Naval Air Facility El Centro is famed for its large detachments of fixed wing jet aircraft and busy flight line, but when Alan Kenny visited, he found it to be very different to the norm.
15-Apr-2013
Arriving at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leiceistershire, today from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, one day later than originally planned, was BAC VC10 K4 ZD241 ‘N’, the last remaining example of this variant in Royal Air Force service.
21-Mar-2013
An additional Royal Air Force/101 Squadron VC10 K3 made its final flight today, when ZA149 ‘H’ departed from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, for the final time.
19-Mar-2013
Norman Long attended the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport in Victoria to capture the action for AirForces Monthly and Key.aero.
15-Mar-2013
Tell us what you thought of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, held at RAF Fairford over the weekend of July 16/17.
18-Jul-2011
Mick Britton mourns the passing of the Harrier from RAF service.
17-Dec-2010
AIR International reviews the history of Europe’s new transport aircraft, the Airbus Military A400M one year on from its first flight.
10-Dec-2010
AIR International’s Editor Mark Ayton and key.aero’s Editor Gary Parsons report on the F-35’s flight test programme.
15-Nov-2010
This week's UK Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) has announced the end of the Harrier in RAF and RN service. Tell us what you think about this!
18-Oct-2010
With the award of a Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt Lt Ian Fortune of the Royal Air Force, it also marks the fourth time a pilot of Chinook HC2 ZA718/BN, otherwise known as ‘Bravo November’, has received decoration for bravery while piloting this helicopter that still serves on the front line.
27-Sep-2010
Sqn Ldr Paula Willmot, MCO RAF Cottesmore, reports on Joint Force Harrier's biggest deployment since Afghanistan.
23-Jul-2010
key.aero takes a brief look at 16 Air Assault Brigade at Wattisham Airfield, home to the Army Air Corps’ fleet of Apache helicopters. For more on the Apache and its operations, see the April issue of AIR International magazine.
5-Mar-2010
key.aero talks to Harrier pilots from the Royal Navy’s Naval Strike Wing at RAF Cottesmore about life aboard an aircraft carrier. For more on the NSW see the February 2010 of AIR International magazine.
1-Feb-2010
key.aero looks at the Royal Air Force’s fighter force, now a mere shadow of its former self.
14-Jan-2010
Imagine you are the Secretary of State for Defence and tell us what your UK defence forces would look like.
7-Jan-2010
With the Royal Air Force’s new Military Flying Training System about to come into effect in the next couple of years, key.aero tries out the military’s basic trainer, the Grob 115E Tutor, also popular with private pilots.
13-Aug-2009
key.aero got a chance to speak with Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB at the Fly Navy 100 flypast at Greenwich.
14-Jul-2009
key.aero looks at the future of the Royal Air Force's Harrier Force on its withdrawal from operations in Afghanistan.
14-Jul-2009
Press and invited guests had the opportunity to witness the British Army and Royal Air Force in action at the ‘Land Combat Power Display’, held near the Land Warfare Hall, Harman Lines, Warminster in Wiltshire.
8-Jul-2009
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