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NATO Iceland Air Policing – the Finnish debut

20 January 2025 Jacek Domański

In February this year, the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) will, for the first time, participate in the NATO Iceland Air Policing mission. The Finnish deployment will consist of four F/A-18 Hornet fighters and about 50 […]

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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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Rapid Viking over Iceland

14 August 2023 Jacek Domański

10th August 2023 marked conclusion of German Air Force ´lean and mean´ exercise over Iceland. For two weeks, six Eurofighters from the 73rd Tactical Air Wing were deployed to Keflavik Air Base within a training […]

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Bjarni Tryggvason – Iceland’s first and only astronaut

20 April 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

This month we were saddened to learn of the passing of Bjarni Tryggvason, the first and so far the only astronaut of Icelandic origin. Although relatively little have been heard about him, as well as […]

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Submarine hunt and tactical recovery missions – exercise Northern Viking 2022

18 April 2022 Jacek Domański

A few days ago, this year´s edition of multinational, Iceland-hosted exercise Northern Viking was successfully concluded. The training was held between 2nd and 14th April in Iceland and surrounding waters, with participation of the Icelandic […]

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B-2 Spirit bombers in Iceland

22 September 2021 Jacek Domański

A noticeable deployment to the High North area, being a part of the Bomber Task Force programme, has been recently concluded by the US Air Force. Between August and September 2021, a group of B-2 […]

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´Grim Reapers´ over Iceland

1 November 2020 Jacek Domański

On 8th October 2020, a detachment of fourteen F-15C/D Eagle aircraft belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, left their home base at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom and headed Keflavik Air Base. In this […]

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Military Aviation

  • Azerbaijan to acquire up to forty JF-17C Block 3 fighters
    11 June 2025
  • Serbia and Egypt – joint exercise of special forces
    9 June 2025
  • Royal Navy to consider the possibility of implementing MQ-9B SkyGuardian into service
    28 May 2025

Air Shows

  • A perfect foretaste of the main event – 11th Sanicole Sunset Airshow
    25 June 2025
  • Marked by jubilees – the 44th International Sanicole Airshow
    4 June 2025
  • 2025 European air show season – news and updates (3)
    2 June 2025

Space

  • More than three years in space – Oleg Kononenko and his spaceflight record
    30 June 2025
  • Bringing new life to F-4 Phantom II – the Starlaunch project
    18 June 2025
  • AsterX 2025 – the fifth edition of the French military space exercise
    26 March 2025

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Civil Aviation

  • Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines
    23 June 2025
  • Global airliner fleet to reach 50,000 aircraft by 2044
    16 June 2025
  • Global air cargo traffic to double by 2043 – Boeing forecast says
    20 November 2024

Aviation History

  • 27 June 1977 – maiden flight of CASA C-101 Aviojet
    26 June 2025
  • 20 June 1914 – Fischamend mid-air collision / Körting disaster
    19 June 2025
  • 13 June 1944 – the first V-1 flying bomb reaches England
    12 June 2025

Other

  • Blériot replica is officially launched
    5 May 2025
  • Sebastián Álvarez breaks three major world records with single wingsuit flight
    9 April 2025
  • Dario Costa performs world-first flight along the Streif in Kitzbühel
    29 January 2025

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