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Military Aviation News August 29, 2013

Typhoons deploying to Cyprus

6 RAF Typhoon interceptor fast jets are being deployed to Akrotiri in Cyprus this morning. As part of ongoing contingency planning, 6 RAF Typhoon interceptor…

Military Aviation News August 29, 2013

First A400M wings for Royal Air Force leave for final assembly line

The wings for the first Airbus Military A400M Atlas new generation airlifter for the Royal Air Force have left the Airbus plant in Filton, UK…

Military Aviation News July 18, 2013

Dambusters To Be Next Lightning II Squadron

The Royal Air Force has today announced that 617 Squadron, the famous ‘Dambusters’, will be the first operational squadron using Lightning II aircraft. Chief of…

Military Aviation News July 11, 2013

A new kind of flight simulation

The modelling and simulation team at RAF Coningsby are using a twenty first century crystal ball to help predict the future state of the RAF’s…

Military Aviation News April 15, 2013

1st Flight of Newest UK Chinook Helicopter

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., April 15, 2013 — Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom’s Royal…

General Aviation News April 2, 2013

Third F-35B For United Kingdom Makes First Flight

Monday, the third United Kingdom Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II sped down the runway at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base embarking…

Military Aviation News March 25, 2013

Typhoons reach Malaysia

Number 1(Fighter) Squadron successfully complete Typhoon trail to Malaysia 1(Fighter) Squadron have successfully flown four Royal Air Force Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft from RAF Leuchars…

Military Aviation News March 21, 2013

Dambusters 70th Anniversary Tail Art revealed

To mark 70 years since the formation of the RAF’s elite 617 “Dambusters” Squadron TV historian and presenter Dan Snow has today formally unveiled commemorative…

Military Aviation News March 21, 2013

First UK operational flight of F-35

First flight by operational pilot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The first solo flight of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by a UK operational…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2013

Last Flight of RAF VC10 K3

On Monday 18th March, VC10 K3 tail number ZA149 departed from RAF Brize Norton for the final time. The aircraft landed at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, where…

Military Aviation News March 19, 2013

Tranche 3 Typhoon goes on test

Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing. The aircraft,…

Military Aviation News March 15, 2013

RAF Typhoon Display Pilot is good to go

Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris has received his Public Display Authorisation (PDA) for the 2013 Royal Air Force Typhoon Display The PDA is the formal sign-off,…

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