The Short-Lived Airbus A380-800 Freighter Concept That Was Cancelled Before A Single Aircraft Was Built

Airbus once convinced FedEx, UPS, and Emirates to bet on the biggest freighter ever imagined, but it quietly disappeared ...
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Cargo and passenger jets fly the same skies, but don't crash at the same rate

The crash of a UPS plane last week in Louisville, Kentucky, brought renewed attention to a little-noticed issue in the aviation world: cargo aircraft safety. While data is often conflicting, pilots ...

What aircraft fly out of Kirtland Air Force Base?

Spanning more than 50,000 acres, Kirtland Air Force Base is one of the larger U.S. bases by size. However, it might not house ...
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USAF’s Most Flexible Cargo Plane Gets New Boeing Flight Deck to Fly for 50 More Years

There are several cargo planes currently in use by the U.S. Air Force (USAF), but only one of them is described by America’s aviators as “the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force”: ...
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UPS plane crash: How often do cargo jets go down?

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's live coverage of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, KY, for Wednesday, Nov. 5. LOUISVILLE, KY – The crews are small. They fly fewer flights. Cargo planes operate ...
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Why UPS was still flying the 34-year-old MD-11 plane that crashed

(CNN) — The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo. There are no initial indications ...
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Why UPS was still flying the 34-year-old MD-11 plane that crashed

(CNN) — The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo. (CNN) — The UPS freighter that ...