UK CAA extends EASA pilot licensing deadline

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has extended the 1 July deadline for the issue of European Aviation Safety Agency licences to 17 September.

Initial F-35 training cadre starts JSF transition

Initial training cadre pilots at the US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, have started converting over to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning...

Airbag fault grounds Israeli Skylark UAVs

Israel's land forces has temporarily grounded its Elbit Skylark 1 UAVs after several inflight deployments of the type's landing airbag ...

AFSOC MC-130J crews start training in new full-motion sims

The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) aircrews have started training on full-motion simulators for the MC-130J version of the Lockheed Martin Hercules tactical transport aircraft at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

An appreciation of aviation safety trends

2011 was a ‘good year’ and, in fact, from the point of view of airline fatal accident and passenger fatality rates, was the safest year ever.