The first 100% SAF powered RAF Voyager takes flight (MOD Crown Copyright)
Aviation engineering news

RAF completes 100% SAF fuelled A330 MRTT flight

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed a flight on an RAF Voyager (A330 MRTT) aircraft fuelled with 100% sustainable aircraft fuel (SAF) from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The flight, which happened on Wednesday, was a joint venture between the RAF and Airbus and paves the way for non-fossil [read more]

US Air Force C130H
Aviation safety news

US Air Force grounds C130s after prop issue

The US Air Force (USAF) has grounded almost all of its C130H Hercules transport aircraft because cracks were found on the propellor barrels of three aircraft. Over 100 C130H, EC130H, MC130H and TC130H aircraft are affected by the defect which could cause fluid to leak from cracks. USAF Mobility Command [read more]

An artists impression of the B21 Raider
Military aviation news

B-21: US set to unveil next-generation stealth bomber

Northrop Grumman Corporation in partnership with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will unveil the next generation of stealth bombers, the B-21 Raider, in the first week of December it has been confirmed. Set to compliment the B2 bomber, the B-21 is a sixth-generation bomber capable of carrying conventional and nuclear [read more]