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Historic

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California’s Peacemaker being refurbished

Castle Air Museum’s Convair RB-36H Peacemaker 51-13730. TONY...

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Capital Collection Reborn

The RAF Museum London has unveiled new exhibits after completing...

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By Royal Appointment

Emerging from the paint shop in 1960 wearing a spectacular red...

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A War Chariot Called Emil

‘Jochen’ Schypek took the superlative Messerschmitt Bf 109E...

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Qantas Super Constellation is ‘externally complete’

The Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation ‘Southern...

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Military

First two Danish F-35As arrive at Luke AFB

Pilots belonging to the Royal Danish Air Force have delivered the first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters to Luke AFB, Arizona

RAF Typhoons return to Romania for air policing mission

Four RAF-operated Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, have arrived in Romania to support NATO’s ongoing enhanced Air Policing (eAP) mission

Fire Scout crashes into the USS Charleston

A US Navy-operated Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout has crashed into the side of the Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS-18), while the vessel was transiting through the Western Pacific to Guam on April 26

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Commercial

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Typhoon Back ‘Home’ at Hendon

PRESERVATION Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib MN235 has returned to...

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B-52 STRATOFORTRESS: OLD DOG, NEW ENGINES?

Having entered service in 1961, consideration has been given...

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Production H160 Flies

CIVIL NEWS The first production H160 bears the signatures...

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Boeing Delivers 787th 787 Dreamliner

CIVIL NEWS Boeing has delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner...

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Fleet Changes at Boscombe Down

MILITARY NEWS The Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS)...

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Flight Simulation

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Upcoming Events

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Duxford Flying Day: 19 Squadron

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "Uncover the story of the legendary 19 Squadron, the fighter pilots who made Spitfire history at Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain at Flying Days: 19 Squadron. Enjoy a special themed display, providing an afternoon of over an hour of scheduled flying, on top of your great day out at IWM Duxford."

Light Aircraft Association Rally

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

Dover AFB - First State Airshow

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Dover AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

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Fairford, United Kingdom

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."

Offutt AFB - Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

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Bellevue, United States

US Air Force airshow