The fuselage for Airbus Military's first A400M transport is taking shape, with four major sections delivered to Airbus Deutschland's Bremen site from plants in Germany, South Africa and Turkey (pictured below).
The completed 32m (105ft)-long fuselage - which does not include the nose section - will next go to the final assembly line at EADS Casa's Seville plant in Spain.
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Source: Flight International
Ottawa will station a portion of its new Airbus A330-based aerial refuelling fleet at Edmonton International airport in Alberta province, expanding upon the existing tanker base in Trenton, Ontario.
The twin-engined turboprop is replacing the aged Beechcraft T-44C used by the navy as a training platform for multi-engined and tiltrotor pilot candidates.
Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters from the US Marine Corps took part in recent US strikes against targets in Yemen, marking the first known combat flight for the carrier-based variant of the stealth fighter.
