A few days ago, this year´s edition of multinational, Iceland-hosted exercise Northern Viking was successfully concluded. The training was held between 2nd and 14th April in Iceland and surrounding waters, with participation of the Icelandic […]
Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´), although still being in active service, is usually associated as one of the most iconic aircraft of the late Cold War years. And yet, interestingly, that fighter jet returned […]
A fortnight ago, we have written about preparations for Cold Response 2022 – a NATO military exercise organized in Norway. Although being organized biannually since 2006, this year the training reached its largest significance. It […]
From mid-March to April, approximately 30,000 of military personnel from 27 countries will participate in the Cold Response 2022 exercise, held in Norway. Considered to be the largest NATO military training led by Norway since […]
On 4th March 1954, Tony LeVier, official test pilot of the Lockheed company, took-off for the first time in a prototype of a new fighter – XF-104, later developed into a well-known F-104 Starfighter. The […]
Boeing E-3A Sentry (LX-N 90450, c/n 22845, NATO E-3A Component), in flight over the Czech Republic, November 2021. In the 1970s, the NATO authorities identified the need of acquiring a fleet of an Airborne Early […]
On 10th November 2021, the Bomber Task Force – one of the US commitments to the collective defence of NATO – performed a simulated targeting mission over the North Sea. During that exercise, the UK-based […]
At the turn of May and June, the Europe´s biggest and most complex air and missile exercise – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 – was held at the Atlantic Ocean. The event was led by Naval […]
25th May 2021 marked exactly 45 years since the first flight of Boeing E-3 Sentry. And that makes a perfect occasion to tell the story of this iconic ‘guardian of the skies’. Origins of the […]
NATO announced an aircraft acquiring programme, worth over 550 million USD. On 23rd April 1953, during a press conference held at Palais de Chaillot, the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Ismay (General Hastings Lionel ´Pug´ […]
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