On Saturday 12th November 2022, the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, operated by the US Space Force, returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:22 am ET (10:22 […]
Agusta A109BA (c/n 0345, H45 of the Belgian Air Component) and MD Helicopters MD 500E (c/n 0191E, OK-PKS) in a joint flying display during Czech International Air Show, Hradec Králové, September 2017. The A109 helicopter […]
At the end of October 2022, formation of A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft was deployed to Andersen Air Force Base at Guam, Pacific Ocean. The aircraft, assigned to the 23rd Wing from Moody, Georgia, arrived […]
On 11th November 1956, prototype of Convair B-58 Hustler, supersonic strategic bomber, performed its first flight. In February of 1949, less than two years since breaking the sound barrier by Bell X-1 experimental rocket aircraft, […]
At the beginning of November 2022, the Swedish Armed Forces Supreme Commander, General Michael Bydén, submitted his latest military recommendations to the Swedish government. As disclosed by the Swedish military authorities, the document includes the […]
Aero L-39ZA Albatros (c/n 232409, formerly ´109´ of the Romanian Air Force, N214AX, Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. Ltd), static display at Phantom Pharewell event, Wittmundhafen, June 2013. Only three years after introducing Aero L-29 Delfín, […]
On 24th October 2022, KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 909th Air Refuelling Squadron USAF, operating from Kadena air base in Okinawa, Japan, completed a joint training exercise with the US Navy F/A-18 Hornets. The training […]
On 4th November 1909, John Moore-Brabazon made a flight with a pig placed in a wastepaper basket attached to his aeroplane, to prove that ´pigs can fly´. ´When pigs fly´ is a common phrase in […]
Pilatus PC-21 (c/n 104, A-102 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The story of training aircraft made by Pilatus company started already in the early […]
On 18th October this year, the Serbian armed forces launched a three-week joint exercise of active and reserve forces, codenamed ´Manoeuvres 2022´ (Маневри 2022). The exercise includes an intensive training of Special Operation Forces, supported […]
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