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Next-Generation Bomber

The Next-Generation Bomber, informally the "2018 Bomber," was a US Air Force program for a stealthy medium bomber to enter service around 2018, canceled in 2009.

Ngurah Rai International Airport

Ngurah Rai International Airport, also called Denpasar or Bali International Airport, serves Bali, Indonesia from Tuban, about 13 km from Denpasar, as the country's main tourist gateway.

NHIndustries MRH-90 Taipan

The NHIndustries MRH-90 Taipan (MRH-90) was the Australian Army and Navy variant of the NH90 helicopter, serving from 2007 until its early withdrawal in 2024.

NHIndustries NH90

The NHIndustries NH90 (NH-90) is a twin-engine multi-role military helicopter developed by the European consortium NHIndustries for France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, first flown in 1995.

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, also known as Côte d'Azur International Airport, is an international airport southwest of Nice, France, and the country's second-busiest after Paris.

Nieuport

Nieuport (Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport), later Nieuport-Astra, was a French aircraft manufacturer founded in 1909, best known for its World War I sesquiplane fighters.

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a Hajj charter flight operated by Nationair that crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 1991, killing all 261 people on board.

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is Nigeria's statutory civil aviation regulator, created by Decree 49 of 1999 and headquartered at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

Nigerian Defence Academy

The Nigerian Defence Academy, formerly the Nigerian Military Training College, is the Kaduna institution that trains officer cadets of the Nigerian Armed Forces and has awarded degrees since 1985.

Night fighter

A night fighter, also known as an all-weather fighter, is a military aircraft equipped to locate and destroy enemy aircraft at night using airborne interception radar.

Night Witches

The Night Witches, or Nachthexen, were the German nickname for the all-female Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment, which flew harassment bombing missions on the Eastern Front from 1942.

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is a 1961 Richard Matheson short story about an airline passenger who alone sees a gremlin sabotaging the plane, famously adapted for The Twilight Zone in 1963.

Niki (airline)

Niki (Niki Luftfahrt GmbH), also styled Niki or flyNiki, was a leisure airline founded by Niki Lauda in 2003. Based in Vienna, it served Mediterranean destinations until its cessation of operations in 2017.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, led by USS Nimitz and built between 1968 and 2006.

Ninety-Nines

The Ninety-Nines, also known as The 99s, is an international organization of women pilots founded in 1929 and named for its 99 charter members, with Amelia Earhart as first president.

Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), formerly Manila International Airport, is the largest and primary international airport of the Philippines, serving Metro Manila with four terminals and two intersecting runways.

No Easy Day

No Easy Day is a 2012 memoir by a Navy SEAL writing as Mark Owen, the first firsthand account of the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

No Kum-sok

No Kum-sok (卢今锡), later Kenneth H. Rowe, was a North Korean Air Force pilot who defected in September 1953 by flying his MiG-15 jet to South Korea.

No. 1 Squadron (South African Air Force)

No. 1 Squadron was the senior fighter squadron of the South African Air Force, serving as a front-line unit from 1920 until its disbandment in 1997.

No. 1 Squadron RAAF

No. 1 Squadron RAAF, formed as No. 1 Squadron AFC in 1916, is the Royal Australian Air Force's oldest squadron, now flying F/A-18F Super Hornets from Amberley.

No. 303 Squadron RAF

No. 303 Squadron RAF, the Polish Kosciuszko Squadron, was an RAF fighter squadron formed at Northolt in August 1940, the top-scoring Fighter Command unit of the Battle of Britain.

No. 617 Squadron RAF

No. 617 Squadron RAF, the "Dambusters", is a Royal Air Force squadron formed in 1943 to attack the Ruhr dams, and now flies the F-35B from RAF Marham.

No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)

No. 9 Squadron, nicknamed the Griffins, is the senior-most fighter squadron of the Pakistan Air Force, raised in 1943 and now flying F-16s from Sargodha.

Noel F. Parrish

Noel F. Parrish (Noel Francis Parrish) was a US Air Force brigadier general who commanded Tuskegee Army Air Field from 1942 to 1946, training the Tuskegee Airmen.

Noi Bai International Airport

Noi Bai International Airport, also called Hanoi Airport, is Vietnam's principal airport serving Hanoi, located about 45 km north of the city in Soc Son.

Noida International Airport

Noida International Airport, also known as Jewar Airport, is a greenfield international airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving as the second international airport for the Delhi region.

Non-directional beacon

A non-directional beacon (NDB) is a ground-based radio navigation transmitter, among the oldest aids still in aviation use, that lets equipped pilots determine bearings and home on it.

Non-Stop (film)

Non-Stop (2014) is a Jaume Collet-Serra action thriller starring Liam Neeson as air marshal Bill Marks, who receives texts threatening a passenger death every 20 minutes unless $150 million is transferred; it grossed over $220 million worldwide.

Nordholz Naval Airbase

Nordholz Naval Airbase is a German Navy air base in Lower Saxony, a principal airship port from 1914 and home of the Naval Air Command since 1964.

Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum

The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is a volunteer-run museum at Flixton near Bungay on the Norfolk–Suffolk border, holding more than 60 aircraft and open since 1975.