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McKinney National Airport Transformation Into A Commercial Option

The North Texas aviation industry is on the doorstep of its biggest milestone in more than a decade: the opening of the region’s third commercial airport. McKinney National, which uses the three-letter code TKI, has operated as a general and private aviation a

United Air Lines Flight 718 Struck Trans World Airline Flight 2 On June 30, 1956

This year marks the 70th anniversary of a deadly mid-air collision, which killed 128 passengers and crew and which started a new era of air traffic control safety, leading to the creation of today’s FAA. In acknowledgement of the tragedy, the National Park Ser

"We're going to actually turn the test aircraft into operational aircraft at some point in time. They'll be going there and starting to really do the things you need to do to prepare the base to get the long-term operational aircraft there."

Source: The first B-21 Raider assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota will come directly from the flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink. Rather than remaining solely a developmenta

New $7 Billion Fighter Hub To Support Arctic And Pacific Regions

The Air Force intends to drastically expand its premier northern outpost as Alaska's importance for Arctic and Pacific operations continues to grow. The U.S. military has released new details about the massive Fightertown Recapitalization (FTR) Program at Join

Need Is To Reach Air, Sea Targets In Western Pacific To Counter China

The U. S. Air Force wants a family of next-generation long-range missiles to strike targets out to ranges of at least 1,000 nautical miles to support the service’s plans to counter Chinese air and naval forces in a potential conflict. The Air Force long-range

Business Jet Operated By Maintenance Vendor Crossed Active Runway After American Was Cleared For Takeoff

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after an American Airlines flight bound for Bermuda aborted takeoff at Miami International Airport on Friday after a business jet crossed the active runway, bringing the planes within about a third of

Aero Linx: Hill Aerospace Museum The Hill Aerospace Museum is one of the premier attractions in Utah and is located on the northwest corner of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, about five miles south of Ogden. The Air Force base museum was founded in 1982 as part of

Final Approach Point The point, applicable only to a nonprecision approach with no depicted FAF (such as an on airport VOR), where the aircraft is established inbound on the final approach course from the procedure turn and where the final approach descent may

First Operational Raider Will Help Prepare Ellsworth For The Bomber's Future Mission

The Air Force is moving faster than originally planned to bring the B-21 Raider into operational service. While the timeline still points to 2027, the first aircraft will now arrive at Ellsworth Air Force Base slightly ahead of the original schedule. The miles

The Grumman Greyhound Has Served Six Decades As Navy’s Dedicated Carrier Onboard Delivery Aircraft

The U.S. Navy’s C-2A Greyhound has flown off an aircraft carrier for its last time, ending its 60-year carrier on-board delivery (COD) mission, which will now be passed to the new CMV-22B Osprey. The last arrested landings and catapult launches were conducted