Yesterday, on 14th August 2024, the Panavia Tornado multirole combat aircraft celebrated the 50th anniversary of its maiden flight. A brief history of development and operational service of that aircraft was already mentioned in a […]
21st July 2024 marked the first ever deployment of the USAF strategic bombers to Romania. On that day, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, […]
On 1st May 2024, after an eight-year gap, the doors of Náměšt´military airfield again opened for general public, on the occasion of the Open Day event organised by 22. základna vrtulníkového letectva (22nd Helicopter Air […]
On 26th July 2024, three German Eurofighter EF-2000 aircraft performed the record-breaking non-stop flight from Japan to Hawaii Island, staying in the air for over ten and a half hours. Information about the record flight […]
On 16th July 2024, the 910th Airlift Wing, an United States Air Force reserve unit being stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter. The event marked beginning of […]
In the middle of July 2024, some of the US Navy squadrons concluded the several-month-long deployment to the region known as Horn of Africa region and returned to their home bases. Among them there were […]
On 9th July 2024, Ariane 6 expendable launch system made its maiden flight from ELA-4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch, considered a milestone of the European space […]
On 1st July 2024, the Boeing company officially informed about the delivery of the first CH-47F Chinook helicopter, modernized to the new Block II configuration. The rotorcraft is the first of up to 456 of […]
On 27th June 2024, forty-nine aircraft and more than 1,800 military personnel from France, Germany and Spain set out on a journey around the Earth, codenamed Pacific Skies 2024. That unique and historic exercise is […]
As part of the international exercise BALTOPS 24, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) deployed a detachment of the US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jets to Ronneby air base in Sweden. The Harrier […]
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