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’Parky’ makes his last flight with the BBMF

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Flt Lt Antony ‘Parky’...

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Wartime Harvard being returned to flight

Matthew Boddington runs the engine of Harvard G-CPPM at Bruntingthorpe...

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Luck be a Lady

Steve Grivno concludes the story of the exploits of Crew 10 and...

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Setting the pace

Andy Hay artwork of a race-winning Harrier jump jet Harrier...

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YORKSHIRE’S ROSE

Our 2018 calendar has been published with the support of the...

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Military

Celebrating the Galaxy: Part Two

In the second of a two part interview, Key.Aero speaks with Col Brian Trumble, the commander of the 22nd AS 'Mulies', about the capabilities and the future of the USAF's C-5 Galaxy force, 50 years after the platform first entered operational service.

USAF deploys six B-52s to RAF Fairford

Six US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bombers – belonging to the 5th Bomb Wing (BW) at Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota – deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, on August 22.

USAF bases cover more area than Scotland and Wales combined

Eglin AFB in Florida alone is bigger than Greater London: these are the incredible stats that illustrate the military aviation might of America

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Commercial

Netherlands signs for Reapers

The Koninklijke Luchtmacht MQ-9 Block 5s will have the same strengthened...

China’s J-15 replacement?

CHINA IN EARLY July a report in the Southern China Morning...

FireHerc

A new civil-certified fire-fighting variant of the C-130J is...

Are there enough pilots?

IT IS easy to be swept along by the numbers of commercial aircraft...

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ARC’s Lysander Makes First Flight

HEADLINES ARC’s magnificent Lysander, which has reflown...

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MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow