On 6th December 2021, the aviation regiment located at Chelyabinsk Shagol air force base, and being a part of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defence (14-я армия ВВС и ПВО), celebrated […]
On 10th December 1919, a modified Vickers Vimy heavy bomber with a crew of Keith Macpherson Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith, W.H. Shiers and J.M. Bennet, successfully landed at Darwin, completing the 17,911 kilometres journey from […]
On 7th December, the Aviation Engineering Service – AES (Инженерно-авиационная служба) of the Air Force Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces celebrated its 105th anniversary. The first aviation-related engineering posts within the Russian armed forces […]
Sukhoi Su-25SM3 (c/n 25508110115, ´92´ red, Russian Aerospace Forces) – close air support aircraft, commonly called ´Grach´ (Грач, English: rook), NATO reporting name Frogfoot, static display at XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, August […]
A three-week joint exercise of Serbian and US special forces was held this past month, at Peskovi training ground in eastern Serbia. The special operation forces of both countries had focused on practising anti-terrorism operations, […]
On 3rd December 1945, a Sea Vampire flown by Captain Eric Brown successfully landed onto HMS Ocean. It was the first time ever, when a purely jet-powered aircraft has landed onboard an aircraft carrier. The […]
On 24th November 2021, the Voronezh Malshevo air base (also known as Voronezh Southwest or just Baltimor) was officially opened after its modernization. The airfield will be a new home for Sukhoi Su-34 strike fighters […]
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 […]
In the middle of November 2021, Su-34 aviation crews of the Central Military District performed a series of live-fly exercises in the area of South Ural region. Among elements of the training, advanced aerobatic manoeuvres […]
On 26th November 1943, Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O’Hare – the US Navy´s first fighter ace – was shot down during a night intercept mission, flying a Grumman F6F Hellcat. His aircraft was never found. […]
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