PHOTOS: Exercise Lethal Pride at McConnell AFB
On March 27th Exercise Lethal Pride began at McConnell AFB, Kansas with an “elephant walk” of based KC-135s and KC-46s and a mass launch of…
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First South Carolina Built F-16 Takes Flight
On January 24th 2023 the first flight of an F-16 built by Lockheed in Greenville, South Carolina took place. The Block 70 two seat F-16…
Three More F-35Bs Delivered to the Royal Air Force
A further three Lockheed F-35Bs were delivered to RAF Marham on November 18th 2022. The aircraft arrived at their home base after a delivery flight…
German Air Force Receives Second Airbus A350
Airbus A350-941 10+01 (c/n 468) was handed over to the German Air Force at the Lufthansa Technik facility in Hamburg on November 17th 2022. The…
Second Batch of Qatari Air Force Typhoons Delivered via Malta
On August 30 two BAE Eurofighter Typhoons arrived at Malta Luqa International Airport on their delivery flight to Qatar. The aircraft involved were ZR508/QA407 and…
Six H-145Ms Ordered for the Cypriot National Guard
The Cypriot Government has signed a contract with Airbus for six H-145M helicopters at the ILA Show in Berlin. The aircraft will be operated by…
ILA 2022 Early Show Report
Reporting by Johannes Schages This year’s ILA has started with a reduced number of aircraft shown and a very curtailed flying programme. However, some interesting…
Spain Agrees Contract for Twenty Further Eurofighters at ILA 2022
The Spanish Government has signed a contract for the delivery of a further twenty Eurofighters for delivery beginning in 2026 under the Halcon programme. The…
ILA 2022 Preview
ILA 2022 influenced by recent Luftwaffe procurement decisions Reporting by Johannes Schages and Rembert Vornholz This year’s ILA venue will show those aircraft models ordered…
Seventh C-37B Delivered to the 89th Airlift Wing
The 89th Airlift Wing took delivery of their last scheduled Gulfstream C-37B on February 8th, 2022 when ??-1949 arrived at Andrews AFB from the Gulfstream…