Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond has announced that the future Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35, will be stationed at the base. The announcement confirms the future of the Norfolk base until at least 2040 and secures up to 5,000 more jobs…
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Month: March 2013
MOD Concludes Flight Trials
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and its industry partners have concluded a flight trial to test and demonstrate an integrated defensive aids system (DAS) “open architecture”. This “open architecture” enables aircraft sensors and countermeasures to be fitted to aircraft more…
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Dambusters formation celebrated
To mark 70 years since the formation of the RAF’s 617 Squadron, known as the Dambusters, TV historian and presenter Dan Snow formally unveiled commemorative tail art on an RAF Tornado GR4 at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on March 21.…
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Last Flight of Final Royal Air Force VC10 K4
Arriving at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leiceistershire, today from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, one day later than originally planned, was BAC VC10 K4 ZD241 ‘N’, the last remaining example of this variant in Royal Air Force service. The aircraft will now be…
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Keeping it in the family
Rod Dean. Pilot, parent, passenger. AFM witnessed a historic event of 50 years of flying. ON MARCH 19, 1963, an 18 year old Rod Dean took to the sky for the first time in a Jet Provost. Fifty years later…
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Another RAF VC10 Flies into Retirement
An additional Royal Air Force/101 Squadron VC10 K3 made its final flight today, when ZA149 ‘H’ departed from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, for the final time. After a flyover at Birmingham International Airport, ZA149 arrived over Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leicestershire, at…
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Avalon airshow 2013
Norman Long attended the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport in Victoria to capture the action for AirForces Monthly and Key.aero. [img src=5182 align=full] [img src=5183 align=left][img src=5184 align=right] [img src=5180 align=full] [img src=5179 align=left][img src=5181 align=right] [img src=5178 align=left][img…
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Typhoon joins Danish Fighter Competition
The Danish Air Force has re-opened a competition to select a fighter to replace its fleet of F-16’s. Eurofighter will be one of four aerospace companies who will be competing for the contract to replace the Danish F-16’s. Other candidates…
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MQ-8Cs for U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to produce six additional Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The deal is valued at more than $71 million. The Fire Scout endurance upgrade, designated the MQ-8C is based on Bell 407 and…
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First Ever AirForces Monthly Issue
AirForces Monthly Issue 001 is now available for you to download electronically. The first issue of AirForces Monthly came out in April 1988 and April 2013 marks 25 years of the magazine. AFM has changed dramatically since Issue 1. The…
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