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Jan 07 2025

FAA Offers Fresh Funding to Inspire Future Pilots and Maintenance Technicians Posted by Admin

WASHINGTON— The FAA is helping to develop the next generation of aviation professionals through two grants aimed at creating a more diverse pool of pilots and aviation maintenance technicians.  

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Mar 20 2025

Vertical Flight Society Announces 2025 Individual Recipients of Its Prestigious Awards Posted by Admin

Fairfax, Virginia, March 20, 2025 — The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the 2025 individual recipients of its prestigious awards program. Since its establishment in 1944, the VFS awards program has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. The 2025 award recipients will be honored at the Grand Awards Banquet on May 22, 2025, as part of the 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display in Virginia Beach, Virginia (www.vtol.org/forum). This premier event will bring together leading experts and industry professionals to celebrate excellence in vertical flight. 

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Jan 01 2025

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47 Posted by RSS Feed

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in

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Jan 24 2025

U.S. Air Force C-17s Might Soon Fly with Drag-Reducing Microvanes, Saving $14 Million in Fuel Costs Annually Posted by RSS Feed

Six aircraft have been modified for a six-month evaluation before the microvanes, small 3D-printed

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Apr 02 2025

Iceman Val Kilmer Has Passed Away at Age 65 Posted by RSS Feed

Iceman Val Kilmer, who we all know and love from the Top Gun movies, has passed away at age 65. The

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May 26 2025

Netherlands Completes Delivery of 24 F-16s to Ukraine Posted by RSS Feed

Less than a year after the first deliveries, the RNLAF completed the transfer of the last of the 24

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Aug 26 2025

Hydraulic Fluid Contamination and Ice Buildup Led to January F-35A Crash in Alaska Posted by RSS Feed

PACAF’s investigation found water-contaminated hydraulic fluid froze and caused a landing gear

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Mar 31 2025

U.S. Navy’s Next Trainer Jet Won’t Need to Land on Carriers Posted by RSS Feed

The U.S. Navy released a new Request for Information for the T-45’s replacement, which will only be

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Aug 24 2025

Last Production U-2 Returns to Flight for First Time Since 2008 Posted by RSS Feed

80-1099 was photographed in flight for the first time in 17 years after being heavily damaged in a

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Aug 29 2025

Flight Advisory GPS Interference Testing - White Sands Missile Range, NM Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NEW MEXICO (WSMRNM) 25-14

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