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20 January 1974 – the first, although unofficial, flight of F-16 Fighting Falcon

19 January 2023 Jacek Domański

On 20th January 1974, during a high-speed taxi test with prototype of YF-16 fighter aircraft, its test pilot Phil Oestricher was forced to take-off to avoid a potential crash. The first, although unofficial, flight of […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Viper from Misawa reached a milestone of 10,000 flying hours

2 October 2022 Jacek Domański

On 27th September 2022, a F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 50 fighter aircraft, currently being based at Misawa Air Base, reached a milestone of 10,000 flying hours. The Viper from Misawa was the second Block 50 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Poseidon rages on Crete

14 July 2022 Jacek Domański

Between 11th and 20th July 2022, a bilateral live-fly exercise, with participation of the USAF and the Hellenic Air Force (HAF), is being held in the area of Souda Bay, Greek island of Crete. Codenamed […]

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Shaping the future of the Czech Air Force – the race for new fighter aircraft

12 July 2022 Jacek Domański

Seventeen years ago, on 18th April 2005, the first six JAS-39 Gripen aircraft arrived to Čáslav air force base in the Czech Republic, therefore opening the new era in the Czech Air Force. Implementation of […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Evaluating the southern approach – Operation Noble Defender

3 July 2022 Jacek Domański

Starting 29th June 2022, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) held training operation focused on validation of its capability to defend airspace of continental United States from so-called ´southern approach´ – an area of […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Alaskan aggressors at Red-Flag 22-2

21 June 2022 Jacek Domański

On 9th June 2022, the current edition of joint exercise Red Flag – Alaska was officially launched at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. The training, organized on regular basis since 1992, is a large-scale […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Combat Raider´ strikes in South Dakota

28 July 2021 Jacek Domański

This year´s edition of a Large Force Exercise ´Combat Raider´ was held between 19th and 23rd July 2021 in South Dakota. As usual, that training was focused on testing skills of pilots and aircrews in […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Air Solution – twelve years of bilateral cooperation

11 July 2021 Jacek Domański

Two weeks ago, the 2021 edition of joint Romanian-Serbian military exercise ´Air Solution´ was successfully completed. Training activities were organized in both Romanian and Serbian airspace and on airfields located in both participating countries Although […]

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An (almost) complete line up of the Polish Air Force jets.

13 April 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Yak-23, MiG-15 (SBLim-2), MiG-17 (Lim-5/6), MiG-19, TS-11, MiG-21, MiG-29 and F-16 aircraft on static display during the Polish Air Force Day at 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, 2016. Mostly, within our ´Photo of the Week´ […]

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General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon

12 January 2021 Jacek Domański

General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon, the Royal Norwegian Air Force ´691´, static display at NATO Days 2011, Ostrava-Mošnov, September 2011. In the early 1970s, a few European NATO countries – Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and […]

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