IrAero and Aurora Airlines have announced that they are to purchase several Russian airliners through leasing agreements, including the Yakovlev SJ-100 and MC-21.
The RAF Red Arrows marked the end of their 60th anniversary celebrations with a season-defining flypast over Duxford in the company of the Old Flying Machine Company’s Spitfire Mk.IX MH434.
The Serbian Air Force & Air Defence (SAF&AD) will soon introduce its first six of 11 Mi-35P Hind-Fs – which were acquired second-hand from Cyprus last year – into operational service.
In a major new first, Lt Col Mike Carty of the Royal Marines (RM) has become the new commander of the RAF’s F-35B Lightning II-equipped No 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’ at RAF Marham in Norfolk.
The Hungarian Air Force (HuAF) has taken delivery of the first of two C-390 Millennium multi-mission strategic airlifters from Embraer Defense & Security on September 5.
After the initial batch of second-hand F-16AM/BM Block 15MLU (Mid-Life Upgrade) Fighting Falcon fighters were delivered to the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF) in late July (see Vipers finally join Ukraine’s war effort, AFM, October 2024, p6-7) it is thought that at least one additional batch has been supplied by its Western supporters.