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By Ala Warnes 4th February 2024

… The RAF’s fighter force – the tip of the force’s spear, or Combat Air … in store, such as getting the most out of the RAF’s elite fighter force of Typhoons and F-35B Lightnings.  With the … were scrambled several times to intercept Russian military aircraft that were flying through international air space off …

By DR KEVIN WRIGHT 29th April 2024

… Early August 1986 saw a gathering of more than 70 aircraft from eight NATO countries at RAF Waddington for Tactical Fighter Meet (TFM) ‘86. Dr Kevin Wright talks to a former … 36th TFW at Bitburg, West Germany. Ian Glanville Tactical Fighter Meet ‘86 featured a wide variety of participants from …

By P R R 31st January 2024

… of a conflict from The Aeroplane’s June 7 issue … Although aircraft development had proceeded at an extraordinary pace … had several unusual features and was planned to test the Fighter Command defence system more vigorously than the … be available for the concentrated types of raids that Fighter Command require for complete simulation of an attack …

By Cem Dogut 27th February 2024

… Turkey’s first domestically developed manned combat aircraft – which is now dubbed the Kaan (formerly known as … prototype when the domestically produced fifth-generation fighter took off from Akinci for its maiden flight on February 21. The new fighter was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force (TuAF) …

By Steve Beebee 9th January 2024

… illustrating the schemes sometimes used to camouflage aircraft flying sunrise or sunset sorties. They’re set to be … of an exciting return to flight project. Also on show is Fighter Aviation Engineering’s Lockheed 12A Electra Junior G-AFTL and the Aircraft Restoration Company’s Westland Lysander Mk.IIIa …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 1st December 2023

… In his second article outlining Fighter Command’s offensive, Graham Pitchfork reviews the … ‘lessons learned’ during 1942 owards the end of 1941, Fighter Command’s offensive began to be scaled down having … States’ entry into the war aggravated this problem of aircraft shortages as the supply of fighters to the RAF …

By BARRY WHEELER 2nd August 2023

… part in the progressive development of Britain’s greatest fighter. By the end of 1939, the RAF had successfully flown … the faith put in them by the Air Staff.  However, fighter operations over France with the Hurricane Mk.I had … although given the right circumstances the British aircraft could gain the advantage in manoeuvrability.  During …

By Aviation News 20th December 2023

… offering experience flights in all manner of historic aircraft have sprung up to offer the opportunity to get behind the control columns of aircraft once reserved for a fortunate few. Aviation News … its base at Biggin Hill – one of the most important RAF fighter stations in the Battle of Britain – but also from …

By DR KEVIN WRIGHT 1st February 2024

… Arguably the most controversial aircraft in British history, the TSR2 still has the power to … long before dark clouds gathered over the TSR2 programme. Aircraft XR222 was stored for years at what is now Cranfield … service as the Lightning, would be Britain’s last manned fighter aircraft. He insisted that piloted aircraft would be …

By Khalem Chapman 20th February 2024

… drones since December 2023, becoming the first American fighter ace since the end of the Vietnam War. While formally … Navy’s Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69) . Bataan … maintaining regional stability, especially with a legacy fighter aircraft which will only remain in operational …

By JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CARBONEL 28th August 2023

… the feasibility of putting a load into orbit using an aircraft-type vehicle employing the then-current technology. … the joint development of an Anglo-French Variable-Geometry fighter. The British Aircraft Corporation and Dassault would … group now well constituted, any hope of selling a large fighter to the Federal Republic was nil. Dassault had …

By Vladimir Trendafilovski 9th January 2024

… MiG-21bisD fighters and two dual-seat MiG-21UMD ‘Mongol-B’ fighter-trainers. The first of these were expected to be … are scheduled to arrive in May. This initial batch of aircraft may be delivered as early as April, with the … Rafale C (151) – on December 16, just two days after the fighter was seen flying in full CroAF markings at …

By Jim Winchester 10th November 2023

… was pressurisation, which first appeared on an American aircraft with Lockheed’s XC-35 in 1937.  Boeing’s 307 was the … they tracked North Vietnamese aircraft and controlled USAF fighter intercepts.  In October 1967 the first aerial victory was scored by a fighter directed by an airborne controller, operating in a …

By Jon Lake 10th October 2023

… other high-ranking political and military personnel. The aircraft (170) was painted in full Croatian markings, … They will serve with 191 Eskadrila Lovačkih Aviona (191 Fighter Squadron) ‘Knights’ at Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport … 2050s. Croatia officially announced the winner of its fighter aircraft procurement programme on May 28, 2021, and …

By Joris van Boven and Alex van Noye 25th December 2023

… – the first of the US Navy’s new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers – set sail on its maiden cruise in May this … a quartet of Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet-equipped strike fighter squadrons - VFA-31 ‘Tomcatters’, VFA-37 ‘Ragin … be identified by its VFA prefix which stands for ‘Vessel, Fighter, Attack’. The first three of these units all fly the …