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Lockheed Martin

Location selected for Slovak F-16 pilot training

20th November 2023

Slovak Air Force pilots will train to fly the F-16C/D Block 70 Fighting Falcon with the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, the USAF announced on November 15

Classic jets

Successful year for Spanish Super Saeta

20th November 2023

Former Spanish Air Force Hispano Aviación HA-220 Super Saeta is airworthy again after years of restorative work

Handley Page Victor

Yorkshire Victor to fire up engines

19th November 2023

On Saturday November 25, the Yorkshire Air Museum’s Handley Page Victor will run its engines to celebrate three decades at the Elvington attraction

Navigraph

Navigraph FlightSim Community Survey 2023 Out Now

18th November 2023

From November 17 to 27, Navigraph is conducting a FlightSim Community Survey together with several major addon developers and organisations within the flight simulation community. The survey, the largest of its kind, aims to measure the prevailing flight simulation trends and users’ requests for future development.

Gaza Strip

Pentagon confirms USAF MQ-9As are operating over Gaza

17th November 2023

The Pentagon Press Secretary, Brig Gen Pat Ryder, recently confirmed that the USAF has been carrying out “unarmed UAV flights over Gaza” since October 7 in support of “hostage recovery efforts”

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Great Britain South for Microsoft Flight Simulator released

17th November 2023

Orbx has announced EU Great Britain South for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

USAF B-52Hs pay historic visit to South Korea

17th November 2023

A routine Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission by a pair of B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers from the USAF’s 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) provided the backdrop for a historic visit by one of the aircraft to South Korea, marking the first time the veteran ‘BUFF’ had landed in the nation for years

RAF Museum Cosford

RAF Cosford Air Show announces 2024 return

17th November 2023

The popular RAF Cosford Air Show will return to the Shropshire base on Sunday June 9, 2024

Aircraft Deliveries

Boeing completes ‘hat trick’ of USAF KC-46A deliveries

16th November 2023

Boeing Defense has recently delivered a further three KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the USAF from the firm’s production facility at King County International Airport (otherwise known as Boeing Field) in Seattle, Washington

Boeing

USAF's third F-15EX Eagle II takes flight ahead of delivery

16th November 2023

Boeing completed the first flight of the third F-15EX Eagle II for the USAF on October 27, some ten weeks after the new fighter was rolled off the assembly line. That day, two sorties were flown from the firm’s facility at St Louis Lambert International Airport in St Louis, Missouri

Baykar Bayraktar TB3

Turkey's Baykar kicks off Bayraktar TB3 UCAV flight testing

16th November 2023

The new Bayraktar TB3 UCAV successfully completed its maiden flight at the Akinci Flight Training and Test Center in the Çorlu district of Tekirdağ, Turkey, on October 27, neatly presaging the nation’s 100th annual Republic Day celebrations

Dassault Mirage F1

Makeover for Spanish Mirage

16th November 2023

The former Spanish and Qatar Air Force jet is preserved at the entrance to Lanzarote’s military airport complex

Air-to-Air Combat

Israel scores F-35's first confirmed cruise missile kill

15th November 2023

An Israeli Air Force-operated F-35I Adir (or ‘Mighty One’) has been credited with scoring the type’s first known air-to-air kill against a cruise missile on October 31, probably using an AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile to achieve this feat

Acquisitions

NATO joins Wedgetail revolution as it confirms E-3A Sentry fleet successor

15th November 2023

NATO revealed on November 15 that Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail has been selected to succeed the alliance’s ageing E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet, which entered operational service with the organisation in 1982

Beale AFB

USAF’s 9th ERS swaps Dragons at Fairford

15th November 2023

Two U-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron – a component of the USAF’s 9th Reconnaissance Wing – arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK, on November 3 for the unit’s biannual rotation to and from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, and Beale AFB, California

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