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Historic
Newark Air Museum starts Gannet restoration
Ex-849 Naval Air Squadron airborne early warning platform to undergo work at Nottinghamshire museum
Huge warbird collection to reopen
Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum to welcome public again after three-year gap
How does the RAF train its modern-day Lancaster pilots?
Take a deep dive into the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s syllabus for converting current RAF aviators onto the classic Avro bomber
New home being created for Binbrook Lightning
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR724, the last complete example extant at Binbrook in Lincolnshire, has a new home
Military
Making the Eurofighter Typhoon of today fit for tomorrow
Celebrating 20 years in service, the Eurofighter Typhoon has outstanding performance as well as a wide range of weapons it can call upon and increasingly offers useful sensor capabilities. In the June 2023 issue of AIR International, Jon Lake explains why some believe the Typhoon’s best years are still to come...
USAF seeks to fly unmanned aircraft from RAF Fairford from 2024
In late July, British media channels reported that the USAF had applied to the UK’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, to change its airspace rules in order to allow RQ-4B Global Hawk HALE UAVs and MQ-9A Reaper MALE UCAVs to fly from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
USAF plots U-2S Dragon Lady retirement for 2026
The USAF has confirmed that it plans to retire its fleet of U-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude surveillance aircraft in 2026, after the air arm’s FY24 budget documents noted that expectations were for “protective [National Defense Authorization Act] language to be waived… allowing the USAF to move forward with U-2 divestment in FY26”
Commercial
How Oslo Airport's impressive autonomous snow removal tech works
A fleet of enormous unmanned machines is revolutionising how Oslo Airport clears snow from its runways, as Matteo Legnani reports from a wintry Norway
UK planespotting highlights: December 2022
We present a selection of images of visiting aircraft from airports around the UK. For the most part, they’re commercial jets, but almost all of them are unusual types, wearing new or unique liveries, or first visits by an airline or airliner to a particular airport.
The Ultimate Commercial Aviation Quiz of 2022 (Part Two)
It’s been a remarkable year for the aviation industry, with highs, lows and no shortage of drama. To reflect on an incredible 12 months, Key Aero presents the second of a special four-part quiz designed to test your knowledge of the big stories that have shaped the sector.
Airbus A380: down but not out?
In our monthly check-in with the Cirium team, we examine the ups and downs of the Airbus A380 programme
The huge hurdle that could delay Airbus making a hydrogen airliner
Airbus has provided an important progress check in its ambitious bid to develop hydrogen-powered aircraft, as Richard Schuurman reports from Toulouse
Flight Simulation
Flight Adventure: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
In this flight adventure, we take a closer look at what became the primary maritime air superiority fighter of the United States Navy for over 30 years, the versatile and powerful Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
Orbx’s Memphis International Airport review
In this review, we travel to Memphis, the home of rhythm & blues and the birthplace of rock 'n' roll.