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Nine local businesses across Lee and Collier counties in Southwest Florida have made the cut as finalists for the honor of "Company to Watch."

Peace Vanguard concludes training at Orchard Combat Training Center Photo By Thomas Alvarez | After the ground crew maintenance team makes their preflight checks, the AH-64 Apache...... read moreread more Photo By Thomas Alvarez | After the ground crew maintenance team makes their preflight checks, the AH-64 Apache pilots make their way around the aircraft making their checks. The Idaho Army Nation...

Co-founder of Zino Aviation, Captain Zino Mario-Ghae, has said that flight training programmes have huge costs and take a longer time due to poor guidance trainees often receive during the programme.

Cmdr. Donald Wayne Richmond, USNR Ret., 89, Mason Dixon Road, Gettysburg, passed away at his home on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. He was born July 15, 1931, in Armstrong, Iowa, the son of the late Wayne and Bernice Pruell Richmond. Donald is survived by his wife Marilyn Thompson-Richmond; a son, Timothy W. Richmond of Gettysburg; a daughter-in-law, Jodi Richmond of Littlestown; two grandchildren, Heather Hamilton and Scott Richmond; two sisters, Barbara Tolsdorf of Lebanon, Missouri, and Dolores Schni...

IT was a saga of blighted Victorian romance which these days would make the ideal storyline for  a bonkbuster television series. It had it all: a handsome, if rough hewn, hero, a beautiful wealthy daughter, a pompous father, glittering mansions and mighty horses. Better still, it rocked Worcestershire society to the core. At the heart of the action was “Gentleman John Tustin”, a broodingly good looking chap in the mould of Cornwall’s Poldark, who lived at Ronkswood Farm, half way up ...

If you have driven past the Clare Valley Aerodrome recently, you will likely have noticed a new addition to the entrance way. And while it might just look like…

Lebanese Air Force completes first MD Helicopters training class MD Helicopters Press Release | March 17, 2021 Estimated reading time 2 minutes, 31 seconds. The Lebanese Air Force successfully completed their first training class at MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Flight Training Academy. This was the first of three classes that included pilots, maintainers, and armament personnel, which took place in Mesa, Arizona, and an off-site location for gunnery training. Lebanese Air Force armament per...

Air Force diversity efforts aim to mentor, open doors to underrepresented groups March 8 Cadets attending AFJROTC Summer Flight Academy at Delaware State University tour a Radar Approach Control facility. (Roland Balik/Air Force) Senior Air Force officials have insisted that the creation of a force of airmen with diverse backgrounds and experiences is crucial to adapting to the threats of the future. That’s why Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-...

The Air Force Wants to Outsource Some of Its Pilot Training to Private Companies Second Lt. Rafael Galvoa, 37th Flying Training Squadron student pilot, and 1st Lt. Thomas Buckley, 37th FTS instructor pilot, conduct pre-flight checks on a T-6 Texan II at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., Jan. 24, 2020. (Davis Donaldson/U.S. Air Force) 8 Mar 2021 The U.S. Air Force is looking to outsource solutions to boost its yearly pilot output and improve its training curriculum. During a two-day industry event...

 - March 2, 2021, 9:41 AM Michael P. "Mike" Collins, who spent nearly three decades with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) in various senior editorial and management roles, died on February 25 in Frederick, Maryland, from Covid-19. He was 59. “Mike’s always positive and helpful attitude opened many doors for him and gained him great respect here at AOPA and around the industry,” said AOPA president and CEO Mark Baker. “All of aviation has suffered a loss with his unti...