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Historic
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT 80: Nap of the Earth Attack
The efforts of the Luftwaffe resulted in August 18, 1940, being described as the hardest day...
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT 80: Archie McInnes
Jonny Cracknell details some of the exploits of Battle of Britain veteran Archie McInnes...
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT 80: The Famous Five
By October 31, 1940 more than 200 Messerschmit Bf 109 pilots had secured
five or more aerial victories each...
Above and Beyond: Ted Maslen-Jones
Audacious low-level flying in Burma was just one element that contributed to Ted Maslen-Jones receiving the DFC...
Military
Portugal prepares for the arrival of KC-390 at Beja Air Base
As the Portuguese Air Force prepares for the scheduled arrival of its first Embraer KC-390 in March 2023, work is underway on the infrastructure at Base Aérea 11/Beja Air Base, the selected home of the new transport aircraft
USAF retires first E-8C JSTARS
RETIREMENT OF the US Air Force’s fleet of 16 E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft officially got underway on February 10, when the first of these aircraft departed from its home at Robins Air Force, Base, Georgia, for the final time.
SCOOP: Finland to build hundreds of F-35 forward fuselages
Finland will build hundreds of forward fuselages for Lockheed Martin’s global F-35 stealth fighter programme it has emerged, as the Finnish defence authorities inked deals on February 11 to confirm the acquisition of the fighter
Commercial
Four Weeks, Four Airlines Collapse
Recording unprecedented growth this year is the number of airline failures ...
Going Transat’ For First UK Service
AIR TRANSAT becomes first airline to operate transatlantic scheduled services to the UK with Airbus A321LR
Flight Simulation
Challenging Airports - Petersburg, Alaska (PAPG)
We visit the isolated island community in Petersburg, Alaska, located midway between Juneau and Ketchikan.