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ORSEC operation in French Guiana

15 January 2025 Jacek Domański

Since 2023, French Guiana – an overseas department of France located in the northern part of South America, between Suriname and Brazil – is suffering from extreme drought. In addition, the eighteen-month-long dry season French […]

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Operation Estrella Polar III – presidential visit at the South Pole

8 January 2025 Jacek Domański

On 3rd January 2025, the President of Chile Gabriel Boric, landed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, therefore beginning the first official visit of Latin American president at the South Pole. The presidential flight was […]

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Twilight of crewed combat aircraft? Perhaps in centuries, expert says.

18 December 2024 Jacek Domański

At the end of November 2024, the tech guru and entrepreneur Elon Musk – and probably the future head of the new US Department of Government Efficiency – posted a series of messages on X […]

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End of the era – the last operational flight of MiG-21 in Europe

9 December 2024 Jacek Domański

On 30th November 2024, the Croatian Ministry of Defence officially announced the final operational flight of the MiG-21 fighter of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF). […]

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And another chapter has been closed – the end of Swiss Hornet Solo Display team

4 December 2024 Jacek Domański

On Friday, 29th November 2024, the Swiss Eidgenössische Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport (the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport – DDPS) officially informed the decision was made to suspend, for an […]

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Romania to become the 20th country of the Joint Strike Fighter programme

30 November 2024 Jacek Domański

On 21st November 2024, the Romanian government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) and formally joined the Joint Strike Fighter programme as its twentieth member. The country is going to acquire thirty-two Lockheed […]

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Croatia receives the seventh Rafale fighter

27 November 2024 Jacek Domański

On 21st November 2024, the seventh example of Dassault Rafale multirole fighter for the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF) landed at the ´Colonel Marko Živković´ air […]

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Bayraktar TB3 UCAV makes the aviation history by operation from a short-runway vessel

24 November 2024 Jacek Domański

On 19th November 2024, Bayraktar TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) completed its open-sea shipboard testing programme, according to statement released by the Baykar company, manufacturer of the aircraft. Within the test, the Turkish UCAV […]

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Maiden flight of the first P-8A Poseidon for Germany planned for November this year

16 October 2024 Jacek Domański

On 9th October 2024, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr – BAAINBw) informed about the current status of manufacturing process of the […]

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Pilatus PC-9M – twenty years of service with the Irish Air Corps

14 October 2024 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of October 2024, the Irish Air Corps (IAC) celebrated the milestone of twenty years of operations with Pilatus PC-9M. The official commemoration event was held on Friday, 4th of October, bringing together […]

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