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Historic

Meteor returns to Defford

The freshly restored nose of Meteor NF11 WD686 being unloaded...

Lelystad C-54 gets historic scheme

Now wearing the colours of PH-TAR Rotterdam, C-54A Skymaster...

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ARMISTICE 100 LAST DAYS

Even in the final days of World War One on the Western Front,...

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How the UK scrambled to stand up Sea King AEW fleet after HMS Sheffield attack

The deadly Exocet attack on HMS Sheffield brought home the need to rapidly regenerate airborne early warning in the Royal Navy, which had disappeared with the Fairey Gannet. As the service’s last Westland Sea Kings are retired, we recall Project LAST — the programme that brought the helicopter into operation in this role

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AIR GUNNERY UNIVERSITY

Ben Dunnell explores The Aeroplane’s outstanding archives to...

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Military

Italian MQ-9A fleet to receive mid-life update

The Italian Air Force has partnered with the US government and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to provide a mid-life update for its fleet of MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft and associated ground control stations

USAF releases report into C-130H3 accident in Iraq

An executive summary of the US Air Force Accident Investigation Board report into the accident involving a C-130H3 Hercules at Al Taji Army Airfield, Iraq, on June 8, 2020, has been released by Air Mobility Command

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US Army's 1st CAB returns to Europe

The US Army's 1st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) is on its second deployment to Europe for Operation Atlantic Resolve. We report on the arrival of more than 80 helicopters to the continent

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Commercial

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Milestones for Embraer

Embraer’s strategic partnership with Boeing has been formally...

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Final USN Frontline Hornets Stood Down

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 ‘Blue Blasters’held a sundown...

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Fishburn Sea Vampire on Display

De Havilland Sea Vampire T.22, XG743, has been put on display...

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Fokker 50 – Building on Success

Part of a bold plan to reinvigorate the Dutch m anufacturer’s...

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Bombardier Launches New CRJ

Bombardier hopes its CRJ550 will generate orders from airlines...

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Flight Simulation

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Helitech Expo

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London, United Kingdom

Helicopter trade show.

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...
[and] brings together icons of the aviation and the motor vehicle industry for a dramatic day of full action both on our grass runway and the Bedfordshire skies."