On 2nd September 1947, prototype of new Hawker jet aircraft designated P.1040 (VP401) or, following its naval designation, N.7/46, performed its first flight. Two years later, the aircraft was approved for serial production and received […]
On 29th August 2022, the ninth edition of multinational exercise Ample Strike / Odolné nebe 2022, focused on enhancing the level of cooperation between aviation crews and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC). As usual, the […]
Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jet E (c/n E33, 705-FJ of the French Air Force / Armée de l’Air), static display at Kleine-Brogel air base spotter day, September 2019. In the early 1960s, European NATO countries […]
This coming weekend, during the Slovak International Air Fest air show held at Malacky – Kuchyňa air base, Slovakia will officially say farewell to its MiG-29 fighter aircraft (NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´). At the end […]
Avia B-534 (ultra-light replica, OK-QAB-1), taxiing for the static display of the 24th Aviation Fair air show (Aviatická pouť), Pardubice, May 2014. Avia B-534 was a biplane fighter aircraft, designed in the former Czechoslovakia in […]
Last week, Eurofighter EF 2000 jets assigned to the 74th Tactical Air Wing (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 – TaktLwG 74) in Neuburg an der Donau (also known as the Bavarian Tigers), successfully landed in Darwin, Australia. […]
On 19th August 1940, prototype of a twin-engine medium bomber, later known as B-25 Mitchell, performed its maiden flight at Mines Field, Los Angeles. In the late 1930s, the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) […]
The Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије) is among popular subjects of our articles. One of the main reasons are interesting press releases of the Serbian Ministry of […]
L-60 Brigadýr (c/n 150507, OK-LKN), flying display at XVI. European An-2 Meeting, Hradec Králové, August 2012. In the early post-war years, the Czechoslovak Air Force still operated utility and liaison aircraft developed by the Nazi […]
On this day, ninety three years ago, Challenge International de Tourisme (English: International Tourist Aeroplane Competition) began in Paris, France. For almost two weeks, fifty five aircraft and their crews competed in several technical and […]
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