LONDON – The plane type that crashed near Medellin, Colombia, is a short-haul aircraft that has been used to land in hard-to-access airports and is increasingly used in firefighting duties. Variants ...

A four-engine jet-powered former passenger plane is now part of the firefighting force at the Brainerd Tanker Base. The British Aerospace BAe-146 was converted from a regional passenger jet service ...

The Royal Air Force's newly acquired pair of BAe 146-200QC passenger/freighter aircraft have been granted release to service approval from the UK Ministry of Defence, following their delivery by BAE ...

Operated from RAF Northolt by 32 squadron, the BAe 146 is primarily tasked with Command Support Air Transport roles. The date was confirmed by UK Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin in ...

LONDON–The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has begun retiring its fleet of BAe 146 transport aircraft ahead of the arrival of their planned replacements. The RAF’s two BAe 146 Mk.2 aircraft, VIP derivatives ...

BAE Systems has unveiled its proposal for a cost-effective air-to-air refuelling (A2R) variant of the aircraft. Mark Taylor, business director engineering for BAE Systems Regional Aircraft said: “We ...

LONDON (AP) — The plane that crashed near Medellin, Colombia, is a short-haul aircraft that was used to land in hard-to-access airports and frequently flew soccer teams across South America. Among the ...

The UK has released details of its RAF BAe 146 fleet replacement but will only acquire two aircraft instead of four. The UK MoD has issued an £80 million ($109 million) tender for two civilian ...

Buoyed by its success in selling two modified regional airliners to the UK Ministry of Defence for use in Afghanistan, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has revealed plans also to offer a tactical ...

The electric propulsion innovator intends to convert 100-seat BAe 146 regional airliners to serve busy scheduled routes of up to an hour's flight time. The Wright Spirit will be a BAe 146 regional ...

This move would leave the Royal Family without a dedicated aircraft for the first time in the Queen's 69-year-long reign. Without the Royal Family's four BAE-146 passenger jets, senior royals carrying ...