In the beginning of April 2025, the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced on its website that the first OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft officially joined their fleet. The ceremony marking acceptance of the […]
Between 24th March and 11th April, at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, the Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted a joint training called ‘Salaknib’. It was part of ‘Salaknib and […]
On the penultimate weekend of March, wingsuit pilot Sebastián ‘Ardilla’ Álvarez broke three world records by a considerable margin as part of the Red Bull Starman mission. With his most recent stunt, the Chilean athlete […]
The Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training held by the United States Air Force (USAF). Since its debut on 29th November 1975, the exercise has brought together many aircrews from the USAF, the […]
Peregrine is a Royal Navy (RN) variant of the three-metres-long (10 ft) civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) rotorcraft S-100 Camcopter, made by Schiebel company from Austria. The RN-specific variant is equipped with the tailored UK […]
On 23rd January 2025, the Italian aerobatic and stunt pilot Dario Costa pushed the boundaries of aviation once again, when he flew his Zivko Edge 540 aerobatic aeroplane at a top speed of 350 kph, […]
On Thursday, 16th January 2025, at Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, extreme big-air kitesurfer Lasse Walker performed a world-first stunt by jumping with a kite in the water over a low-flying aircraft with world-wide-known aerobatic […]
We are, obviously, referring to the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which, on 18th January 2024, made its final, 72nd flight over the surface of the Red Planet. The flight which marked the end of its Martian […]
On 2nd December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology (Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii – MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced Ignis to be the official name […]
Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making […]
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