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NOAA satellites helped to save 350 people in 2023

7 February 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

The polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are mainly responsible for weather and climate monitoring. However, being a part of global COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system, they additionally contributed to rescuing 350 […]

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Earlier retirement of the German EC665 Tiger fleet

5 February 2024 Jacek Domański

At the end of January 2024, the German Federal Ministry of Defence (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung) published the 18th issue of armament affairs report – 18. Bericht des Bundesministeriums der Verteidigung zu Rüstungsangelegenheiten. Between several aviation-related […]

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Historic journey of Ingenuity, NASA Mars Helicopter has come to end

31 January 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

In a news release published on 25th January 2024, NASA announced that, after three years, mission of its history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has regrettably come to an end. However, by this time, that first-ever powered […]

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Sentry Aloha over Hawaii

28 January 2024 Jacek Domański

On 16th January 2024, another edition of Sentry Aloha aerial combat training began. Hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard, the exercise involves more than 700 personnel and 46 aircraft from the United States armed […]

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Date of this year´s Tag der Bundeswehr announced

24 January 2024 Jacek Domański

The German Ministry of Defence recently disclosed the date of annual open doors event of the country´s armed forces – Tag der Bundeswehr. This year´s edition will take place on 8th June in ten different […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Trijet tanker goes off duty – 9th Air Refueling Squadron retires its KC-10s

22 January 2024 Jacek Domański

On 11th January 2024, the 9th Air Refueling Squadron officially retired one of its KC-10 Extender tankers, the aircraft that was assigned the flagship duty. The event was related to withdrawal of that trimotor air-to-air […]

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Norwegian deployment opens another year of Iceland Air Policing

10 January 2024 Jacek Domański

In January and February of 2024, four F-35 Lightning II fighters of the Royal Norwegian Air Force will be deployed to Keflavik air force base to execute the first tour of duty within this year´s […]

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