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Historic
Iowa ARNG Chinook delivers historic fighter to Sioux City
A Boeing CH-47F Chinook assigned to the Iowa ARNG’s Company B, 171st Aviation Regiment recently delivered a historic Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star fighter from its static display at the Iowa state headquarters in Des Moines to the ANG paint facility in Sioux City, where it will be repainted
Battle of Britain's forgotten 'Few': a star extinguished
One of Australia’s ‘Few’, Plt Off John Crossman’s star blazed briefly, but brightly, during the summer of 1940 — and is today saluted by the UK’s latest airworthy Hurricane
Blackbird tales from the most experienced SR-71 pilot
Lt Col Bredette Thomas (Ret’d), who has the highest number of hours on the SR-71 Blackbird of any pilot, tells Dino Carrara about his extensive career on this remarkable aircraft during the Cold War.
Flying the F-4 Phantom in Vietnam
Colonel Richard H Graham (ret’d) is best known as an SR-71 Blackbird pilot – but he earlier flew 210 combat missions in the F-4 during the Vietnam War, some of which were in the Wild Weasel role.
Wellesbourne Vulcan XM655 runs off runway
Avro Vulcan B.2 XM655 was involved in a taxiing incident at Wellesbourne on September 16.
Military
Indian Navy Il-38SD Sea Dragon fleet makes final public appearance
The Indian Navy’s long-serving, Soviet-era Ilyushin Il-38SD Sea Dragon maritime patrol aircraft fleet made its final public appearance during the nation’s Republic Day Parade flypast over New Delhi on January 26, ahead of the type’s upcoming retirement later this year
Inside rare French Rafale C Baltic Air-Policing deployment
As the Rafale Cs of French Air and Space Force take on Baltic Air-Policing duties, Babak Taghvaee examines how they are protecting NATO territory
US Navy pilot carrier ops training: behind the scenes
Patrick Roegies and Jurgen van Toor were onboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) to discover what it takes for US Navy pilots to gain their vital carrier qualifications
Commercial
The Ultimate Virgin A330neo quiz!
This week marked the inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic's first Airbus A330neo. To celebrate the occasion, we've a special edition of our commercial aviation quiz to put your knowledge of the brand-new jet to the test. Good luck!
Why Melbourne Airport is feeling optimistic...
Chris Frame travels to Melbourne to learn how the Victoria gateway is rising to the challenges of a resurgent travel market.
A sit down with Widerøe chief executive, Stein Nilsen
After joining the E2 flight deck team, Andreas Spaeth heads down to Oslo to learn more about Widerøe with Stein Nilsen, the airline’s chief executive.
Flight Simulation
iniBuild's Airbus A 300-600 Tutorial - Part 3
In this article, we complete the FMC work by adding our route and sorting out the V-speeds.
War Thunder Major Update - Enter the Danger Zone
The F-14A in War Thunder, developed in parallel with the new Top Gun film, is the first 4th generation fighter in-game and offers significant offensive capability.
