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Military
What it's like to demo a USAF F-35A at an airshow
Key.Aero meets Capt Kristin ‘BEO’ Wolfe, the 2020 US Air Force F-35A demonstration team pilot.
Additional Super Tucano for USAF
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Embraer Defense & Security will deliver an additional A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
French, Finnish and Swedish fighters conduct combat training
Armeé de l’Air (French Air Force) Dassault Mirage 2000-5Fs – current deployed to Estonia – have conducted combat training with Finnish and Swedish multi-role fighter aircraft.
RAF Typhoons train with USAF B-1B over North Sea
Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a training exercise with a USAF-operated Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic-capable strategic bomber over the North Sea.
F-117s spotted over Los Angeles
US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk stealth ground-attack aircraft have once again been sighted flying missions - this time over Los Angeles, California, some 12 years after they were formally retired by the service.
Commercial
Brave Blue World
JetBlue celebrated its 20th year by unwrapping a late Christmas present – the first of 70 Airbus A220-300s. Chris Sloan headed to the Big Apple to see the ‘Baby Bus’
Quiz: How well do you know your special airline paint schemes?
This week's Commercial Aviation quiz focuses on the wonderful and sometimes weird world of special schemes. Can you identify these eye-catching paint jobs? Let us know what score you get!
How airlines are using frequent flyer miles to borrow money
Airlines have scrambled to secure capital to continue operating since the beginning of the pandemic. One unique way they did this was using their frequent flyer programmes. Key.Aero speaks with Bijan Vasigh, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, to find out how and why it works
Historic
WATCH: What’s happening with the RAF Museum’s Vickers Wellington?
After 11 years in the Conservation Centre at Cosford, the end could finally be in sight – as Darren Priday explains…
WATCH: Pilot interviews from 2021 Battle of Britain Airshow
We speak to Spitfire pilot Antony Parkinson, and John Romain and Martin Overall from the Aircraft Restoration Company, as the 2021 Battle of Britain airshow kicks off!
Flight Simulation
Introducing the MilViz FG-1D Corsair
One of the most iconic aircraft from the Pacific theatre of World War Two, the Chance Vought Corsair was also arguably one of the best performing.
