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European armed forces help Slovenia after deadly flooding

15 August 2023 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Rapid Viking over Iceland

14 August 2023 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Canada awards Airbus a contract for new strategic tankers

6 August 2023 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Italy joins ´the Japanese club´ – another joint air exercise over Land of the Rising Sun

29 July 2023 Jacek Domański

On 25th July 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Defence informed about two more joint live-fly exercises to be held in the country´s airspace during the upcoming months. Those bilateral training activities, as stated in the […]

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First-ever joint training of the French and Japanese air forces

21 July 2023 Jacek Domański

The Japan Ministry of Defence had recently announced that the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and the French Air and Space Force (FASF) are going to conduct bilateral live-fly exercise in the Japan airspace. […]

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Chasing the sunset – F-22s over Hawaii

19 July 2023 Jacek Domański

A few days ago, the US Air National Guard disclosed a set of photos taken during night-time training operation, performed by F-22 Raptor fighters of the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. […]

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USAF and JASDF joint flight to emphasize the Pacific partnership

13 July 2023 Jacek Domański

Yesterday, on 12th July 2023, F-15C Eagles of the United States Air Force and Mitsubishi F-2s of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force performed a joint formation flight over the Sea of Japan to demonstrate US-Japan […]

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Green light for Germany to buy sixty CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters

10 July 2023 Jacek Domański

On 5th July, the office of German Ministry of Defence announced that budget committee of Bundestag, the German parliament, finally approved the purchase of sixty heavy light CH-47F Chinook rotorcraft. It is supposed that the […]

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Focus on interoperability – Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023

5 July 2023 Jacek Domański

In the early June, this year´s edition of Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE) was successfully concluded. Held every two years, the exercise already became an integral part of Nordic air forces combat training and also one […]

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First flight of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk with the USAF

3 July 2023 Jacek Domański

On 28th June 2023, the first Boeing T-7A training aircraft delivered to the United States Air Force performed its maiden flight, marking the start of engineering and manufacturing (EMD) stage of the Red Hawk development […]

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