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Boeing C-40 Clipper

Pentagon considers changes to DC National Guard

18th August 2023

The US DOD is reportedly developing plans to restructure the DC National Guard. The moves are intended to address issues that were highlighted by the response to the post-election riots that occurred in Washington DC on January 6, 2021, following the Presidential election and another incident that occurred in 2020

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

March museum receives KC-10

18th August 2023

Extender tanker/transport becomes latest exhibit at California museum

Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk

USAF museum gets combat veteran Pave Hawk

18th August 2023

Combat rescue helicopter arrives at Wright-Patterson AFB for permanent display

Duxford

Firefly returns to Duxford after more than 20 years

17th August 2023

IWM’s early example of Fairey carrier fighter comes back from Fleet Air Arm Museum loan

UK aviation museums

Manston museum to host open cockpit weekend

17th August 2023

Classic British military aircraft to be available for close-up inspection on 9-10 September

Aircraft Deliveries

325th FW welcomes first USAF F-35As to Tyndall AFB

17th August 2023

The 325th Fighter Wing has formally welcomed its first four F-35As to Tyndall AFB in Florida, where some 78 examples of the fifth-generation fighter will eventually equip three projected fully combat-capable Lightning II squadrons

Lockheed P-3 Orion

Lockheed Orion heading to new museum home

16th August 2023

The Air Force Museum of New Zealand will welcome the latest addition to its collection aircraft next month – Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203

Douglas C-47

Dakota hangar opening to mark Metheringham anniversary

16th August 2023

The Lincolnshire attraction will celebrate a double anniversary with a special public event on Sunday, August 27

Aircraft Deliveries

Polish Navy welcomes delivery of first AW101 Merlin

15th August 2023

The Polish Navy welcomed the delivery of its initial AW101 Merlin multi-role maritime helicopter on August 7, just over two years after the first of four examples for Poland completed its maiden flight at Leonardo Helicopters’ facility in Yeovil, Somerset, on July 19, 2021

Aircraft Carrier

Final report into UK F-35B crash raises broader operational safety concerns

15th August 2023

Almost two years after an F-35B Lightning II assigned to the RAF’s No 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’ plunged into the Mediterranean following an aborted take-off attempt from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK MOD has released a final report of its investigation into the incident, highlighting concerns regarding safety and security aboard the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier during its first operational cruise

American Airlines

Why American Airlines chartered an Antonov An-124

15th August 2023

Last weekend American Airlines took the unusual step of chartering an Antonov An-124 to fly between New York/JFK and Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT).

iniBuilds

Teesside for Microsoft Flight Simulator

15th August 2023

Fly X Simulations has released a detailed rendition of Teesside Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

AEW&C

USAF hopes to accelerate E-7 Wedgetail procurement

15th August 2023

USAF Chief of Staff Gen Charles Q Brown Jr, RAF Chief of the Air Staff ACM Sir Richard Knighton, and his RAAF counterpart, AM Robert Chapman, have signed a “joint vision statement” committing the three air arms to cooperate in E-7A Wedgetail “capability development, evaluation and testing, interoperability, sustainment, operations, training and safety”

AerCap

MIAT Mongolian Airlines accepts maiden Boeing 787 Dreamliner

14th August 2023

State-owned flag carrier MIAT Mongolian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Archer Aviation to supply Midnight eVTOLs to the USAF

14th August 2023

California-based start-up Archer Aviation Inc has entered into contracts worth up to $142m with the US Department of Defense that includes the supply of up to six Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to the USAF

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