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Historic

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Nuclear B-52s: Doomsday bombers

The B-52 was designed to deliver nuclear strikes and still stands prepared to carry out that mission today and into the future. Tom Kaminski outlines the venerable bomber’s history, its changing weapons and some notable incidents from 65 years of nuclear readiness.

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RAF Fairford: An illustrious history

RAF Fairford may be synonymous with the Royal International Air Tattoo...

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A Dove reincarnated

First flown in 1945, the classic DH Dove is still flying in limited numbers...

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Bandeirante: Embraer’s first aircraft

The Bandeirante helped establish Embraer as a leading aircraft manufacturer...

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The Pan Am Experience: Stepping back in time

Frank B Mormillo travels back to a more stylish era of air travel...

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Military

First six Greek Rafales delivered

Delivery of the first six Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Dassault Rafales to Greece was completed on January 19

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Beginning of the end for UK’s C-130J fleet?

The beginning of the end of the UK Royal Air Force’s C-130J tactical transport aircraft looks to be drawing near with the arrival of one of the fleet into Cambridge Airport recently

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French Army Aviation: Transitioning to a network-centric force

France's army aviation force – the Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre (ALAT) - is in the middle of a transition into a network-centric battle force capable of conducting digitally-aided, high-intensity combat operations in a wide variety of environments. We investigate...

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Commercial

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Keeping Watch at San Francisco

New public observation decks are the cherries on top of a major...

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Spanish Night Owl

Vitoria Airport comes alive when the sun goes down. Sebastian...

Rocket drop

Mark Broadbent reports on a significant milestone for Virgin...

Testing times 75 years of ARDU

Nigel Pittaway provides an overview of Australia’s Aircraft...

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Menzies Scoops Air China Deal

GLOBAL AVIATION logistics specialist, Menzies Aviation has won...

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Flight Simulation

SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 for X-Plane

JRollon Planes has announced the release of SIAI-Marchetti SF-260...

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Drzewiecki Design’s Seattle City XP

ADD-ON FOR X-PLANE 11 X-Plane 11’s default city now available...

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Norway Flight Adventure

Peter Stark explores the Piper PA-31 Navajo.

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Abingdon Air & Country Show

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Abingdon, United Kingdom

Air and country show

Fairchild AFB SkyFest 2024

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Fairchild AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

Duxford Flying Days: The Americans

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

The event webpage states: "A tale of two countries bound by duty, find out about the special relationship between America and Britain. Enjoy a few surprises in the sky and a great day out on the ground at Flying Days: The Americans. Regarding the IWM Duxford Flying Days it says: "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."

International Ayr Show – Festival of Flight

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Ayr, United Kingdom

Airshow

MCAS Cherry Point Air Show

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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, United States

US Marine Corps airshow

Sywell 2024

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Northampton, United Kingdom

The event website states: "Sywell 2024 will be a quite remarkable airshow combined with ground attractions including classic cars and much more. Showcasing multiple classic aircraft from across Europe alongside modern jets, the flying line-up will include formation and unique display acts, some of which will be UK firsts. Added to that will be a host of special photographic opportunities for the enthusiasts, stalls, children's fun fair and many more things to do."