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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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Peacekeeping practice in the Balkans – Platinum Wolf 2023

26 June 2023 Jacek Domański

On 14th June, this year´s edition of multinational tactical exercise Платинасти вук (Platinum Wolf) was launched at training area ´Borovac´ and ´South´ military base, in the vicinity of Bujanovac in southern Serbia. The training is […]

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Serbian delegation to Cyprus – will Mi-35 deal be completed soon?

21 June 2023 Jacek Domański

Last week, the official Serbian delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense Miloš Vučević visited the Republic of Cyprus. During their several-day-long stay, the Serbian high-ranked officials toured Andreas Papandreou […]

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Farewell to ´flying tank´ – final live-fire training of the Czech Mi-24 helicopters

12 June 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of June, the 221st Helicopter Squadron (221. vrtulníková letka) of the Czech Air Force performed the last live-fire training with their Mi-24V (NATO reporting name Hind) attack helicopters. The exercise was held […]

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Refuelling practice over the skies of North California

7 June 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of this month, a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 121st Air Refuelling Wing performed a refuelling practice in support of an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft of the 116th Air Control Wing. The Northrop […]

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A-10s return to Europe in support of Defender 2023 exercise

15 May 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of May 2023, the US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa announced the deployment of ten A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft to USAFE-AFAFRICA area of operations, in support of the […]

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Training flights of Serbian MiG-29 crews

13 May 2023 Jacek Domański

Today, in next of a series of articles about the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence, we are taking you to the 204th Air Brigade (204. ваздухопловна бригада), to take a closer look at training […]

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MiG-21 LanceR – end of the tale

11 May 2023 Jacek Domański

On 9th May 2023, the Romanian Ministry of Defence announced the date of withdrawal of the country´s MiG-21 LanceR fleet from active service. The final day was set on 15th May, therefore ending sixty-one years […]

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