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Flysimware

Flysimware Widgeon for Microsoft Flight Simulator

9th August 2021

The Flysimware Grumman G-44A Widgeon for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on Just Flight’s online shop.

Aerosoft

Liepaja Airport for Prepar3D v5 Out Now

9th August 2021

Aerosoft has announced Liepaja Airport for Prepar3D V5.2 is now available as a download.

Avelo Airlines

Avelo opts for GE Digital data monitoring

9th August 2021

Newly established Avelo Airlines is to use GE Digital’s Electronic Flight Operation Quality Assurance (eFOQA) flight data monitoring and processing solution

Aerial Firefighting

Greek Dromader crashes during firefighting operations

9th August 2021

While carrying out a fire-fighting mission on August 8, Hellenic Air Force PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader serial number 128, crashed at Machairado on the island of Zakynthos

BACN

USAF retires BACN EQ-4B Global Hawks

8th August 2021

USAF Northrop Grumman EQ-4B Block 20 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Global Hawk - serial 04-2018 ‘GF’ - made the type’s final landing back at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, on July 29

C-146A Wolfhound

A-10C and C-146A make first US highway landings

7th August 2021

Four A-10Cs from the 355th Wing/354th FS ‘Bulldogs’ and the Michigan ANG’s 127th Wing/107th FS ‘Red Devils’ landed on a less than one mile stretch of the M-32 state highway just west of Alpena, Michigan, on August 5 as part of the large-scale training exercise Northern Strike 21

Advanced Helicopter Training System

US Navy’s first TH-73A Thrasher arrives at Whiting Field

7th August 2021

The first operational US Navy TH-73A Thrasher training helicopter landed at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, on August 6

BAE Systems

Typhoon capability contract awarded to BAE Systems

6th August 2021

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately £135m to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements for the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role strike aircraft

Newcastle Airport

Ryanair announces Newcastle base

6th August 2021

The airline is set to introduce two new aircraft to the gateway, increasing its network from seven to 19

BER

Tegel Airport returned to original owners

6th August 2021

The site officially ceased operations in November last year and is set to be transformed into an industrial park for urban technologies

Boeing E-3 Sentry

UK Sentry fleet stands down as disposal options considered

6th August 2021

Following the completion of the last operational flight of the UK’s E-3D Sentry fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence is turning its attention to the potential sale or disposal of the aircraft

Brazil

Brazil celebrates ten years of P-3AM Orion operations

6th August 2021

The Brazilian Air Force celebrated ten years of operations with the Lockheed P-3AM Orion maritime patrol aircraft on July 30

Indonesian Air Force

T-50 Golden Eagle orders boost for KAI

6th August 2021

A further two KAI T-50TH Golden Eagle lead-in fighter trainers are being purchased to boost the Royal Thai Air Force fleet, bringing the in-service total of the type to 14 aircraft

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

NF-16D VISTA becomes X-62A to support new mission

6th August 2021

Officials from the 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, announced on July 30 that the USAF’s Lockheed Martin NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) had been formally redesignated as the X-62A from June 14