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MEN ON A MISSION

Today the Mission Aviation Fellowship is a sizeable operation:...

‘Experimental shop’ opens at Solent Sky

The fuselage of Swift F7 XF114, now on show at Solent Sky. CHRISTOPHER...

Dutch PBY heading Stateside

Combat veteran PBY-5A Catalina PH-PBY flying near its Lelystad...

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SLICES OF ACTION

Thirty years on from ITV’s Piece of Cake series, the flying...

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

The three new Saro boats spawned a large variety of derivations...

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Military

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USAF seeks to arm C-17s, C-130s through Rapid Dragon programme

The USAF is moving to quickly arm its cargo aircraft with long-range cruise missiles. The motivation is fairly clear: in a war with China, the air arm will need all the firepower it can get

Insitu awarded Blackjack and ScanEagle contract

Insitu has received an order for RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems for the US Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers

US Army orders more AH-64Es from Boeing

The US Army Contracting Command has contracted Boeing to remanufacture an additional 12 AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters into the AH-64E Apache Guardian configuration

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Commercial

Airbus axes the A380

Airbus has announced it will end A380 production in 2021. S...

Lion City Lightnings

Chen Chuanren reviews Singapore’s decision to buy F-35 Lightning...

Nigeria receives another Alpha Jet

Alpha Jet A NAF452 was built in Germany and delivered to Nigeria...

Schweizer Luftwaffe Cougar upgrade

RUAG will upgrade eight Schweizer Luftwaffe AS532UL helicopters...

ETOPS approvals

The Airbus A330-900 is now cleared for operations beyond 180...

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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