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AR501’S POST-SERVICE DAYS

SPITFIRE AR501 The surplus Spitfire in use with the Loughborough...

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DATABASE: AD FLYING BOATS

14IN-DEPTH PAG E S AD Boat N1523 was assessed at the Isle...

RAF 100 displays completed at Hendon

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Sycamore visits Weston — with a Belvedere to follow

Siegfried Schwarz brings Sycamore Mk52 OE-XSY, which is painted...

Flight Line

DENIS J. CALVERT One of the results of a memorable sortie...

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Military

NATO receives fourth A330 MRTT

A fourth Airbus A330-243 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has joined the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF)

Joint British-Qatari Hawk squadron to be based at RAF Leeming

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air forces

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 37

Welcome to the 37th Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills here!

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Commercial

Italy: first in line

General Alberto Rosso, the head of Italy’s Aeronautica Militare...

No Rafale fighters for Canada

Dassault Aviation has withdrawn from Canada’s competition to...

Tunisia receives last of eight Black Hawks

A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter destined for Tunisia being unloaded...

Captive carry for LauncherOne

The 70ft-long (21m) LauncherOne rocket, weighing 57,000lb (25,854kg)...

Fifty years of Royal Australian Air Force Orions

The three-ship AP-3C formation over Adelaide on November 30,...

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Upcoming Events

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

Hollomon Airshow 2024 Legacy of Liberty

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Holloman 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."

NAS Jacksonville - NAS Jax Air Show

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Jacksonville, United States

US Navy airshow