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Month: October 2019

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Aero L-159T2 ´ALCA´ (6031)

29th October 2019 Milan Toman

In the autumn-mood: Aero L-159T2 ´ALCA´, an attack aircraft operated by the Czech Air Force, photographed at its home base in Čáslav, Czech Republic. Aero L-159 ALCA (Advanced Light Combat Aircraft) is the light, subsonic […]

MILITARY AVIATION

The ´Blackjacks´ are visiting South Africa

28th October 2019 Jacek Domański

Exactly on the same day when Vladimir Putin, the President of Russian Federation, opened the first ever Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Sochi, a pair of Tupolev Tu-160 ´White Swan´ strategic bombers (NATO reporting name ´Blackjack´) […]

AIRCRAFT

Russian rotorcrafts at the Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Sochi

24th October 2019 Jacek Domański

While the eyes of the world are watching the Russian Tu-160 visiting South Africa, we cannot forget about the other event connecting Russia and the African countries, namely the Russia-Africa Economic Forum, which is organized […]

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Lockheed U-2C (56–6693)

22nd October 2019 Jacek Domański

The wreckage of Lockheed U-2C, United States spy aeroplane (code name Article 360, 56-6693), that was shot down near Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg) on 1st May 1960. The aircraft is currently on display in the Central […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Chinese helicopter contingent on its way to ´Centre – 2019´ exercise

21st October 2019 Jacek Domański

On 6th September 2019, eight People’s Liberation Army Air Force helicopters arrived at the Chelyabinsk airport, attracting the attention of the airport employees and guests. Those eight helicopters – four Mi-171 multipurpose helicopters and four […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Tactical exercise ´Union Shield – 2019´

21st October 2019 Jacek Domański

Between 13th and 19th October 2019, the joint exercise of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation, codenamed ´Union Shield – 2019´ (Щит Союза-2019), was held at Mulino training area, located […]

AIRCRAFT

500,000 flight hours for Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

19th October 2019 Jacek Domański

According to the Boeing company information released at the beginning of October, the existing fleet of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft reached the 500,000 flight hours milestone. The aircraft have been developed since 1981, […]

AIRCRAFT

Rostec offers the modernization of South Korean Ka-32 fleet

16th October 2019 Jacek Domański

The Rostec State Corporation recently released that the program for upgrading the South Korean fleet of multipurpose Ka-32 helicopter fleet would be presented during the ADEX 2019 – Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition, held […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31

15th October 2019 Jacek Domański

The Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31 (also known as X-31 VECTOR), experimental jet fighter exhibited in the Flugwerft Schleissheim aviation museum in Oberschleißheim (a branch of Deutsche Museum, Munich). An X-series of research aircraft already made its mark […]

AIRCRAFT

An integration of Mil and Kamov construction bureaus into the National Helicopter Centre

13th October 2019 Jacek Domański

The Board of Directors of Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has taken a decision to unite JSC ´Mil Moscow Helicopter plant´ and JSC ´Kamov´ to establish JSC ´National Helicopter Centre named […]

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