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USAF and Luftwaffe join the Finnish highway operations – Baana 24 exercise

11 September 2024 Jacek Domański

In the first week of September 2024, F-35 Lightning II of the United States Air Force and the Eurofighter EF-2000 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) combat aircraft performed their first highway landing operations. That […]

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First deployment of the USAF strategic bombers to Romania

10 August 2024 Jacek Domański

21st July 2024 marked the first ever deployment of the USAF strategic bombers to Romania. On that day, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, […]

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

16 May 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

Pair of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (c/n 0665 and c/n 0687, respectively 81-0960 and 81-0992 of the 52nd Fighter Wing, United States Air Force), static display at Międzynarodowe Pokazy Lotnicze AIR SHOW 2009 (International […]

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A-10s return to Europe in support of Defender 2023 exercise

15 May 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of May 2023, the US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa announced the deployment of ten A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft to USAFE-AFAFRICA area of operations, in support of the […]

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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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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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493rd FS concluded its last F-15 NATO mission

3 March 2022 Jacek Domański

Last Monday, F-15C Eagle jets and their crews assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron (the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath station, UK) completed their final NATO duty. Between 10th and 28th February, the […]

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USAF F-35 fighters deployed to Romania

24 February 2022 Jacek Domański

Romanian Ministry of Defence and the USAF have informed today about an additional deployment of two F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighters to Romania. Decision to strengthen the NATO presence in Romania was made in […]

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Bomber Task Force over the North Sea

17 November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 10th November 2021, the Bomber Task Force – one of the US commitments to the collective defence of NATO – performed a simulated targeting mission over the North Sea. During that exercise, the UK-based […]

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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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