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’Parky’ makes his last flight with the BBMF

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Flt Lt Antony ‘Parky’...

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Wartime Harvard being returned to flight

Matthew Boddington runs the engine of Harvard G-CPPM at Bruntingthorpe...

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Luck be a Lady

Steve Grivno concludes the story of the exploits of Crew 10 and...

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Setting the pace

Andy Hay artwork of a race-winning Harrier jump jet Harrier...

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YORKSHIRE’S ROSE

Our 2018 calendar has been published with the support of the...

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Military

UK funds next-gen AESA radar for RAF Typhoons

On September 3, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had awarded BAE Systems and Leonardo a £317m contract to develop a next-generation radar for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

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The Last Operators of the F-4 Phantom

The sun is setting on the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II as operator numbers continue to decrease. Key.Aero takes a look at which nations still operate this military aviation icon

USMC F-35Bs arrive at RAF Marham

Ten USMC-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs from VMFA-211 ‘Wake Island Avengers’ arrived at RAF Marham in Norfolk, UK, on September 3.

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Commercial

Stratolaunch plans

Stratolaunch, which will be the world’s largest aircraft, will...

Electronic countermeasures upgrade

The US Air Force issued a request for information (RFI) on August...

Adversary training proposal

The US Air Force issued a request for proposals (RFP) for its...

RAF Chinooks fully operational in Mali

The three Chinook HC5 helicopters deployed by the Royal Air Force...

All Nippon A380 rolls out

Airbus A380 JA381 (msn 262) rolls out from the Toulouse inal...

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ILA Berlin

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Schönefeld, Germany

The event website states: "ILA Berlin features the entire value chain and every tier of the aerospace industry, from Aviation, Space and Defence & Support, to Advanced Air Mobility and the Supplier sector."

19 Wing Comox Air Show

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Comox, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Duxford Summer Air Show D-Day 80

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage says: "We will pay tribute to this momentous anniversary by welcoming nine historic Dakotas – the aircraft synonymous with the D-Day landings – to the skies of Duxford for a series of dramatic flypasts over the weekend and a mass historic parachute jump over the historic airfield on Saturday 1 June."

McConnell AFB - Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow

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Wichita, United States

US Air Force airshow

Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show

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Biggleswade, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "our Race Day Air Show celebrates the passion Richard Shuttleworth had for racing, both on the ground and in the air...
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