“Lancelot” about to land at Tinker AFB on Feb. 8, 2024. (Image credit: Rob Stephens / @RedhomeAviation) “Lancelot” was stored at AMARG’s. It was pulled pulled from the “Boneyard” to rejoin the Air Force’s Strategic Bomber Fleet. A B-1B Lancer bomber...
File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet launching an AGM-158C LRASM during a test event in 2019. (Photo: NAVAIR) The latest Integrated Test Event is considered a “graduation exercise” of the latest configuration of the weapon. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed...
As a major milestone along the march of aviation’s year, central Florida’s Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, gives cold-weary northerners a much-needed boost from the leftover winter. It’s not that we can’t fly during the short, colder days....
A Dutch F-16 (Image credit: RNLAF) According to the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Ukraine will get 24 ex-RNLAF F-16s. An interesting update about the deliveries of the first F-16s to Ukraine was provided by the Minister of Defense of...
A dozen of F-15Js parked on one of the roads within the perimeter of Naha air base. The building in the background sits on the opposite side of the airbase. (Photo: JASDF) Following a tsunami alert after the earthquake, Naha evacuated...
ICON Aircraft announced the company was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, “The Company further disclosed that it intends to pursue a sale of its business,” said the release. “We plan to continue to produce and sell aircraft and provide first-rate service,...
The F-16 sporting the NATO emblem (Image credit: The Aviationist based on RDAF image) OTD in 1949, NATO was born. The Royal Danish Air Force celebrated the anniversary by applying the Alliance logo to an F-16. NATO was born on Apr....
Today’s bargain combines legendary Beechcraft quality and well-rounded strengths at a level of affordability that’s on par with the most basic 4-place Cessnas and Pipers. Originally launched in 1963, the Musketeer and more powerful Sundowner were produced for twenty years after...
Last March, a Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC was in cruise flight at 15,000 feet on the way to the annual aviation celebration known as Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, when the pilot noticed the engine power had dropped and the airplane...
A file photo of a ROCAF F-16 (Official Photo by Wang Yu Ching / Office of the President) According to the ROCAF (Republic Of China Air Force), the aircraft suffered minor damages and should return to service soon. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake,...