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The deal is signed – Dassault Rafale for Serbia
On 29th August 2024, Serbia and France officially signed bilateral documents confirming the purchase of twelve Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft for the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије). […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Taylorcraft Auster Mk V
Taylorcraft Auster Mk V (c/n 1753, OK-BTA), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In 1930, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, the Chief Engineer of Taylor Aircraft Company developed a small, low-powered […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Helicopter purchase of the century – 96 AH-64E Apache for Poland
On 13th August 2024, the Polish Ministry of Defence announced the conclusion of agreement with the United States government, covering the purchase of ninety-six examples of Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters, related equipment and logistics […]
AVIATION HISTORY
30 August 1914 – German aircraft drops first bombs on Paris
On 30th August 1914, only a month after the outbreak of the Great War, a single German Taube aircraft performed an air raid on the French capital, dropping a few bombs and a bag of […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Pacific Angel 24-1 SAR exercise in Papua New Guinea
On 24th August 2024, this year´s edition of Pacific Angel exercise began at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The training is being led by US Indo-Pacific Command with participation of the United States Air Force, […]
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North American B-25 Mitchell
On 19th August 1940, the prototype of B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber, performed its maiden flight at Mines Field, Los Angeles. The story of the well-known B-25 Mitchell bomber began in the late 1930s, when […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Westland Sea King Mk 41
Westland Sea King Mk 41 (c/n 768, 89+64 of the German Naval Aviation / Marineflieger, Marinefliegergeschwader 5), static display during spotter day at Galileo SAR Meet 2023, Nordholz, August 2023. The end of August 2024 […]
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FOD walk at MacDill AFB
On 6th August 2024, the USAF personnel assigned to the 6th Air Refuelling Wing and the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron, performed a foreign object debris walk at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The service […]
AVIATION HISTORY
23 August 1878 – first British military aircraft performs its maiden flight
On 23rd August 1878, the first British military aircraft, the Pioneer, performed its maiden flight at Woolwich Arsenal. The first British military balloon trials are as old as 1862. That year, Lieutenant George Grover proposed […]