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Military
Dynamic Manta: Hunting Subs in the Med
NATO’s annual anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Mediterranean...
Return of the Blackjack
The Tupolev Tu-160 is the world’s largest combat aircraft and the fastest bomber in operational service, but was only built in small numbers. The Russian Air Force is modernising its existing fleet and returning the type to production, as Aviation News explains
RAF Chinooks pass flight hour milestone in Mali ops
British CH-47 Chinook HC5 heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters deployed in Mali, West Africa, have flown more than 2,000 operational flight hours in support of French-led counterinsurgency missions.
Second loss at Eglin AFB this week, as F-35A crashes
A USAF-operated Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multi-role stealth fighter – belonging to the 58th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Gorillas’ – has crashed upon landing at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida.
Commercial
Eastern Airways relaunches Birmingham-Gibraltar link
The operator ended a four-year hiatus and aims to capture both leisure and business traffic
Korean Air produced $200m profit in 2020. Here’s how they did it...
The carrier’s operating profit fell by only 17% while gross sales reduced by more than 40%
Boeing could move its Chicago HQ... but where to?
This year marks the 20th anniversary since Boeing transferred its corporate headquarters from Seattle. Key.Aero speaks to Isaac Alexander, a freelance aerospace journalist who’s covered the US giant for more than a decade, to find out about the company’s move to Illinois - and where they could go next
Historic
The most successful aircraft of the Korean War
On June 25 1950, the Korean War began – a conflict renowned for the sheer volume of aircraft involved on both sides. Here are some of the most significant aeroplanes from the campaign
FlyPast Podcast Episode 27
For this podcast we're joined by Nick Taylor, better known as wartime_images on Instagram and he's a WW2 traveller and collector and volunteer at the former Lancaster airfield, RAF Metheringham...
Flight Simulation
IL2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover - Blitz Edition
In December 2016, Team Fusion Simulations announced an agreement...
