UNSEEN peewits were crying their wild cries in the mist somewhere. The sounds were part of the gray silence of the Plain. I could hear the last of the hot oil dripping into the engine sump, from the ...

Rosemary Baillon never knew her father. A war hero who flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain, he was tragically killed aged 26 in a dogfight over the English Channel in November 1940 - four months ...

A fire has broken out on Salisbury Plain after a live firing exercise on land owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Large plumes of smoke are visible from the fire, on an area of the plain known as ...

Since 1897, the army has had a presence on Salisbury Plain and today owns nearly 40000 hectares (98000 acres) of land. The training area measures 640 square kilometres (250 square miles), about one ...

Army top brass demanded answers as to why a military tank turned over on the Salisbury Plain mock battlefield this week. The tank commander and his driver had to explain how the armoured vehicle ended ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after two men were seriously injured in a suspected road accident. They were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital at around 05:45 BST on Monday after being ...

IT looks like the Eastern Front in Ukraine but these soldiers are training in Salisbury Plain to repel Vladimir Putin’s invaders. Learning battlefield first aid as well as infantry tactics, the brave ...

Next time you visit Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) you may notice some Unidentified Flying Objects. Don’t be alarmed, they’re just our new drones. The Training Safety Marshals (TSMs) recently ...

Nearly a third of the British Army will be based in and around Salisbury Plain by 2020 Plans for more than 900 new army family homes in the Salisbury Plain area have been approved by the local ...

Up to five soldiers have suffered “life-changing injuries” after three military vehicles collided on Salisbury Plain, a few miles from Stonehenge. Another 16 people were described as “walking wounded” ...