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Medevac operations in French Guiana

12 May 2025 Jacek Domański

In early April of 2025, Forces armées en Guyane – FAG (the Armed Forces in French Guiana) performed three medevac operations within forty-eight hours. All missions were successfully completed by Cayenne-based Escadron de Transport 68 […]

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The first OA-1K Skyraider II handed over to the USAF Special Operations Command

7 May 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

In the beginning of April 2025, the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced on its website that the first OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft officially joined their fleet. The ceremony marking acceptance of the […]

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Maule M-5-210C Strata Rocket

6 May 2025 Jacek Domański

Maule M-5-210C Strata Rocket (c/n 6034C, OK-ESM), taxiing for sightseeing flight within Den ve vzduchu 2025 air show, Plasy, April 2025. The story of Maule aircraft starts in 1911, with Belford David Maule, who was […]

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Blériot replica is officially launched

5 May 2025 Jacek Domański

On Friday, 25th April 2025, Sdružení Aviatické pouti (the Aviation Fair Association) officially launched its airworthy replica of Jan Kašpar´s Blériot type aircraft. The solemn ceremony took place at Kunětice airfield, with participation of invited […]

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Coming soon – the 33rd edition of Aviation Fair

1 May 2025 Jacek Domański

In about a month, the 33rd edition of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair), the biggest civilian air show event in the Czech Republic, will take place at Pardubice airfield. This year the show will be marked […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Flight of the storks – CIGONEX 2025

28 April 2025 Jacek Domański

On 23rd April 2025, Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) held a live-fly training, codenamed CIGONEX. It was the first joint exercise of the French ´Cigognes´ (English: storks) squadrons, […]

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FARP at the Marine training course

23 April 2025 Jacek Domański

In the middle of April 2025, the US Marine Corps helicopter crews took part in the Forward Arming and Refuelling Point (FARP) training, within the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-25 organised by the […]

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20th anniversary of Gripen service with the Czech Air Force

21 April 2025 Jacek Domański

Twenty years ago, on 18th April 2005, the first Swedish-made supersonic jet fighters arrived to 21. základna taktického letectva (the 21st Tactical Air Force Base) in Čáslav, therefore opening the Gripen era in the Czech […]

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Salaknib 2025 – developing MEDEVAC skills on the Philippines

16 April 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Between 24th March and 11th April, at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, the Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted a joint training called ‘Salaknib’. It was part of ‘Salaknib and […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

C-47 and Twin Beech formation at Aviation Fair 2025

14 April 2025 Jacek Domański

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, the legendary transport aircraft from the World War II, is one of the recently announced highlights of the upcoming, 33rd edition of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show. This iconic aeroplane will […]

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