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Viking being refurbished aboard ‘Midway’

Staff at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego have begun restoring...

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Australian Invader to be rebuilt at new home

Douglas B-26C Invader 44-35898 is being taken apart at Brisbane....

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Warning Star saved for display in California

The convoy prepares to depart Helena carrying the fuselage and...

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Dunkirk Hurricane Rebuilt and Back in the Air

Darren Harbar relates Hurricane P2902's extraordinary tale - and captures it in flight

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Harrier Genesis

Tony Buttler describes how a private-venture research airframe...

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YF-23 Black Widow II: Diamonds Aren't Forever

The story behind how Northrop's YF-23 Black Widow II lost a near-decade-long 'race' with the Lockheed's YF-22 to win the Advanced Tactical Fighter programme.

Saab unveils new decoy missile for Gripen E

Saab unveiled new electronic warfare (EW) capabilities for the Gripen E at the Kauhava Airshow in Finland on August 28, which it will offer in its Finnish Air Force HX Fighter programme bid.

First modernised Tu-95MSM Bear takes flight

Russia’s first deeply modernised Tupolev Tu-95MSM prototype flew for the first time from the Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex (GM Beriev) in the country’s Rostov Oblast region on August 22.

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Reprieve for KLM 747s

CIVIL NEWS It’s likely that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will...

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Singapore Receives its First A330 MRTT

MILITARY NEWS Singapore’s initial A330 MRTT, serial number...

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Alpha Jets Undergoing USAF Evaluation

Alpha Jet N572AJ above the Mojave Desert during a sortie in support...

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‘Red Baron’ Triplane Replica Airborne

PRESERVATION Norfolk-based Dr Peter Brueggemann has flown his...

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REGISTER REVIEW

The latest changes on the UK, Irish, Isle of Man, Guernsey and...

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