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Restored Beech 18 arrives in Europe

Taigh Ramey of Vintage Aircraft in Stockton, California, has...

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LAST MAN STANDING

WE REFLECT ON THE HISTORY OF WES STRICKER’S UNIQUE SEAFIRE...

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Ready to Fight

Andy Thomas charts 404 Squadron’s war and its transition from...

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Viking being refurbished aboard ‘Midway’

Staff at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego have begun restoring...

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Australian Invader to be rebuilt at new home

Douglas B-26C Invader 44-35898 is being taken apart at Brisbane....

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Aircraft Report: RAH-66 Comanche

Designed for pure stealth, Boeing-Sikorsky’s RAH-66 Comanche was one of the most exciting developments at the turn of the millennium, but the programme’s soaring costs meant it was not to be.

Russia orders two Mi-38s for VIP role

Russian Helicopters announced on August 26 at the International Military-Technical Forum, held near Moscow, that the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence (MOD) has ordered two VIP Kazan Helicopters Mi-38 rotorcraft.

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Combat Aircraft Journal October 2020

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Commercial

Philippine SABIR system

The US Ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Y Kim formally revealed...

Multirole Typhoon

Riccardo Niccoli describes Luftwaffe plans for its Eurofighter...

Victoria to conduct night firefighting

Night time trials during the last Australian wild fire season...

Reaching new heights

A NEW all-time altitude record for an unpowered aircraft was...

Boeing awarded MQ-25 Stingray contract

MQ-25 deck handling demonstration at Boeing’s St Louis facility...

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