On 21st November 2024, the Romanian government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) and formally joined the Joint Strike Fighter programme as its twentieth member. The country is going to acquire thirty-two Lockheed […]
On 29th November 1950, Walter Beech, an American aviator and entrepreneur, died from a heart attack, aged 59. Walter Herschel Beech was born on 30th January 1891 in Pulaski, Tennessee. There is a high probability […]
In the Boeing´s 2024 World Air Cargo Forecast published recently, the company indicated that air cargo traffic is to double by 2043, due to emerging markets drive growth, boosted by e-commerce and geographically shifted supply […]
On 4th October 1909, Wilbur Wright performed a demonstration flight in New York, flying along the Hudson River, being witnessed by a crowd of more than one million people. The flight was performed within a […]
On 6th September 1893, Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator and famous fighter pilot, was born in Commerce, Texas. Nevertheless, both date and place Chennault was born are just current (and official) version because […]
On 6th August 2024, the USAF personnel assigned to the 6th Air Refuelling Wing and the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron, performed a foreign object debris walk at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The service […]
On 2nd August 1909, the first example of Wright Military Flyer was delivered to the US Army Signal Corps. Officially designated ´Signal Corps No. 1´, and commonly known as ´Aeroplane No. 1´, the Wrights´ aircraft […]
On 16th July 2024, the 910th Airlift Wing, an United States Air Force reserve unit being stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter. The event marked beginning of […]
On 26th July 1954, two Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft of the US Navy shot down two Lavochkin La-7 fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in the aftermath of the first Hainan […]
On 1st July 2024, the Boeing company officially informed about the delivery of the first CH-47F Chinook helicopter, modernized to the new Block II configuration. The rotorcraft is the first of up to 456 of […]
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