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Eurofighter Typhoon

World first as F-35A jets land on road

22nd September 2023

Footage has been released of two F-35A Lightning II stealth jets landing and taking off from a public road as part of a NATO exercise.

AEW&C

UK MOD told to reverse cut in E-7A Wedgetail fleet size by British MPs

22nd September 2023

The decision by the UK MOD to cut its E-7A Wedgetail AEW1 fleet from five aircraft to three is “perverse” and must be reversed, the findings of an aviation procurement investigation has said

Focke-Wulf

Combat veteran Fw 190 could be resurrected

22nd September 2023

A rare Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 is up for sale in the US with well-known warbird broker Platinum Fighters

Lockheed

Starfighter to be repainted at new home

22nd September 2023

The Starfighter recently arrived at Canada's British Columbia Aviation Museum – it will now be repainted

Boeing

Tuskegee Stearman arrives at Ohio museum

22nd September 2023

Dayton, Ohio’s National Museum of the USAF recently welcomed the arrival of a special Stearman

Deployment

US Navy’s unmanned MQ-4C Triton fleet achieves IOC

22nd September 2023

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton HALE UAV achieved Initial Operational Capability with the US Navy in early September

Eurofighter Typhoon

RAF urged to mothball Tranche 1 Typhoons instead of scrapping them

22nd September 2023

The RAF’s Tranche 1 Typhoon FGR4 fighters should be mothballed rather than scrapped, an influential group of British MPs have concluded in a new investigative report

Boeing

USAF completes first phase of F-15EX integrated testing

21st September 2023

The F-15EX Eagle II has completed the first phase of its hybrid developmental/initial operational test and evaluation programme, otherwise known as F-15EX Integrated Test and Evaluation, with the milestone being announced shortly after the fighter concluded its participation in the USAF’s Exercise Combat Hammer

Airlift

UK MOD slammed for creating capability gap after axing RAF C-130J fleet

21st September 2023

The decision to retire the RAF’s fleet of C-130J Hercules C4/C5 tactical transports earlier than originally planned has left a capability gap in air mobility tasks and special forces operations, a report by an influential group of British MPs has found

Airport

Major development in reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport

21st September 2023

The plan to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has moved one step closer to reality after the City of Doncaster Council gave the green light for the project.

Aircraft Carrier

Supercarrier Pro for MSFS released

21st September 2023

Following three years of research and development, Miltech Simulations has released Supercarrier Pro for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

309th AMARG

USAF retires final ‘Big Safari’ NC-135W to the Boneyard

21st September 2023

The USAF recently retired its last Pratt & Whitney TF33 turbofan-powered NC-135W Stratolifter test aircraft after more than 50 years of operational service

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

EXCLUSIVE: List of Lakenheath’s 495th FS F-35 Valkyrie names

20th September 2023

The F-35A Lightning IIs of the 495th Fighter Squadron (FS) at RAF Lakenheath have each been given the name of a Valkyrie from Norse mythology

Acquisitions

US Navy orders more CH-53Ks for USMC and Israel

20th September 2023

The US Navy has awarded Sikorsky a $2.7bn contract to build and deliver 35 additional CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters – comprising 12 Lot 7 and 15 Lot 8 aircraft for the USMC, along with a further eight examples for Israel (adding to the four announced in 2022)

Boeing 747

Sierra Nevada to bid for USAF ‘Doomsday Plane’ replacement

20th September 2023

Sierra Nevada Corporation is bidding for the USAF’s $8bn Survivable Airborne Operations Center programme – the replacement for the USAF’s ageing fleet of E-4B ‘Nightwatch’ National Airborne Operations Center aircraft, otherwise known as the air arm’s so-called ‘Doomsday Plane’

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