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Boeing 757

This week on Key.Aero we’re celebrating the venerable Boeing 757 as it marks its 40th year of commercial service. In a series of special features, we highlight some of the type’s more unusual roles and explore what has made it such a capable and hard to replace airliner.

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Military

Exercises Frisian Flag, Cold Response cancelled due to COVID-19

The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has cancelled Exercise Frisian Flag – which was due to be hosted at Leeuwarden Air Base from March 23 to April 3 – in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Mildenhall Latest

Since Aviation News last reported on plans for RAF Mildenhall on February 14, the previously announced closure programme has been paused.

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High-End in Hawaii

Combat Aircraft Journal heads to Hawaii to witness Exercise ‘Sentry Aloha’ as the resident Raptors go up against visiting fighters for valuable dissimilar training.

First Alaskan F-35A takes flight

The first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II destined to operate from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, has flown for the first time.

WESCAM MX-20 successfully integrated onto MQ-9

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies have successfully integrated the WESCAM MX-20 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) system onto an MQ-9 unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV).

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Commercial

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The Brandenburg wait

Berlin’s brand new, multi-billion-euro Brandenburg airport is finally handling flights, but seemingly endless setbacks threatened the entire plan. Chris Croot examines the complex story of a project that ran nearly a decade late and €5bn over budget

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No time Toulouse: The rapid rise of Airbus

Half a century since the Airbus consortium was founded in December...

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SET UP TO FAIL?

In its initial guise, the Trident was a world beater set to steal Boeing’s thunder and rob the US manufacturer of 727 sales. Sent back to the drawing board by British European Airways, the world’s first trijet airliner was deprived of performance and passengers making it a financial flop. Stephen Skinner details its development and early variants in the first of two instalments

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Historic

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Spitfire’s maiden flight from Sywell

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH415 made its first postrestoration flight on April 8...

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The story behind Operation Banquet

Steven Taylor details the RAF’s desperate defence plan in 1940 that would have thrown vulnerable training aircraft into frontline action...

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Hero at Herne Bay

I greatly enjoyed Ken Ellis’s report on airfields of the north...

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Flight Simulation

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DCS: Spitfire LF Mk IX

Learning to fly the DCS: Spitfire LF Mk IX. Set-up,...

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Miami Intl Airport

Gateway to the Caribbean

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DCS: AJS-37 Viggen

Leatherneck Simulations raises the bar DCS: AJS-37 VIGGEN...

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