AVIATION EVENTS
2023 air show season – news and updates (3)
The first half of 2023 has passed and this is the best moment to take a closer look at aviation events planned for the remaining months of the year. In other words, it is the […]
2023
MILITARY AVIATION
USAF and JASDF joint flight to emphasize the Pacific partnership
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 […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Green light for Germany to buy sixty CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters
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 […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Focus on interoperability – Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023
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 […]
MILITARY AVIATION
First flight of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk with the USAF
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 […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Eurocopter Tiger UHT / HAD
Eurocopter Tiger (Airbus EC665) UHT and HAD variants operated by Internationale Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum (International Helicopter Training Centre) of the German Armed Forces in Bückeburg, taking-off for flying display during Tag der Bundeswehr open doors event, Bückeburg, […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Peacekeeping practice in the Balkans – Platinum Wolf 2023
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 […]
CIVIL AVIATION
Five hundred A320 for IndiGo – the biggest single purchase in commercial aviation history
InterGlobe Aviation Limited airline from India, commonly known as IndiGo, has recently placed a firm order for five hundred Airbus airliners of the A320neo family. The deal, being the largest single aircraft order in the […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Serbian delegation to Cyprus – will Mi-35 deal be completed soon?
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 […]
OTHER
Will ´Connie´ fly again?
It was exactly four years ago, when we wrote about the sole airworthy ´Connie´ in Europe – and, at that time, one of only two such aeroplanes in the world that were still able to […]