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Historic

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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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Warning Star saved for display in California

The convoy prepares to depart Helena carrying the fuselage and...

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Dunkirk Hurricane Rebuilt and Back in the Air

Darren Harbar relates Hurricane P2902's extraordinary tale - and captures it in flight

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Harrier Genesis

Tony Buttler describes how a private-venture research airframe...

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The Last Operators of the F-4 Phantom

The sun is setting on the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II as operator numbers continue to decrease. Key.Aero takes a look at which nations still operate this military aviation icon

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USMC F-35Bs arrive at RAF Marham

Ten USMC-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs from VMFA-211 ‘Wake Island Avengers’ arrived at RAF Marham in Norfolk, UK, on September 3.

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Sweden offers Gripen C/D to Croatia

Representatives from the Swedish government formally offered 12 new Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D multi-role fighters to Croatia on September 9.

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Commercial

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Static test 777X rolls out

At 251ft 9in (76.7m), the 777-9 will be the longest widebody...

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Show of force?

Babak Taghvaee reports on a Russian Naval exercise in the Eastern...

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Su-25 tender

Krassimir Grozev and Alexander Mladenov detail Bulgaria’s tender...

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Israel tests Rampage missile

Israel successfully flight-tested an air-launched ballistic missile...

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Mi-26T2V maiden flight

On August 19, 2018, Russian Helicopters announced that Rosvertol...

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