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Trijet tanker goes off duty – 9th Air Refueling Squadron retires its KC-10s

22 January 2024 Jacek Domański

On 11th January 2024, the 9th Air Refueling Squadron officially retired one of its KC-10 Extender tankers, the aircraft that was assigned the flagship duty. The event was related to withdrawal of that trimotor air-to-air […]

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Developing the better and effective rescue operations – Galileo SAR Meet 2023

17 January 2024 Jacek Domański

Between 24th and 28th August 2023, the latest edition of Galileo SAR Meet took place in Nordholz air base, at the North Sea coast. Search and rescue crews from Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, the Czech Republic […]

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Norwegian deployment opens another year of Iceland Air Policing

10 January 2024 Jacek Domański

In January and February of 2024, four F-35 Lightning II fighters of the Royal Norwegian Air Force will be deployed to Keflavik air force base to execute the first tour of duty within this year´s […]

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Operation Christmas Drop 2023

27 December 2023 Jacek Domański

As always at this time of the year, the United States Air Force has recently performed a humanitarian event known as the Operation Christmas Drop. Similarly to previous editions, the operation involved the United States […]

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The King is dead, long live the Queen!

26 December 2023 Jacek Domański

At the end of 2023, the Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret – RNoAF) said farewell to its Sea King Mk 43 helicopters. The Westland-made rotorcraft have been retired after more than fifty years of active […]

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Six Chinook helicopters for the US Army Special Operations Command

15 December 2023 Jacek Domański

The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) has recently awarded the Boeing company a contract for six remanufactured MH-47G Chinook Block II helicopters, as a part of the US Army modernization programme.   The latest […]

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Aviation Training Relocation at Tsuiki

13 December 2023 Jacek Domański

Currently, Tsuiki Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF), located in Fukuoka Prefecture, hosts current edition of Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) programme, being a part of the JASDF and the United States bilateral […]

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End of the year 2023 with two important contracts for Boeing

11 December 2023 Jacek Domański

At the end of November 2023, the Boeing company announced that it has been recently awarded with two new contracts for military aircraft. The first agreement, under the name Lot 10, covers delivery of fifteen […]

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Medieval Mini Tiger Meet 2023 in Neuburg

6 December 2023 Jacek Domański

In the first decade of July 2023, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (74th Tactical Air Force Wing – TaktLwG 74) organized – at its home base in Neuburg a.d. Donau – a Medieval Mini Tiger Meet. The […]

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Eleven Mi-35 attack helicopters for Serbia

29 November 2023 Jacek Domański

On Thursday, 23rd November 2023, the Serbian authorities officially confirmed the country had acquired eleven Mi-35P attack helicopters from the Cypriot National Guard.  The purchase was disclosed to public during the official visit of Aleksandar […]

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