Group Captain Keith Mossman, who has died aged 96, served in a wide variety of air defence posts as a pilot, controller, and commander at the height of the Cold War.
Squadron Leader Shamsher Pathania, call sign 'Patty,' a top fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force, joins forces with other elite aviators to establish a special unit called 'Air Dragons.'
Following on from John Parker's article earlier this week depicting the finishing touches which Vintage Fighter Restorations is applying to their Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (MH603) at their facility in Scone, New South Wales, Australia comes the news that the soon-to-fly fighter is now listed with the warbird brokerage Platinum Fighter Sales. Following a down-t0-the-last-rivet restoration, this Spitfire is now resplendent in the colors she wore while flying with No.331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF; for a cool £3,500,000, or roughly US$4.75 million, this combat veteran Spitfire will find a new home with a lucky customer in pastures new.