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End of the year 2023 with two important contracts for Boeing

11 December 2023 Jacek Domański

At the end of November 2023, the Boeing company announced that it has been recently awarded with two new contracts for military aircraft. The first agreement, under the name Lot 10, covers delivery of fifteen […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Red Hawk arrives at Edwards AFB for flight testing

12 November 2023 Jacek Domański

On 9th November 2023, the first Boeing T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft arrived to Edwards Air Force Base in California to begin a series of flight tests with the United States Air Force.  The aeroplane, […]

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22 September 1950 – the first non-stop transatlantic flight by a jet aircraft

21 September 2023 Jacek Domański

On 22nd September 1950, an F-84 Thunderjet flown by Col. David Schilling made the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic by a jet aircraft. In 1948, the first ever crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by […]

MILITARY AVIATION

JetZero Inc. selected for further development of blended wing body aircraft

29 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th August 2023, the United States Air Force announced on its website that JetZero Inc. has been selected by the Department of the Air Force for the next phase of a blended wing body […]

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Military airlift units in support of airborne firefighting – the MAFFS aircraft

9 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Wildland fires are recently a common subject of news headlines. They are one of the most feared forces of nature due to being nearly impossible to prevent, difficult to control and causing significant damage. It […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Chasing the sunset – F-22s over Hawaii

19 July 2023 Jacek Domański

A few days ago, the US Air National Guard disclosed a set of photos taken during night-time training operation, performed by F-22 Raptor fighters of the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. […]

MILITARY AVIATION

USAF and JASDF joint flight to emphasize the Pacific partnership

13 July 2023 Jacek Domański

Yesterday, on 12th July 2023, F-15C Eagles of the United States Air Force and Mitsubishi F-2s of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force performed a joint formation flight over the Sea of Japan to demonstrate US-Japan […]

MILITARY AVIATION

First flight of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk with the USAF

3 July 2023 Jacek Domański

On 28th June 2023, the first Boeing T-7A training aircraft delivered to the United States Air Force performed its maiden flight, marking the start of engineering and manufacturing (EMD) stage of the Red Hawk development […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Refuelling practice over the skies of North California

7 June 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of this month, a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 121st Air Refuelling Wing performed a refuelling practice in support of an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft of the 116th Air Control Wing. The Northrop […]

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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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