Images of the prime minister with two RAF aircraft featured on a number of newspaper front pages on Friday after his visit to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire the previous day.
An RAF P-8A Poseidon, which Mr Johnson was snapped standing in front of, travelled 330 miles from its base in Lossiemouth, Moray, for the visit.
Image:The PM was pictured sitting in an RAF fast jet which flew from its home base of RAF Coningsby, 15 miles away
The maritime patrol aircraft, which is designed for anti-submarine warfare, left shortly before 9am on Wednesday.
It flew back on Thursday around 6.20pm, after the PM had finished his visit.
Manufactured in the US city of Seattle, the aircraft arrived in the UK in November 2021 and has flown six times since then, according to Flightradar24.com, a flight tracking website. This total includes its trip to Waddington on Wednesday and the return journey on Thursday. The plane has never previously visited the base.
During his trip, Mr Johnson was also pictured sitting in an RAF fast jet. This flew from its home base of RAF Coningsby, 15 miles away from RAF Waddington.
Both aircraft flew back to their respective bases once the PM left.
I suppose that the flights will be logged as “training” …
