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Airbus A400M Atlas in the Far North – part two: Beyond the Polar Circle

16 March 2025 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of this month, the French Equipe de Marque Avion de Transport Tactique (Test and Evaluation Squadron for Tactical Airlift – EMATT) has started another stage of the cold weather test operation programme […]

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Airbus A400M Atlas in equatorial forest – operation BUBO25

12 March 2025 Jacek Domański

On 24th February 2025, Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) achieved another milestone by successful deployment of Airbus A400M Atlas to equatorial area of French Guiana. It was the […]

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Cold weather experiment – Airbus A400M Atlas

5 February 2025 Jacek Domański

Between 13th and 20th January 2025, the French Equipe de Marque Avion de Transport Tactique (Test and Evaluation Squadron for Tactical Airlift – EMATT) intensively tested capabilities of the Airbus A400M Atlas airlifter by operating […]

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ORSEC operation in French Guiana

15 January 2025 Jacek Domański

Since 2023, French Guiana – an overseas department of France located in the northern part of South America, between Suriname and Brazil – is suffering from extreme drought. In addition, the eighteen-month-long dry season French […]

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Pacific Angel 24-1 SAR exercise in Papua New Guinea

28 August 2024 Jacek Domański

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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Rafale fighters to protect Ariane 6 launch

12 July 2024 Jacek Domański

On 9th July 2024, Ariane 6 expendable launch system made its maiden flight from ELA-4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch, considered a milestone of the European space […]

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Earth circumnavigating adventure – Pacific Skies 2024

1 July 2024 Jacek Domański

On 27th June 2024, forty-nine aircraft and more than 1,800 military personnel from France, Germany and Spain set out on a journey around the Earth, codenamed Pacific Skies 2024. That unique and historic exercise is […]

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Forty days around the Indo-Pacific – exercise Pégase 2023

11 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Between 25th June and 3rd August 2023, 320 members of French military personnel participated in operational deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, codenamed Pégase 2023. The main objective of the exercise was to prove the ability […]

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70 years in the skies – Patrouille de France

27 September 2023 Jacek Domański

This year, the most famous French aerobatics team Patrouille de France, celebrates its significant anniversary – 70 years since the team was officially established and adopted the current name. However, the beginning of the French […]

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First-ever joint training of the French and Japanese air forces

21 July 2023 Jacek Domański

The Japan Ministry of Defence had recently announced that the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and the French Air and Space Force (FASF) are going to conduct bilateral live-fly exercise in the Japan airspace. […]

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