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Belgium has officially selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A to replace its fleet of F-16MLU fighters.

The Belgium Ministry of Defence has confirmed two of its F-16 fighter jets were damaged during an incident at its Florennes Air Base on October 11.

A modest Australian success The Airtourer’s origins began with a winning design submitted to a Royal Aero Club competition in London during 1952. The design by Henry Millicer with main assistants G D Bennett and J M Tutty from the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) of their Air Tourer was announced on March 18 1953 as

Seeing the Saab 340 in its natural element The winters can be long in Sweden. It was early April 1985, with the days barely rising above freezing. Under clear skies and a weak sun, it was not unusual to see lunchtime office workers gather on benches in the Stockholm parks, wearing aluminium foil collars over

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news FATAL YAK 9 CRASH Yak 9UM, VH-YIX, was involved in a fatal crash at Tanjil South, Victoria on Friday September 7. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading

Key aircraft movements from across the region Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 787-9 to Qantas. 787-9 VH-ZNF ‘Boomerang’ which is the sixth of type to be delivered to Qantas arrived Melbourne on August 19 after ferrying in from Paine Field as QF6026. VH-ZNF entered service with Qantas on