D-Day 80th Anniversary Parachute Jump Scaled Back Due to RAF Aircraft Shortage

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps orders urgent review to address the impact of global crises on RAF's transport capabilities.

Plans for a large-scale parachute drop have been reduced to a single aircraft due to fleet constraints.
RAF resources are strained by ongoing operations in Ukraine and humanitarian aid missions in Gaza.
Shapps has secured £75 billion in additional funding for the armed forces to address such issues.
Former defence officials criticize the lack of heavy lift transport capacity following the scrapping of the Hercules fleet.
The Ministry of Defence assures comprehensive commemoration activities will still take place in both France and the UK.