Two weeks ago, massive floods caused by heavy rainfall hit Slovenia. According to the local authorities, the country is currently facing the worst natural disaster in the history of independent Slovenia, affecting two-thirds of the […]
10th August 2023 marked conclusion of German Air Force ´lean and mean´ exercise over Iceland. For two weeks, six Eurofighters from the 73rd Tactical Air Wing were deployed to Keflavik Air Base within a training […]
Wildland fires are recently a common subject of news headlines. They are one of the most feared forces of nature due to being nearly impossible to prevent, difficult to control and causing significant damage. It […]
Orličan VT-16 Orlík (c/n 150702, OK-2141), single-seat glider, static display during open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, October 2022. At the end of the 1950s, a well-known Czechoslovak aviation designer, Jiří Matějček, developed a […]
On 25th July 2023, the Government of Canada officially announced that the country awarded Airbus Space and Defence S.A. the contract for nine aircraft within the Canadian Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) programme. The contract […]
At the foothills of the Weser Uplands, in German land of Lower Saxony, there is a small but picturesque town named Bückeburg. Apart from the interesting Bückeburg Palace, the former residence of the Princes of […]
WSK SM-1Sz (c/n not confirmed – probably 402017, formerly ´4028´ of the Polish Air Force), exhibited at Museum of the Polish Navy, Gdynia, July 2014. The SM-1 helicopter is a Polish, licensed version of a […]
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