On 30th May 1944, the Swiss-developed SB-2 Pelikan (English: pelican) light transport aircraft, performed its maiden flight. In 1938, the then Swiss Eidgenössisches Luftamt (Federal Aviation Office) launched the programme of new light transport aircraft, […]
The UK Ministry of Defence recently confirmed that the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being assessed as a potential carrier-based airborne early warning (AEW) platform for the Royal Navy. Ben Obese-Jecty, […]
McDonnell Douglas RF-4C-39-MC Phantom II (c/n 3579, formerly 68-0590 of the United States Air Force), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. In the early 1960s, the […]
Between 3rd and 5th March 1942, the naval aviation of the Japanese Imperial Navy performed the long-range bomb raid on Oahu Island, commonly known as the second attack on Pearl Harbor. Officially codenamed Kē-Sakusen (K作戦 […]
On 23rd May 1923, Societé anonyme belge d’Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne (Belgian Corporation for the Exploitation of Aerial Navigation) aviation carrier was established. The company, commonly known as SABENA (or Sabena), was the Belgian […]
Centrum Leteckého Výcviku (Flight Training Centre – CLV) in Pardubice is among the regular participants of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, and the forthcoming 33rd edition of the event will not be an exception […]
This month, personnel of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade and the helicopter squadron of the 98th Air Brigade of the Serbian Armed Forces performed a joint training in rappel insertion techniques. The exercise was performed […]
On 16th May 1919, three Curtiss NC-4 flying boats of the US Navy left Newfoundland and headed the Azores, in attempt for the first transatlantic flight of the powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. In April of 1913, […]
At the turn of April and May 2025, twelve members of No. 99 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) spent a week in the Arctic Circle delivering supplies to the world’s northernmost located base. The C-17 […]
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