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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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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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Nordic countries hosted ACE 21 exercise

21 June 2021 Jacek Domański

Last Friday, 18th June 2021, one of the Europe´s largest live-fly exercises – Arctic Challenge Exercise 2021 (ACE 2021) – was successfully completed. This year´s edition of Nordic training involved a total of nine nations, […]

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Formidable Shield over the Atlantic Ocean

20 June 2021 Jacek Domański

At the turn of May and June, the Europe´s biggest and most complex air and missile exercise – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 – was held at the Atlantic Ocean. The event was led by Naval […]

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Porcupine visits Romania

8 March 2021 Jacek Domański

The 31st Operations Group (a flying component of the 31st Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force in Europe and being stationed at Aviano Air Base in Italy) has recently completed the annual […]

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Military Aviation

  • Saab delivers final Gripen fighters to the Hungarian Air Force
    29 June 2026
  • Fifth edition of the Chilean multi-domain exercise – SALITRE 2026
    22 June 2026
  • Saab and General Atomics reach milestone with the first flight of AEW UAV
    3 June 2026

Air Shows

  • 70th anniversary of the Náměšť air base – open day at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base
    17 June 2026
  • A flying start to the air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2026
    1 June 2026
  • The 2026 air show season opens in Plasy
    19 April 2026

Space

  • ESA to send first Czech astronaut to the ISS on private Vast mission
    15 June 2026
  • UK astronaut John McFall moves closer to historic space mission
    9 June 2026
  • VORTEX-S – Europe’s bid for a reusable orbital spaceplane
    13 May 2026

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Civil Aviation

  • Air Canada welcomes its first Airbus A321XLR airliner
    29 April 2026
  • Iconic Jumbo Jet joins Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary “XXL Crane” fleet
    9 March 2026
  • Farewell to the Bonanza, the aircraft that changed the general aviation
    1 December 2025

Aviation History

  • 26 June 1936 – first flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61
    25 June 2026
  • 19 June 1937 – maiden flight of Airspeed Oxford
    18 June 2026
  • 12 June 1930 – first flight of Handley Page Heyford
    11 June 2026

Other

  • Avincis strengthens its European operations with up to 15 additional H145 helicopters
    24 June 2026
  • NASA’s X-59 aeroplane completes its first supersonic flight
    10 June 2026
  • NASA’s X-59 Advances Flight Test Campaign with the second and third flights
    6 April 2026
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