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Submarine hunt and tactical recovery missions – exercise Northern Viking 2022

18th April 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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A Cold War veteran – the present and the future of MiG-29 with the NATO air forces

6th April 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Due North – exercise Cold Response 2022

21st March 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Cold Response 2022 is coming!

9th March 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

4 March 1954 – Lockheed F-104 Starfighter performed its maiden flight

3rd March 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Boeing E-3A Sentry

30th November 2021 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Bomber Task Force over the North Sea

17th November 2021 Jacek Domański

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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Formidable Shield over the Atlantic Ocean

20th June 2021 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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45 years of Boeing E-3 Sentry – a brief history of AWACS

31st May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

23 April 1953 – NATO aircraft acquiring programme

23rd April 2021 Jacek Domański

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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Military Aviation

  • Hot refuel at Darwin
    27th June 2022
  • Alaskan aggressors at Red-Flag 22-2
    21st June 2022
  • Training the next generation of ´Fulcrum´ pilots
    20th June 2022

Air Shows

  • Perfect opening of the Czech air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2022
    23rd May 2022
  • 2022 air show season updates (5) – Sanicole International Airshow
    18th May 2022
  • 2022 air show season updates (4)
    10th May 2022

Space

  • Bjarni Tryggvason – Iceland’s first and only astronaut
    20th April 2022
  • 28 January 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
    27th January 2022
  • The race for ´space movie´
    11th October 2021

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Civil Aviation

  • 11 March 1993 – first flight of Airbus A321
    10th March 2022
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    22nd February 2022
  • More than 26,000 flying hours accumulated by helicopters made at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
    14th February 2022

Aviation History

  • A half-century with Warthog
    26th May 2022
  • Great collection of classic aircraft – Classic Trainers (Hangar 3)
    24th April 2022
  • 1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire
    31st March 2022

Other

  • ´Russian Helicopters´ has overhauled six Mi-17-1V of Peruvian Air Force
    3rd November 2021
  • Rostec and Russian Post launched UAV delivery tests in Chukotka
    3rd August 2021
  • An unusual last flight of Su-27 fighter
    30th May 2021

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