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US Army ‘Night Stalkers’ special ops helicopters to visit UK for month-long exercise

The US Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), known as the Night Stalkers, is to visit the UK for an exercise running throughout September.

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Playing the Enemy

Davide Daverio goes behind the scenes with VFC-204 ‘River Rattlers’ in New Orleans to discover how the ‘aggressor’ unit operates

Commercial Aviation Quiz

How well do you know your airline codes? Test yourself with our quiz.

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A final top-up with 57 Squadron

Malcolm English was privileged to join 57 Squadron for an air-to-air refuelling sortie just before the unit retired its long-serving Handley Page Victor K.2s

Historic Aviation Quiz

How good is your knowledge of the historic aviation? Test your knowledge here...

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Caproni Ca 310 coming together in Norway

The only surviving Caproni Ca 310 twin-engine reconnaissance machine is now approaching the end of a lengthy restoration in the workshops of the Flyhistorisk Museum at Sola, south-western Norway.

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Phantom made ready for memorial display

A group of veterans in Lena, Illinois, is close to completing the restoration of McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom 68-0450.

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Mildenhall KC-135 named ‘High Life’ after B-17

Eighty-one years to the day that Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress ‘High Life’ flew its last mission, a ceremony was held recently at RAF Mildenhall to unveil artwork on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker based on that worn by the World War Two bomber

Operation Shetland

Saluting the bravest of the brave, Catalina pilot Jeff Boyling and crew took Duxford-based Miss Pick Up on a pilgrimage to honour Coastal Command’s two Victoria Cross winners

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Fly, Assist, Inspect

FAI rent-a-jet has three pillars to its business – VIP charters, air ambulance operations and maintenance. Ian Harbison reports from Nuremberg