26 March 2026
  • MILITARY AVIATION

    Operation Poker – the French nuclear raid exercise

    With the arrival of spring, Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) conducted one of its major live-fly exercises of the year, codenamed Poker, which simulated a nuclear air raid. The training was carried out [...]
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19PM

    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19PM (c/n 651045, formerly “1045” of Československé letectvo / the Czechoslovak Air Force), on display at an intersection in Líně, near the Plzeň-Líně airfield, July 2025 At the beginning of the 1950s, the Soviet aviation industry began developing the [...]
  • MILITARY AVIATION

    NATO strengthens Eastern Flank through IAMD exercise in Romania

    In mid-March 2026, NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) conducted a targeted Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) exercise in Romania as part of the enhanced multi-domain Vigilance Activity (eVA) “Eastern Sentry”. Designed to strengthen deterrence and enhance operational readiness along [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    20 March 1922 – USS Langley was recommissioned

    On 20 March 1922, the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), was officially recommissioned. USS Langley (CV-1) was the first aircraft carrier of the US Navy. The vessel had originally been commissioned in 1913 as the bulk [...]

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Robinson R44

by Kacper Kolibowski in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

In 1979, the California-based Robinson Helicopter Company began production of its first helicopter, the R22, which entered the market later that year. The small, two-seat rotorcraft was powered by a single engine and featured two-bladed main and tail rotors. Designed to be simple and relatively [...]
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