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The museum was dedicated to the life and works of Chanute, the former air base, the history of aviation in the state of Illinois, and hosted an annual air show. Highlights of the museum included a collection of over 40 aircraft including military fighters, bombers, rescue, recon, and cargo aircraft.
Airbus in 2006 achieved its second best year ever in its entire 35-year history in terms of the number of orders it received, 824, second only to the previous year. [143] Airbus plans to increase production of A320 airliners to reach 40 per month by 2012, at a time when Boeing is increasing monthly 737 production from 31.5 to 35 per month. [144]
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The three Airbus A310 purchased by Interflug in 1988 were handed over by the Treuhandanstalt to the Federal Republic of Germany and became part of the German Air Force, [19] used for VIP transport of high-ranking politicians like the German president or chancellor. Several former Interflug aircraft have been preserved in different places in ...
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January 1 – The United States conducts a 48-hour standdown of air operations over Vietnam for the New Year holiday. [1]January 2 In the biggest air battle to date in the Vietnam War, seven North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") are destroyed by U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom II fighters of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Operation Bolo.
Image Total No. seats Introduced Retired Remark Refs; Aermacchi MB-326D: 4: 2: 1963: 1967: I-ADIA, I-ADIB, I-ADIC, I-ADIE for training purpose [1] [2] Airbus A300B2 ...
Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown St. Louis.