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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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Silver Eagles´ over the Middle East

22 February 2022 Jacek Domański

In late December 2021, the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 (VMFA-115), nicknamed the ´Silver Eagles´, was deployed to Prince Sultan air force base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The squadron, equipped with F/A-18 Hornet jets, enhanced […]

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´Warthog´ over Arizona sky

22 December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 6th and 7th November 2021, the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted the ´Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona´ air show. It featured a variety of military and civilian air displays, flown by both modern and […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Airborne training in austere environment

22 November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 9th November this year, US Army aviators, Air Force tactical air control specialists and Air Force special warfare airmen conducted a joint airborne training in the vicinity of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. The […]

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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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

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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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, […]

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