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Military
US Navy Blue Angels receives first Super Hornet test jet
Boeing has handed over its first F/A-18E Super Hornet test aircraft to the US Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.
French Army brings forward H160M delivery date
The Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre (ALAT, French Army Air Corps) has announced that deliveries of its first Airbus Helicopters H160M Guépard (Cheetah) helicopters will take place in 2026, two years earlier than planned.
48th Fighter Wing F-15C crashes in the North Sea
A Boeing F-15C Eagle – assigned to the US Air Forces Europe’s (USAFE’s) 48th Fighter Wing (FW) at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk – has crashed into the North Sea.
IAI inks deal for special mission aircraft with European customer
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a US$350m special mission aircraft-related contract with an unnamed major European nation.
First KC-130J for VMGR-452
Lockheed Martin has handed over its first KC-130J Super Hercules multi-role tanker/transport to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) ‘Yankees' – a US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) unit.
Commercial
The tech that can turn any 737 into an oil spill response aircraft
Within three hours, the popular narrowbody can be transformed from its day-to-day role of carrying cargo. Key.Aero speaks with the company behind this revolutionary kit to find out how it works
Which airline claims to have vaccinated its entire on-board crew?
As the world continues the rapid roll-out, one airline says it has already completed its programme to inoculate its flying crew
Historic
BREAKING NEWS: RAF COSFORD AIR SHOW 2021
The RAF Cosford Air Show team have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 guidance and, after much consideration, have taken the very difficult decision not to hold an Air Show event over the weekend of the 11th and 12th September 2021
Inside Dassault’s Fighter Factory in 1962
A snapshot of Dassault’s fighter production lines and details of a supersonic VTOL Mirage from the pages of The Aeroplane and Astronautics issue of February 8, 1962
Flight Simulation
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover BLITZ
An interview with Team Fusion (Part 1) TEAM FUSION Visually,...
KEGE Eagle County for Aerofly FS 2
A classic Orbx destination developed by Jarrad Marshall, Eagle...
