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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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

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, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

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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45 years of Boeing E-3 Sentry – a brief history of AWACS

31 May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

25th May 2021 marked exactly 45 years since the first flight of Boeing E-3 Sentry. And that makes a perfect occasion to tell the story of this iconic ‘guardian of the skies’. Origins of the […]

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9 April 1997 – official roll out of F-22 ´Raptor´

9 April 2021 Jacek Domański

The F-22 fighter aircraft was unveiled during an official roll out ceremony at Marietta, Georgia. The roots of an Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) programme go back to 1981. At that time, the USAF issued an […]

MILITARY AVIATION

The Eagle has landed… at Eglin AFB

29 March 2021 Jacek Domański

On 11th March 2021, the first F-15EX – being the newest fighter aircraft of the United States Air Force – has arrived to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This aeroplane will be the first USAF […]

MILITARY AVIATION

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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Pythons´ fuel the Qatari Rafales

26 January 2021 Jacek Domański

The USAF recently informed in a press release about the first-ever refuelling mission performed by the 340th Expeditionary Aircraft Refuelling Squadron for Rafale fighter aircraft of the Qatar Emiri Air Force. This live-fly training was […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Grim Reapers´ over Iceland

1 November 2020 Jacek Domański

On 8th October 2020, a detachment of fourteen F-15C/D Eagle aircraft belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, left their home base at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom and headed Keflavik Air Base. In this […]

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