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Urgent review as D-Day parachute jump scaled back due to lack of RAF aircraft

Sky News Sunday, 19 May 2024
Defence chiefs are scrambling to get more planes for a D-Day 80th anniversary parachute drop as crises in Ukraine and the Middle East have left the RAF's fleet stretched.
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