All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 128
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RAF faces tough choices over future air transport fleet
The UK MoD is aiming to achieve significant savings: what are the implications for the RAF's air transport fleet?
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Working Week: Shaun Wildey
Shaun Wildey flies Airbus A340s for Etihad Airways and is enjoying life with his family in Abu Dhabi, after a career with the Royal Air Force and Empire Test Pilots' School.
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Colombia requests nine more Black Hawks for counter-narcotics fight
Colombia has requested the possible purchase of nine more Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters worth over $160 million ...
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UK approaches Airbus Military, Thales for A400M training service
The UK is seeking a synthetic training service for its future fleet of A400Ms, to run until at least 2030 ...
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PICTURES: Russia's Zala Aero flies long-endurance UAV
Russia's Zala Aero has flown a new medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle named the Zala 421-20 ...
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PICTURE: A400M 'Grizzly' clears runway debris trial
Airbus Military's A400M has made its first high-speed taxi trial on a rough field surface ...
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RAF launches first Nimrod MRA4 training course
The UK Royal Air Force has launched a training course for the first instructors to prepare crews for its new BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 ...
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Cranfield Aerospace seeks backing for Valkyrie UAV
Cranfield Aerospace has conducted a first series of flight tests with its Valkyrie vertical take-off and landing mini unmanned air vehicle ...
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PICTURE: A400M passes ultimate wing load test
Airbus Military has conducted the ultimate load test on the A400M's all-composite wing, subjecting the design to 150% of the maximum bending load expected...
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RAF to inspect grounded Hawk trainer fleet
The UK Royal Air Force is awaiting inspection guidelines that should enable it to resume flight operations with its Hawk jet trainers ...
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Antonov: Ukraine to receive first An-70 next year
Ukraine's air force should take delivery of its first Antonov An-70 next year, with the tactical transport undergoing flight-testing in an upgraded configuration ...
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PICTURES: US Air Force releases images of crashed C-17
The US Air Force has released the first images showing the wreckage of a Boeing C-17 strategic transport which crashed at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska on 28 July
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PICTURES: First flight for USAF's HC-130J
Lockheed Martin has performed the first flight with the USAF's new HC-130J combat tanker aircraft ...
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Indian Hawk deal underscores UK's defence export ambitions
Coming barely a week after UK government and industry officials used the Farnborough air show to underscore a continued and growing emphasis on securing...
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PICTURE: Colombia receives new CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft
Airbus Military has delivered a third CN-235 MPA to the Colombian navy, 20 years after its previous examples ...
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USAF confirms four killed in Elmendorf C-17 crash
The US Air Force has confirmed that there were no survivors of a 28 July crash involving one of its C-17 transports ...
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BAE close to launch contract for APKWS rocket
BAE Systems should today receive its first production orders for a new low-cost guided rocket that will equip the US Marine Corps' attack helicopters ...
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USAF investigates cause of Elmendorf C-17 crash
The US Air Force has launched an investigation into the cause of the first major accident to have involved a Boeing C-17 strategic transport.
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PICTURES & VIDEO: Canadian display pilot escapes CF-18 Hornet crash
Canada is investigating the cause of a spectacular, non-fatal crash involving its CF-18 display aircraft ...
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India signs $1 billion deal for more Hawk trainers
India has signed a follow-on deal worth more than $780 million to acquire another 57 BAE Systems Hawk 132 advanced jet trainers ...