WWII Wreckage of U.S. Army C-87 Liberator moved to museum
Wreckage of a U.S. Army military transport aircraft, which crashed 70 years ago in the Himalayas, during the World War II, has been moved to a private Chinese museum. The remains belong to the United...
View ArticleVideo:Boeing KC-46 program complete flutter test
The Boeing KC-46 test program completed flight flutter tests on EMD 1 – an integral part of the certification process of any new aircraft program to ensure the design is structurally sound. Flutter...
View ArticleSpirit completes first 737 MAX fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems has completed the first fuselage for the Boeing 737 MAX airliner program. The fuselage will be shipped to Boeing's Renton, Wash., facility for mating with wing for the first 737 MAX...
View ArticleTaiwan unveil MALE UAV
© Gavin Phipps Taiwan unveiled a new indigenous long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype at the biennial Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE). The design of the...
View ArticleLockheed begin development of MOKV missile defense system
Lockheed Martin has begun work in Sunnyvale, California, to define the concept for a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle missile defense system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The next-generation system...
View ArticleFirst ATR delivered to Japanese Airline
Japanese regional carrier Amakusa Airlines took delivery in Toulouse of a 48-seat ATR 42-600, the first of the type to start operations in Japan. For almost 15 years, the airline has been providing...
View ArticleEmirates announce longest non-stop flight
Emirates Airline announced that it will launch non stop commercial flight from Dubai to Panama City, with its Boeing 777-200LR beginning 1st February, 2016.. The new route will become the world’s...
View ArticleCroatian Air Force Operationalise MIG-21 Squadron
Croatian Air Force has operationalised its fleet of Soviet era MIG-21 fighters following upgrade by Ukrainian Ukrspecexport. On 16 July 2015 the last and 12th MiG-21 of the Squadron completed the last...
View ArticleNellis AFB carries out F-35A upgrade
U.S. Air Force Maintainers assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Lightning Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada along with Lockheed Martin, completed the first...
View ArticleTrigana Flight 267 crashed in Papua
An ATR-42 turboprop aircraft operated by Indonesian Trigana Air Service has crashed over the remote region of Papua, while traversing through stormy weather conditions. The aircraft reportedly crashed...
View ArticleIndiGo firms up largest A320neo order
India’s largest domestic airline by market share, IndiGo celebrated their 9th birthday by firming up their last year’s commitment and ordering 250 A320neo Family aircraft. This historical aircraft...
View ArticleUSAF F-16 fighters collide on ground
At approximately 11:20 a.m.on Saturday, two F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the U.S. Air Force 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, collided shortly after...
View ArticleAirbus begin A350-1000 wing production
The wings for the first Airbus A350-1000 have begun the process of assembly at Broughton, North Wales, UK. The A350-1000 wing has the same span of the A350-900 that is already in service, but 90% of...
View ArticleQantas orders Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
The Australian national carrier, Qantas will acquire eight Boeing B787-9s to gradually replace five of its older Boeing 747s on Qantas International routes and open up a range of potential new city...
View ArticleCSeries completes 80 percent certification flight tests
Bombardier announced that its all-new CS100 has performed over 80 per cent of the required certification tests with more than 2,250 flight test hours to date. The flight test team also flew six test...
View ArticleUSAF test fires Minuteman III ICBM
USAF Photo The U.S. Air Force 91st Missile Wing completed an operational test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,...
View ArticleKRET offers export variant of Khibiny jammer
KRET, a subsidiary of Russian state owned Rostec, is offering the export version of Khibiny aircraft mounted Electronic Warfare system to foreign countries. The advanced system can protect aircraft...
View ArticleLRASM undergo integration trials onboard F-18 fighters
NAVAIR Photo U.S. Navy began initial integration testing of its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile(LRASM) onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Aug. 12 at Patuxent River’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23...
View ArticleBoeing delivers two 737s to Sriwijaya Air
Boeing delivered two new Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes, the first all-new airplane delivery for Sriwijaya Air, Indonesia's third largest carrier. The Jakarta-based airline...
View ArticleHawker Hunter crashes at Shoreham
Image © Paul Johnson A privately owned Hawker Hunter T.Mk.7 WV372 aircraft crashed during an air display maneuver at the Shoreham Airshow in UK, killing the two pilot onboard and several people on the...
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