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Airborne training in austere environment

22 November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 9th November this year, US Army aviators, Air Force tactical air control specialists and Air Force special warfare airmen conducted a joint airborne training in the vicinity of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. The […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

1 October 1958 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established

30 September 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Probably everyone, even not being directly interested in aviation and aerospace, has heard about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA. Nevertheless, to tell the story that led to creation of this world’s most […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Farewell to ´The King´

19 September 2021 Jacek Domański

On 16th September 2021, an F-15C Eagle assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron took-off from RAF Lakenheath station for the last time, heading back to the USA. The aircraft was the last of three ´heritage […]

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17 September 1993 – the F/A-18 fleet clocked its 2 millionth flying hour, after just ten years of service

16 September 2021 Jacek Domański

On 17th September 1993, Maj. Michael Sawyers (pilot) and Maj. Steven Neddersen (weapon sensors operator) took-off from Aviano air base in Italy. Their F/A-18D Hornet, marked with a tactical number ´401´, headed to Balkan peninsula […]

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Blue Team to support SpaceX manned flight

28 August 2021 Jacek Domański

A specialized rescue training aimed to support the manned missions of SpaceX and Boeing was held between 23rd and 27th August in vicinity of Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. Pararescuemen, aircrews and maritime operation specialists […]

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 […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX

13 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX (SP-YHB, c/n CCK-1865-0116), Kruszyn Aerodrome (Aeroclub of Włocławek), 25th April 2019.  Carbon Cub is an aeroplane with superb flying capabilities, that may definitely be called a truly 21st century incarnation […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

2 July 1934 – transatlantic flight of Bellanca J-300 Special

2 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz land their Bellanca J-300 Special in Warsaw, after a successful transatlantic flight from New York. Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Raven Camp – a land of ski-geared airlifters

1 July 2021 Jacek Domański

Summer has many different faces. At a time when many people are setting out to spend their holidays by the warm sea – or suffers summer heat wave in their own homes, there still exist […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

14 May 1915 – first dirigible for the US Navy

13 May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

US Secretary of the Navy Josepus Daniels approved a contract for the first dirigible balloon for the United States Navy. The First World War was a period marked by a rapid and intensive development of […]

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