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Military
End of the King!
The HC-130P/N Combat King has served with the US Air Force as a key component of its combat search and rescue capability. Now, the last Combat King squadron has sent its weary warriors to retirement in the boneyard.
IAI set to produce new wings for USAF T-38s
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to produce wings for the Northrop T-38C Talon.
Singaporean Super Eagles!
The Boeing F-15SG has quickly risen to become the primary air superiority platform of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). Combat Aircraft Journal studies the F-15SG fleet as it marks its first decade of service.
Modernised Tu-160M makes first flight
Tupolev – part of the United Aircraft Corporation – has announced the successful first test flight of the Tupolev Tu-160M – a modernised variant of its supersonic, variable-geometry strategic bomber family.
Growler goes autonomous
Boeing and the US Navy have successfully flown a pair of EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft autonomously.
Commercial
EASA reveals 737 MAX approval timeline
A week after the FAA un-grounded the embattled jet, EASA laid out its approach to getting the 737 MAX back into service
Alaska Airlines exchanges A320s for 737 MAXs
The Seattle-based carrier becomes the first to add more MAXs to its fleet following the FAA’s un-grounding last week
Inside the world’s most mysterious hijacking
It’s been 48 years since a man commandeered a Boeing 727 only to jump out of it mid-flight after his ransom demands were met… and he still hasn’t been identified. Key.Aero recounts the puzzling events of Thanksgiving, 1971
Historic
The Vulcan and the V-Force
Vulcan to the Sky Trust’s Chief Engineer, Taff Stone, talks about XH558 and its role in Britain’s Cold War-era nuclear deterrent
OBITUARY: PRINCE PHILIP
Key.Aero pays tribute to the life, influence and military career of the Duke of Edinburgh
FlyPast Podcast Episode 16
In Episode 16 of the FlyPast Podcast, we chat to Jon Higgins and David Petters from the Vintage Pair Display Team about Chipmunks, legendary Spitfire pilot Charlie Brown, and getting back in the air after lockdown...
Flight Simulation
Flight Sim Labs A320-X
The A320 is an incredibly complex aircraft and to try to replicate that inside FSX is insanely difficult. Working backwards to produce a flyable aircraft is rather like herding cats – potentially fantastic, but probably a bit fruitless. Flight Sim Labs however like fruitless. The question is, how good is its A320?
Worldflight 2016
Team Jet Sim took on a challenge to virtually circumnavigate the globe in a full-sized Boeing 737-800 simulator in seven days
