Episode 318 - The Military Special

Join Carlos, Armando, Matt, Major Rick and Micah (from the Airplane Geeks - www.airplanegeeks.com) for this week's PTUK Aviation Podcast recording.

In this week's Grey Stuff special we learn that the A10 will continue flying until 2040, RAF Typhoons conduct exercises with the US B1B Lancer and the first Osprey arrives in Japan.

In the commercial news some airlines announce their intentions to return to the skies, Jet Blue's New York flypast draws criticism and the UK's Quarantine scenario draws contempt from airline and crew circles.

We also take another trip down memory lane as Nev delves back into the airshow archives with some highlights.

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The details on the film Armando was talking about can be found here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/

Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

MILITARY

https://www.airforcemag.com/a-10-will-remain-in-fleet-through-2040s-despite-planned-cuts/

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/05/13/lakenheath-f-15s-deploy-to-afcent/

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/raf-typhoons-exercise-us-b1b-lancer-bomb/

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-british-airways-pilots-facing-the-sack-could-join-the-raf-on-secondment-11986803

https://www.airforcemag.com/light-attack-providers-get-second-shot-with-socom/

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/raf-valley-releases-fresh-statement-18240999

https://theaviationist.com/2020/05/08/heres-venom-the-new-special-painted-jet-of-the-f-16-viper-demo-team/

https://defence-blog.com/army/first-v-22-osprey-aircraft-arrives-in-japan.html

COMMERCIAL

https://www.reuters.com/article/ryanair-airbus/ryanair-plans-to-replace-laudas-airbus-jets-with-boeing-oleary-idUSS8N2CJ00R

https://www.airlinerwatch.com/2020/05/mitsubishi-aircraft-suspends.html

https://simpleflying.com/jetblue-new-york-flypast-criticism/

https://www.airlive.net/breaking-delta-to-retire-its-entire-boeing-777-fleet-by-the-end-of-this-year-due-to-the-coronavirus-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR06AVYqkUoR-9TLTf1anNoOCmaN475n-T7NgFOQTMrbuMrHkJlyFZJgEIs

https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/quarantine-scenario-draws-contempt-from-uk-airline-and-crew-circles/138301.article

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-masks-exc-idUSKBN22O349?fbclid=IwAR3jfw0zSWPE6ExgfagWSlXxpfbKlsRYeJ5h3_f-oQWAu7nXUGF92NZXoUA

https://apnews.com/098d822f7eba7488f7aea67a1bb447a9