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Historic
Shuttleworth Collection uncovered
Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, opened the doors of its engineering workshop...
Unique Hawk and Tornado arrive in Yorkshire
Jet Art Aviation (JAA) ended last year on a high with the arrival of two rare airframes...
Hawker Hurricane: The Great Monoplane Gamble
The project that became the Hurricane represented quite a risk for Hawker...
Military
New UK military ATM system operational
A new Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is up and running at RAF Shawbury, with variants of the system intended to be rolled out across more than 60 UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites
China to enhance aerial refuelling capabilities with new Y-20U tanker
We examine China's new Xi'an Y-20U tanker aircraft, which stretched its legs for the first time during a probe of Taiwan's ADIZ in late 2021, and details how the new platform will boost the PLAAF's air-to-air refueling capabilities
Norway’s F-35s officially take QRA role from the F-16
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) F-35A Lightning IIs officially took the role providing Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) from the F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon fleet after 42 years of service to NATO and Norway on January 6
Commercial
Special Tail Marks 40 Years of Dutch F-16s
The Royal Netherlands Air Force unveiled F-16AM, J-642, with...
SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION TEAM
The US Navy has decided that the SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION...
Planes, Names and Noses: KC-135s of the 100th ARW
The link between the wartime 100th Bomb Group and its current successor, the 100th Air Refueling Wing has been reinforced by the adoption of wartime nose art. Bob Archer describes how the current KC-135 tankers pay tribute to the B-17s of the ‘Bloody Hundredth.’
Flight Simulation
DCS Flight Planning
CombatFlite is a new utility that makes mission planning in DCS faster and easier. You can plan the entire mission, either single or multi player, and it export it to DCS.
