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The two US bidders for Japan’s F-X fighter competition to replace that country’s fleet of about 90 F-4EJ and RF-4EJ fighters have delivered their proposals. Boeing and the US Navy have submitted their joint proposal for the F/A-18E Block II Super Hornet to meet the requirement, while Lockheed Martin has teamed with the US Air

BAE Systems in the UK has confirmed it will cut up to 3000 jobs because economic austerity measures across Europe have affected Eurofighter production and other programs. In a statement, the company said the job losses were in response to “changes in key programs and the need to maintain competitiveness.” This content is available exclusively

The USAF’s fleet of about 160 Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighters has returned to the skies following a more than four month fleet-wide grounding. The fleet was grounded in May following the discovery of contamination in the onboard oxygen generation systems (OBOGS) on several aircraft. The contamination has been unofficially linked to several instances of

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS BKG Pitts S‑1 Special 672‑H 28/6/11 Lars Larson, 34 Magazine Way Maribyrnong Vic 3032 N128DS CVX Bell 212 30866 29/6/11 Aero Assist, 2/7 Millennium Cir, Maribyrnong Vic 3032 C‑FNOS LX-HJC C-FNOS 5N-HBO G-BLDY VH-BHO VR-BIC N125BH N16930 DFQ Cessna 140 8394 28/6/11 Nigel Arnot, 655 Haven Rd Upper

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10 Years Ago • September 11 2001 was a defining moment in modern history. In an unparalleled act of terrorism, four airliners on flights within the United States were highjacked and used as the weapons of destruction. At 0846 hours American Airlines Boeing 767-223ER N334AA struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in