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The Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade has banned refueling and maintenance of American aircraft operated by Russian and Belarusian airlines. According to the Turkish industry publication AirportHaber, the Turkish authorities made this decision on March 14. The reason was a letter from the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce. […]
The Japanese airline ZIPAIR was forced to repaint its planes to avoid being associated with supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Until the spring of 2022, the tails of ZIPAIR airliners bore a capital Z, the airline’s logo. This letter was used by the Russian military as an insignia on their vehicles entering Ukraine. Since the […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen the livery for the new presidential plane and rejected the design approved by the previous president, Donald Trump. The formal reason for rejecting Trump’s blue, red, and white option was the need for additional certification of the aircraft. According to the US Air Force, which provides transportation for the […]
In 2021, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force selected L3Harris Technologies as the executor of the contract to develop the Viper Shield EW system for the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter. This week, the contractor reported that the EW system had passed a critical analysis. Viper Shield is designed to provide a fighter with a […]
During the stream about further seasonal updates of the flight simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator, the developers announced an interesting news. In February, the pride of Ukrainian aviation industry will appear in the PC version of the simulator, and in March on the Xbox Series X|S – the unique and only Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft in […]
In February, the allies may for the first time announce the provision of Western-style aircraft to Ukraine. It is about fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. CNN reports that the position of the United States regarding sending General Dynamics aircraft to Ukraine has changed. Previously, the American authorities believed that the provision of fighter jets to […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said contractors mistakenly deleted files in the pilot notification system. All U.S. domestic flights were grounded last week due to failures in the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) program, a system that notifies pilots of safety-critical conditions at airports and other areas that planes may cross, including everything from […]
In Russia, airplanes break down almost every day, which leads to the cancellation of flights or emergency landings. The Russian mass media write about it. So, on January 16, the ‘Izhavia’ plane, which was flying from Bratsk to Nizhnevartovsk, was unable to take off. There was a bang during the take-off, the take-off was canceled […]
According to the ‘Belarusian Gayun’ group, the Russian fighter jet had an engine surge in the air after catching fire. The plane made an emergency landing at the ‘Machulyshchi’ airport. On January 19, information appeared in Ukrainian Telegram channels that a powerful explosion rang out in Belarus due to the flash of the engine of […]
At the beginning of 2023, accidents involving aircraft continued in the Russian aviation industry. There were at least seven incidents involving aircraft during the week. The Moscow Times writes about it. First, on January 5, the board of the Utair airline was forced to land due to a malfunction of the air conditioning system. He […]