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Hawker Tempest

Hawker Tempest edges closer to flight!

20th April 2023

The air around Sywell was broken by the growl of a Bristol Centaurus on April 19

Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)

Messerschmitt Me 262 to make UK display debut!

20th April 2023

It has been announced the replica first generation jet will grace UK skies…

Belgium

MSFS touches down in Belgium

20th April 2023

Scenery developer, MM Simulations has released EBLG Liège Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Avro Lancaster

BBMF to commemorate 80th anniversary of Dams Raid…

20th April 2023

Did you know the BBMF will commemorate the 'DamBusters' on May 16? Here is how and where...

Air Safety

Malaysia Airlines flight MH723 suffers in-flight emergency

20th April 2023

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency landing at Jakarta/Soekarno-Hatta Airport yesterday (April 19).

Eglin AFB

F-22A Raptor pilots test USAF’s next-gen helmet at Eglin AFB

20th April 2023

Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor pilots from the 301st FS – a US Air Force Reserve Command unit that is associated with the active-duty 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB, Florida – have kicked off developmental flight tests for the USAF’s new Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet at nearby Eglin AFB

ISR

Taiwan’s upgraded F-16s finally regain LOROP-EO pod capability

20th April 2023

When the Republic of China Air Force’s (ROCAF’s) fleet of F-16A/B Block 20s were upgraded to the F-16V, the latest and most advanced configuration of the Fighting Falcon to date, it was discovered that the AN/VDS-5 Long Range Oblique Photography Electro-Optical (LOROP-EO) reconnaissance pod was not compatible with the newly modified aircraft

Airfoil Labs

King Air 350 now X-Plane 12 compatible

19th April 2023

Aircraft developer, Airfoillabs has introduced a major overhaul of its King Air 350 to make it compatible with X-Plane 12.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

‘Yankee Lady’ grounded… could other B-17s follow?

19th April 2023

It was announced on April 16 that the Yankee Air Museum had opted to “proactively cease flight operations of the B-17G Flying Fortress

Air Safety

How a Boeing 737 collided with TREE during take-off

18th April 2023

Colombian investigators have concluded a report into a take-off incident involving an Aerosucre Boeing 737 which narrowly avoided crashing after it struck a tree while departing Puerto Carreño Airport last year.

Egypt

Egyptian MiG-29s feared to be destroyed as Sudan slides into war

18th April 2023

A number of Egyptian Air Force MiG-29M/M2 Fulcrum fighters are believed to have been damaged or destroyed in Sudan after fighting erupted between government forces and a powerful militia on April 15

RAF Waddington

Final ex-RAF Sentinel R1 departs Waddington

18th April 2023

The fifth and final ex-RAF Raytheon Sentinel R1 battlefield surveillance aircraft departed RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, UK, on March 21 – almost two years after the platform was withdrawn from operational service and sold as second-hand assets to an unconfirmed US end customer

309th AMARG

USAF retires first A-10C to the boneyard, with more set to follow

18th April 2023

After the US Congress relented in its stance on blocking the USAF’s long-standing desire to axe its fleet of A-10C Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft last year, the air arm retired the first of 21 ‘Warthogs’ that it was authorised to divest under the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act on April 5