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Air Safety

British Airways A320 makes emergency landing at Manchester

27th January 2023

A British Airways Airbus A320 made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport this afternoon.

Acquisitions

US Navy selects Textron to deliver new T-54A multi-engine trainers

27th January 2023

US-based aircraft manufacturer, Textron Aviation, has been awarded a single, firm-fixed-price contract to develop the T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft for the US Navy, with the service seeking to procure up to 64 examples of the type to replace its ageing Beechcraft T-44C Pegasus fleet

RAF Museum

Experimental jets get an airing at Cosford

27th January 2023

TSR2 among test airframes to come outside — briefly — during hangar reshuffle

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)

BBMF Hurricane and PA-28 seconds away from mid-air collision

26th January 2023

A Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Hawker Hurricane was seconds away from a head-on mid-air collision, the latest report from the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) has revealed.

Advanced Jet Trainer

RAF grounds entire Hawk T2 fleet after engine fault

26th January 2023

The RAF has grounded its BAE Systems Hawk T2 fast-jet training aircraft as a precaution after one aircraft suffered an engine failure on the runway at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales

Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC)

Taiwan's final F-16A Block 20 begins Viper conversion

26th January 2023

The ROCAF’s last Lockheed Martin F-16A Block 20 Fighting Falcon recently arrived at the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation’s Shalu facility at Taichung International Airport in central Taiwan for its mid-life upgrade and conversion to the latest, most advanced variant of the Fighting Falcon family: the F-16V

Lockheed P-3 Orion

New Zealand bids farewell to P-3K2 Orion fleet

26th January 2023

On January 24, three Lockheed P-3K2 Orions departed Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in Whenaupai for a formation flight over the country's North Island to bid farewell to the type after more than 55 years of service

Atlas Air

Last Boeing 747 delivery: everything you need to know

26th January 2023

Boeing has revealed that the last Boeing 747 to be built will be handed over to the customer in a ceremony on January 31, 2023.

RAF Museum

Hopes to keep Arthur Scarf VC medal in UK

26th January 2023

The RAF Museum is calling on the public’s support to help keep Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf’s Victoria Cross medal in the UK

Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar

Airworthy Spitfire bound for Turkey

26th January 2023

Flying museum at Sivrihisar to receive combat veteran MkIX after restoration

Acquisitions

Jordanian F-16 Block 70 acquisition gets green light

25th January 2023

In a bid to modernise its ageing fleet of fixed-wing combat aircraft, representatives from the Royal Jordanian Air Force Command have inked a deal to buy at least 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcons from the US

Argentina

Argentina receives final modernised C-130H

25th January 2023

The modernisation of five Argentine Air Force-operated C-130H Hercules tactical transports has now come to an successful end after the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones recently redelivered the fifth and final example to the operator