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Lithuania’s first UH-60Ms near completion

Lithuania’s Ministry of Defence announced on August 16 that the first three UH-60M Black Hawks for the Lithuanian Air Force have been transferred from the Sikorsky factory to the modification facility in Huntsville, Alabama, for completion

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Aeroplane meets... Shuttleworth chief pilot Paul Stone

… 1997. At about the same time, I was invited to fly the Sea Hawk with the Royal Navy Historic Flight. “My next encounter … the quality of that advice.” Paul displayed both the Sea Hawk and Sea Fury at Old Warden, having already become a … pilot. Initially flying the Harrier GR7/GR9 and the Hawk, upon appointment as Warton’s chief test pilot in 2009 …

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What could the upcoming Integrated Review Refresh mean for British airpower?

… cockpits. The January grounding of the BAE Systems Hawk T2 added to the air of crisis hanging over MFTS. Will …

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Shuttleworth Racers – from the cockpit

… The European approach is evident within the 1930s Miles Hawk Speed Six, Mew Gull and de Havilland DH.88 Comet owned … are well known to J-M. The least challenging is the Miles Hawk Speed Six. J-M described it as “a very fast Magister, … the traditional four-cylinder Gipsy Major found in the Hawk Major has been replaced by a 200hp Gipsy Six engine. …

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Duxford's airshows: what have been the highlights from 50 years?

… New restorations for TFC, like the P-39Q Airacobra and Hawk 75, took their bow. So did other projects to emerge from …

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Who was Luftwaffe ace Roloff Von Aspern?

… of the war on May 18, 1940, when he claimed a Curtiss Hawk west of Rethel. The following day, now flying with Oblt … that afternoon. On June 3, he claimed another Curtiss Hawk and the following day a Potez 63. The latter victory was …

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Future aircraft of the USAF

… jet trainer in the form of the Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk , which was the winner of the T-X programme to replace …

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NATO receives first upgraded RQ-4D Phoenix

… is based on the firm’s off-the-shelf RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk, which is in operational service with the US Air Force …

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Digital twinning - how can it help aerospace?

… Tempest model in the wind tunnel BAE Systems From Red Hawk to Stratofortress Linda Hapgood, vice-president and … design new military platforms. She said: “The T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer is among the US Air Force’s first … all things to be modelled. Boeing says the T-7A Red Hawk is among the US Air Force’s first aircraft to be …

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USMC’s Harvest HAWK+ achieves full operational capability

… (USMC’s) Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit Plus (HAWK+)-configured Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules has … the USMC’s Fleet Marine Forces on August 26. The Harvest HAWK+ modifications come as part of the USMC’s KC-130J … During the project, the USMC’s existing KC-130J Harvest HAWK system was enhanced by the integration of L3Harris’ …

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How is the USAF's PACAF command posturing to address the China threat?

… also supported the operation of USAF unmanned RQ-4B Global Hawk and US Navy MQ-4C Triton ISR aircraft. Additionally, it … the latter unit operates nine Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. In addition to its mission under the 18th … operates the Block 40 variant of the unmanned RQ-4B Global Hawk from Andersen. The US Navy's Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 …

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11 Sqn Lightning pilot – Binbrook memories

… T.3 and T.5, as well as over 100 hours on the nimble Hawk .  To say I felt underprepared as to what lay ahead … from the limited experience I had gained on the diminutive Hawk.  Having flown a dual sortie in the T.5 with a weapons …

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Aeroplane meets... Rod Dean

… officer, the Hunter still held sway. However, the Hawk T1 was being introduced, and a major attraction was the …

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Qatar receives first Eurofighter Typhoon during UK ceremony

… acquisition of the 24 Typhoon multi-role fighters and nine Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft, complete with a six-year … including the establishment of joint UK-Qatar Typhoon and Hawk training squadrons to provide QEAF pilot and technician …

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UK accelerates Hawk T1 retirement plans

… the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) British Aerospace (BAe) Hawk T1 fleet have been accelerated. The move comes after the … Red Arrows, since 1979. The team will continue to fly the Hawk T1 until 2030.   … UK accelerates Hawk T1 retirement …