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Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sydney Seaplanes released

12th April 2024

Pyramid 8 Studios has announced YRAY Sydney Seaplanes for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.

London Stansted

Record Stansted Airport passenger numbers

11th April 2024

London Stansted Airport registered its busiest-ever year in 2023/24, new figures show.

Brazil

First E-Jet Freighter flies

11th April 2024

Embraer has flown the first E190F conversion from its São José dos Campos facility in Brazil.

Douglas

NASA DC-8 retirement

11th April 2024

NASA will shortly retire its DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory after 37 years of missions.

Bahrain

Bahrain’s first F-16C/D Block 70s on delivery

10th April 2024

The first three F-16C/D Block 70 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters for the Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) departed Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Greenville, South Carolina, on their delivery flight to Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, on March 6.

309th AMARG

‘Bats’ complete final EC-130H sortie

10th April 2024

The USAF’s 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron (ECS) ‘Bats’ – a part of Air Combat Command’s 55th Electronic Combat Group (ECG) – marked a major milestone in its transition to the new Gulfstream G550-based EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack (EA) aircraft on February 15, when the unit completed its final flight with the legacy EC-130H Compass Call (pictured) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

Lockheed Martin

F-35 achieves major production, nuclear milestones

10th April 2024

The Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, William A LaPlante, formally approved the US-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program – the development project behind the F-35 Lightning II – to finally move into full-rate production (FRP), following the attainment of the type’s Milestone C landmark, writes Tom Kaminski.

German Air Force

First German KC-130J heads to Évreux

10th April 2024

The Luftwaffe’s (German Air Force’s) first KC-130J Hercules (55+05) departed Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Marietta, Georgia, on February 28 on its delivery flight to Évreux-Fauville Air Base (BA105), France, where it will join the Franco-German Bilateral Air Transport Squadron (BATS).

Beechcraft

First Royal Canadian Air Force CE-145C Vigilance arrives

10th April 2024

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) No 8 Wing celebrated the arrival of the first of three new King Air 350ER manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (MAISR) aircraft to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton in Ontario on February 23, writes Tom Kaminski.

Italy

‘Buzzards’ F-16CM pays homage to 31st FW

10th April 2024

The 31st Fighter Wing (FW) at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy – a part of US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces-Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) command – has rolled out new special tail art for its flagship F-16CM Fighting Falcon.

Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon

‘Wolf Pack’ honours Op Bolo

9th April 2024

An F-16CM (89-2060/WP) assigned to the 35th FS ‘Pantons’ – part of the USAF’s 8th FW ‘Wolf Pack’ at Kunsan AB, South Korea – has received special two-tone South-East Asia (SEA) camouflage tail.

Airlander 10

Airlander 10 starts certification

9th April 2024

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has formally begun the process of applying for a type certification for its in-development Airlander 10 aircraft, which it says is “designed to be the world’s most efficient large aircraft”.

Boeing

Repercussions from Boeing 737 MAX delivery delays

9th April 2024

Airlines are having to change fleet plans to cope with delivery delays of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Embraer

Royal Jordanian inducts inaugural E2s

9th April 2024

Royal Jordanian Airlines’ first two Embraer E195-E2s have joined the fleet. In total, eight examples are expected to operate on RJ’s short and medium-range routes.

Airbus

Qantas welcomes Airbus A220

9th April 2024

Qantas introduced the carrier’s first two Airbus A220-300s on March 1, 2024. The carrier’s QantasLink subsidiary operated aircraft, VH-X4A (c/n 55253) and VH-X4B (c/n 55269), from Melbourne to Canberra and Brisbane.

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