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Historic
The 'Lanc' effect
Despite the hopes of the bomber advocates and the fears of many others, the start of World War Two did not see one or two knock-out blows by bomber aircraft pulverising key elements of any combatant nation. No cities were flattened, and even into the May 1940 German advance bombing attacks were crucial only when combined with the threat or use of ground forces.
THE AEROPLANE News from March 1940
Ben Dunnell looks back 80 years to see how The Aeroplane covered momentous events of 1940...
Military
Behind-the-scenes with Dutch F-16s at Exercise Gioia Falcon 21
For two weeks in November, Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AMs deployed to Gioia del Colle Air Base in southern Italy to train with the Italian Air Force. We went behind-the-scenes to catch some of the action
E-4B Nightwatch: Inside America's 'Doomsday' Plane
Chris Croot takes a look into the somewhat secretive world of the USAF's ‘doomsday plane’, the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch
Commercial
SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION TEAM
The US Navy has decided that the SUPER HORNET TACTICAL DEMONSTRATION...
Planes, Names and Noses: KC-135s of the 100th ARW
The link between the wartime 100th Bomb Group and its current successor, the 100th Air Refueling Wing has been reinforced by the adoption of wartime nose art. Bob Archer describes how the current KC-135 tankers pay tribute to the B-17s of the ‘Bloody Hundredth.’
US Starts to Remove Turkey from F-35 Programme
In response to Ankara’s decision to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air...
Qantas Boeing 747 Special Farewell Flights
After almost 50 years of being an integral part of the Qantas...
Flight Simulation
King Air Flight Adventure
Peter Stark demonstrates the versatility of B200 King Air as he flies it across several routes in the North Atlantic.
DCS Flight Planning
CombatFlite is a new utility that makes mission planning in DCS faster and easier. You can plan the entire mission, either single or multi player, and it export it to DCS.