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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Nuclear confusion and Lakenheath F-35s – setting the record straight

4th September 2023

The mainstream media has jumped on a story about the possible housing of nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath, home of the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing (FW), and these reports have featured a number of inaccuracies.

Gloster Meteor

MiG and Meteor progress at Newark

4th September 2023

Good progress is being made on two aircraft repainting projects at Newark Air Museum

Just Flight

Tenerife North for MSFS out now

4th September 2023

Just Flight has announced Tenerife North Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.

Acquisitions

Rostec plots out upgrade plan for Russia’s fifth-gen Su-57 fighter

4th September 2023

Vladimir Artyakov, the First Deputy General Director of the Rostec State Corporation, recently told Russian media outlet, Izvestia, that the company plans to have a total of 22 serial-production Su-57 Felon fighters in Russian Aerospace Forces service by 2024

Gloster Meteor

‘Working’ Meteors showcased at Chalgrove

4th September 2023

Eight decades of Gloster Meteor flight was celebrated with a special photo shoot at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire on September 1

Aircraft Deliveries

Czech Air Force receives first UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter

4th September 2023

The Czech Air Force formally welcomed its first UH-1Y Venom battlefield utility helicopter to Námešt nad Oslavou Air Base in the Czech Republic on August 17, just three weeks after the air arm received its first two AH-1Z Viper gunships

Advanced Jet Trainer

Vietnam’s first L-39NG jet trainers now ready for delivery

3rd September 2023

Aero Vodochody formally rolled out the first of 12 L-39NG advanced jet trainers for the Vietnam People’s Air Force in the Czech Republic on August 7

Airbus A330 MRTT

RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Bears over the North Sea

2nd September 2023

The RAF scrambled Typhoon FGR4s on Quick Reaction Alert duty at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, to intercept two Russian long-range maritime patrol aircraft – comprising a Tu-142MZ Bear-F and a Tu-142MRM Bear-J – as they transited north of the Shetland Islands on August 14

Air Safety

French and RAF fighter jets scrambled to intercept Ryanair flight

1st September 2023

A Ryanair Boeing 737 was intercepted by two French Air and Space Force fighter jets this week and the Royal Air Force (RAF) scrambled a pair of Typhoons to respond, Key.Aero can exclusively reveal.