for RAF Scampton before ...

A Cold War fighter jet, which spent the majority of its service at RAF Binbrook, has been fired up for the first time in 18 years. Lightning XR724, was designed to intercept Soviet bombers and first ...

Pilots have been banned from flying the RAF’s new £100million Lightning fighter jets in a storm because it could explode if hit by… lightning. MoD chiefs fear a strike may blow up the fuel ...

Lightning XR724 "flew home" to the former RAF Binbrook in 1992 and has been outside since, volunteers say The future of a Cold War jet which has been exposed to the elements for decades has been ...

Lightning XR724 "flew home" to the former RAF Binbrook in 1992 and has been outside since, volunteers say The future of a Cold War jet which has been exposed to the elements for decades has been ...