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Historic

Flight Line

Recollections and reflections — a seasoned reporter’s view...

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PIRATES of the AEGEAN

The Martin Baltimore is one of World War Two’s forgotten aircraft,...

Another Spitfire for Duxford

Spitfire IXT PT462/G-CTIX leaving Duxford after one of its previous...

NORWEGIAN STORCH FLIES AGAIN

Tor Nørstegård airborne in Storch LN-WNS near Kjeller on 7...

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Life in the ‘V-Force’

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Indonesian confrontation, ‘Western Rangers’ and new tactics — 1962-63 was quite a time to join No XV Squadron on the Victor B1A. In the first of two features this month on life in the ‘V-Force’, one of the RAF’s most experienced navigators recalls his first tour

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Looking Ahead: KAI KF-X

Key.Aero details South Korea's indigenously-developed KF-X – a multi-role stealth fighter that will enter operational service with the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) by the end of the decade.

B-1B Lancers return to Guam

Four Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic-capable strategic bombers deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, on September 10 as part of the USAF’s Bomber Task Force operations.

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 8

Welcome to the eighth Monday Military Aviation Quiz! How well do you know your modern military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills on our quiz here!

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Show of force?

Babak Taghvaee reports on a Russian Naval exercise in the Eastern...

Su-25 tender

Krassimir Grozev and Alexander Mladenov detail Bulgaria’s tender...

Israel tests Rampage missile

Israel successfully flight-tested an air-launched ballistic missile...

Mi-26T2V maiden flight

On August 19, 2018, Russian Helicopters announced that Rosvertol...

IN BRIEF

EgyptAir Cargo receives first converted A330 freighter EgyptAir...

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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."

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