News

Air cargo

Mammoth names 777-200LRMF launch customer

13th May 2025

Qatar Airways is set to become the first airline to fly both factory-built and converted Boeing 777 freighters

Airbus

IAG orders Airbus and Boeing widebodies

12th May 2025

British Airways and Iberia owner adds Dreamliners, A350s and A330neos in major purchase

Boeing E-7A Wedgetail

Delays push RAF E-7 service entry to 2026

12th May 2025

The RAF now expects its new E-7A Wedgetail to achieve an initial operational capability in 2026

777X

China Airlines to add 777Xs

12th May 2025

The Taiwanese carrier has signed for the world's largest twinjet

Eurofighter Typhoon

StormShroud UAV EW system enters RAF service

9th May 2025

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the service entry with the RAF of the StormShroud system during a visit to Leonardo’s Luton facility in Bedfordshire on May 2, 2025.

India

Indian air raids strike targets in Pakistan

9th May 2025

After two weeks of rising tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian Air Force conducted a series of strikes on targets within Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, 2025.

Aeroplane June 2025

Combat veteran P-40 Kittyhawk unveiled

9th May 2025

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk A29-90 Ming the Merciless was unveiled at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at RAAF Point Cook by Air Marshal Stephen Chappell, Chief of Air Force.

air museums

Cornish museum artefacts go under the hammer

9th May 2025

The contents of the now defunct Flambards Museum in Helston, Cornwall, were auctioned on March 26 and 27.

FlyPast June 2025

Spitfire finds new home in Germany

8th May 2025

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXb MH415 has been delivered to the Siegerland-based Flying Legends Collection.

FlyPast June 2025

Recce Saab 29 'Flying Barrel' put on display in Sweden

8th May 2025

Saab S 29C 29969, a reconnaissance variant of the ‘Flying Barrel’ jet, has been added to the outdoor exhibition at the F 11 Flygmuseum in Skavsta, near Nyköping.

Combat Aircraft Journal June 2025

Second Ukraine Air Force F-16 shot down

7th May 2025

The Ukraine Air Force (UkrAF) has confirmed that one of its US-built F-16 fighters has been shot down during a combat mission in the east of the wartorn country, resulting in the death of its pilot.