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Kerry Airport Out Now
Eiresim has announced the release of Kerry Airport Ultimate for FSX.

Saudi Arabian National Guard Orders 12 UH-60Ms
A FURTHER 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks have been ordered for the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG). US Army Contracting Command awarded a $30,351,927 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation yesterday, August 19, for procurement of these helicopters.

USAF Grounds 82 F-16Ds Due to Structural Cracks
OVER HALF of the US Air Force’s 157 F-16D Fighting Falcons were grounded recently due to the discovery of canopy sill longeron cracks found between the front and rear pilot seats. Their removal from flight status was announced yesterday, August 19, by US Air Force officials.

A NEW BEGINNING!
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Dovetail Games who recently acquired a global licensing deal for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Emirates Finalises 777X Deal
EMIRATES AIRLINE has signed a firm order for 150 Boeing 777Xs valued at $56 billion at current list prices.

First 787-9 for ANZ
AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ) took delivery of its initial Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, ZK-NZE (c/n 34334) at a special ceremony held at the US manufacturer’s Everett facility on July 8.

Lufthansa Reorganises
DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA has revealed plans that it hopes will help it recover from several years of poor financial returns and reposition the airline back to its benchmark role in the industry.

US airstrikes in Iraq
President Obama approves military strikes

Pease AFB named as first ANG KC-46 base, 7-Aug-2014

Features

First Turkish C-130 with Upgraded Avionics Delivered
The first Turk Hava Kuvvetleri (THK – Turkish Air Force) Hercules to be modernised with new avionics under the Erciyes programme, C-130E 13188, seen during its hand-over ceremony at TAI’s facilities in Ankara on August 8...

Saving Lives and Seizing Drugs
The Coast Guard Air Station in Los Angeles covers a wide and very busy area in Southern California. Alan Kenny found out more...

Hosting the Testers
Naval Base Ventura County has the sound of afterburners again while they play host to two squadrons from NAWS China Lake. All images copyright of the author...

Flight Sim 2013: It’s Show Time! (As featured in the new issue of PC Pilot)
Something rather special happened on October 19, 2013 at the RAF Museum Cosford. A group of more than 1700 like-minded people came together to celebrate and share their interest in aviation and fight simulation...

Military Master!
AFM’s Alan Kenny had the opportunity to briefly chat with the BBC’s history expert, Dan Snow, about aviation...

Events

Wimpole at War
13-Sep-2014 to 14-Sep-2014

NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days
20-Sep-2014 to 21-Sep-2014

Open Cockpits Evening
20-Sep-2014

World Routes 2014
20-Sep-2014 to 23-Sep-2014

Modelfest
20-Sep-2014

Hughenden’s Wartime Weekend
20-Sep-2014 to 21-Sep-2014

Aviation Fair
21-Sep-2014

Military Flight Training 2014
22-Sep-2014 to 23-Sep-2014

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