Overview

• She received operational briefings on the base’s Quick Reaction Alert duties and recent deployments supporting NATO in Poland.
• She inspected a QRA Typhoon and climbed to the cockpit with its pilot, Wing Commander Luke Wilkinson.
• She tried the Typhoon flight simulator at the new Typhoon Future Synthetic Training Facility, performing a loop‑the‑loop during the simulated flight.
• She met junior aviators, welfare staff and families at the station’s Lounge communal space to hear about life on the base.
• Kensington Palace released video and statements calling it an “insightful first visit,” underscoring the military appointment she was given in 2023.