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Historic
The ‘Dambusters’ on VE-Day
A peek inside the operations record book for the RAF's No617 Squadron on 8th May 1945...
Celebrating the Spitfire
The Spitfire is synonymous with World War 2. Here's a brief video about its incredible history.
VE Day: The Road to Victory
Our experts discuss the key turning points of World War II, and pay tribute to its heroes
The RAF in Asia: To war with a vengeance
Former air gunner Bob Harvey spent much of the war in the back seat of a Vultee Vengeance...
Glory Days: Winged Springboks
Andrew Thomas presents fascinating images of South African Air Force aircraft...
Military
KC-46A Pegasus receives more approvals
The KC-46A Pegasus reached its fourth Interim Capability Release (ICR) following approval from Gen Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command on December 6, marking the latest milestone in the US Air Force's ongoing tanker programme
The Air Warrior Podcast Episode 27
Coming up in Episode 27 of The Air Warrior Podcast, Modern Military Group Editor-at-Large Alan Warnes is in Spain to discuss the country’s Typhoon upgrade and acquisition plans, while other news sees updates on key Airbus programmes such as the Eurodrone and A400M transporter.
RAF C-17 takes part in exercise Clockwork for the first time
RAF Air Mobility Force (AMF) assets from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, have started deploying personnel from all three UK MOD services to Northern Norway for an annual cold weather training exercise
Commercial
The inside story of easyJet’s European expansion
After successfully launching flights linking Luton with Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1995, easyJet quickly began its expansion into Europe the following year. Tony Anderson, the firm’s first marketing director, reveals how it went about doing this
You’ll never guess the simple mistake that caused underpowered TUI 737 take-off
A case of ‘Miss' identification which caused a ‘serious incident’ at Birmingham Airport last year
What easyJet’s founder Stelios was really like to work for
The Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur is almost as famous as the low-cost airline brand he created. Tony Anderson, the firm’s third employee, tells Key.Aero what he was like as a boss…
Flight Simulation
Just Flight Hawk T1/A Advanced Trainer for X-Plane 11
We have received news that Just Flight’s superbly detailed Hawk T1/A Advanced Trainer, developed in partnership with Thranda Design has been released.
