Let Z-37A-C3 Čmelák (c/n 25-06, OK-NJD), static display at Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2014. History of crop dusting or, formally speaking, aerial application, in then-Czechoslovakia dates back to year 1926, when two military […]
Seventeen years ago, on 18th April 2005, the first six JAS-39 Gripen aircraft arrived to Čáslav air force base in the Czech Republic, therefore opening the new era in the Czech Air Force. Implementation of […]
Miles M.14A Magister I / Hawk Trainer III (c/n 873, G-CLHY, formerly N3827 of the RAF / LV-XSG), flying display at 30th edition of Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2022. In order to tell […]
Starting 29th June 2022, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) held training operation focused on validation of its capability to defend airspace of continental United States from so-called ´southern approach´ – an area of […]
On 1st July 1872, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, the famous French aviation pioneer, is born in Cambrai, France. Louis Blériot, the legendary aviator, is not only one of iconic entrepreneurs and inventors of the early […]
The Korean War is commonly known as the first conflict that seen large-scale jet-versus-jet air battles, with MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre being the iconic aircraft of the era. Nevertheless, it was the war in which […]
During the last week, extraordinary guests have visited the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air base at Darwin, the Northern Territory. They were B-1B Lancer heavy supersonic bombers that performed a hot pit refuelling there, […]
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (c/n 41H/656802, D-CRZY, formerly WJ298 of the Royal Navy and ´308´ of the Iraqi Air Force) flying display at 30th edition of Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2022. Hawker Sea […]
On 9th June 2022, the current edition of joint exercise Red Flag – Alaska was officially launched at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. The training, organized on regular basis since 1992, is a large-scale […]
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