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Aircraft

UKCSG21 performs exercises with Singapore Defence

11th October 2021

The UK Carrier Strike Group (UKCSG) led by flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth conducted exercises with both the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Navy over the weekend, and will dock in Changi, Singapore, on October 11

Access

Sea-Tac unveils new access route

11th October 2021

Washington State’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has opened a new access route at its cell phone lot, to cut queues and reconfigure parking

Astronaut health research launches

11th October 2021

UK Space Agency-backed research aims to solve health challenges such as muscle loss and isolation stress faced by astronauts during long missions

Airlines

Swoop lands at Orlando

11th October 2021

Canadian carrier Swoop has added Orlando Sanford International Airport to its list of US destinations

309th AMARG

USAF divests last of 17 B-1Bs as it prepares for B-21

10th October 2021

US Air Force Global Strike Command has concluded the divesture of 17 Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic supersonic bombers as the final example departed Edwards AFB, California, for the ‘Boneyard’ at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, on September 23

360iSR

Canadian UAVs and 360iSR offer up joint RPAS training environment

8th October 2021

The creation of a NATO-standard training area in the open spaces of Canada, with a direct flight corridor to the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) range, could offer militaries an air-land training environment with unmanned aerial vehicles up to Class 2 in size

Accident Report

Overheating APU caused nearly US$3m of damage to USAF F-22

8th October 2021

A new US Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report has revealed that an overheating auxiliary power unit (APU) caused nearly US$3m of damage to an F-22A Raptor in a previously unreported incident at Nellis AFB, Nevada, on October 30, 2020

Just Flight

Palma De Mallorca Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Released

8th October 2021

Just Flight has announced Palma de Mallorca (LEPA) Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.

Italian Air Force

NATO JTACs train with allied fighters in the Baltic

8th October 2021

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from NATO’s Enhanced Presence (eFP) battle group ran drills with Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP, Portuguese Air Force) Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcons and Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian Air Force) Eurofighter F-2000As from October 4-6

Air-to-Air Refuelling

US Navy F/A-18E refuels RAF F-35Bs for the first time

8th October 2021

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to the RAF’s No 617 Squadron ‘The Dambusters’ have conducted buddy-buddy air-to-air refuelling operations with a US Navy-operated Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet for the first time

Picture of the Week

FlyPast Picture of the Week

8th October 2021

This week's Picture of the Week was captured by Ellie Crook

Flight Testing

USAF F-35As complete final nuclear bomb flight test

8th October 2021

Operating from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on September 21 two USAF Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft released the B61-12 joint test assemblies

Aircraft

Nomadic Aviation Group takes off

8th October 2021

Aviation veterans Robert Allen and Steve Giordano have launched the Nomadic Aviation Group, flying heavy airliners around the world on behalf of clients