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Avro Vulcan

Vulcan for Microsoft Flight Simulator incoming

6th February 2023

Just Flight has revealed that the Avro Vulcan for Microsoft Flights Simulator (MSFS) is in development.

Bomber Task Force (BTF)

USAF B-1Bs integrate with ROKAF F-35As as bombers return to Guam

6th February 2023

For the first time this year, the USAF has deployed an undisclosed number of B-1B Lancer supersonic-capable strategic bombers to Andersen AFB in Guam as part of the latest Bomber Task Force mission to the highly tense Indo-Pacific region

Boeing 737

Norwegian signs for even more Boeing 737 MAX

6th February 2023

Low-cost carrier Norwegian has agreed provisional terms to acquire more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. On February 6, the Oslo-based company said it had signed a Letter of Intent with Air Lease Corporation (ALC) in relation to six MAX 8s.

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

RAF Chinooks return to Estonia and NATO nations announce support for Ukraine

6th February 2023

After returning to the UK In August last year, RAF Chinooks from No 18(B) Squadron at RAF Odiham have returned to Amari Air Base in Estonia for operation PELEDA. During the first week they were tasked with transporting defence ministers to a meeting in support of Ukraine.

Eurofighter Typhoon

British Typhoons train with Royal Saudi Air Force

6th February 2023

RAF personnel currently deployed in the Middle East performed a land away and integration with the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) in Saudi Arabia

Airbus A400M Atlas

Airbus: A400M Atlas C1 a boost for UK Special Forces

3rd February 2023

Airbus Defence and Space has said the RAF’s fleet of A400M Atlas C1 tactical transports are outperforming the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules C4/C5 airlifters they are replacing, increasing the effectiveness of UK Special Forces operations

Asobo Studio

Microsoft Flight Simulator Aircraft and Avionics Update 1 released

3rd February 2023

The Microsoft Flight Simulator development team has announced Aircraft and Avionics Update I is now available to download.

Advanced Jet Trainer

RAF Hawk T2 issues see just two fast-jet pilots graduate in six months

3rd February 2023

Only two RAF fast-jet student pilots graduated in the first half of the current financial year because the number of flying hours on the Hawk T2 training aircraft at RAF Valley has been significantly curtailed due to a fault with its Rolls-Royce turbofan engine, an influential group of MPs has been told

Orbx

Palm Beach for X-Plane out now

3rd February 2023

Orbx has announced KPBI Palm Beach International Airport for X-Plane 11 & 12 is now available.

Attrition Report

German CH-53G fleet suffers two emergency landings in one week

3rd February 2023

Two aircraft from the German Air Force’s ageing fleet of CH-53G Sea Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters have been forced to perform emergency landings in Germany on two separate occasions in the past week

Accident Report

Why a Ryanair 737 caught fire at Manchester

3rd February 2023

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published new insights following an incident involving a Ryanair jet at Manchester Airport.

Airbus

Qatar Airways and Airbus settle A350 dispute

2nd February 2023

Airbus and Qatar Airways have settled a legal dispute over the “degradation of surface and paint” and the grounding of the airline’s A350 aircraft.

Cessna 337 Skymaster

Cessna 337F Skymaster takes flight in X-Plane

2nd February 2023

Thranda Design has announced the next aircraft in the Dynamic Generation Series, the Cessna 337F Skymaster, is now available for X-Plane 11 and 12.

Combat Search and Rescue

USAF’s ‘Night Hawks’ part ways with the Pave Hawk

2nd February 2023

The 55th Rescue Squadron ‘Night Hawks’ – a component of the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona – has become the latest USAF unit to bid a fond farewell to its complement of HH-60G Pave Hawk CSAR helicopters

Airstrike

Israel carries out strike on Iranian drone factory

2nd February 2023

An Israeli Intelligence Organization drone team, flying what were believed to be small quadcopters, hit the roof of a research facility belonging to the Iranian Ministry of Defence at the former Tohid ammunition factory in Isfahan, Iran, on January 28

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