Category: History of Aviation

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Pacific Air Forces follow Aero India 23 with Air Force training exercise in India

Airmen from the U.S. are participating in the exercise Cope India 2023–or CI23– with the Indian Air Force, April 10-21, 2023. The exercise will take place across Indian Air Force stations in Panagarh and...

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) 0

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF)

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), on behalf of the Royal Navy, has received its final AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. The Royal Navy AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. (Photo by Leonard) The UK Ministry of...

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Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Successfully Test Fires First Long-Range Stealth Missile

A B-2 Spirit strategic bomber has successfully test-fired its first long -range stealth standoff missile, Northrop Grumman announced in a press release on Thursday. USAF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (Photo by ©...

Georgian Air Force Su-25UB 0

Wings Over Georgia: Retired Warplanes Can Find New Life in the Georgian Air Force

The recent Independence Day celebrations on May 26 were a beautiful moment of national pride. It was also a showcase of some of the nation’s defense and security forces, complete with a flyover of...

New Spanish Navy MDD TAV-8B Harrier II 0

New Spanish Navy MDD TAV-8B Harrier II

A newly-acquired Spanish Navy two-seat McDonnell Douglas TAV-8B Harrier II trainer, serial number VA.1B-40 ‘01-999’, taking off on its initial test flight at the United States-Spanish Naval Air Station Rota in southern Spain, on...

Kenyan Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed 0

Kenyan Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed in the Kanyonga area

The wreckage of Kenya Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed in the Kanyonga area on July 13. (Photo by FAP) Kenyan Air Force (KAF)D: Jul 13, 2020N: Kenya Air Force/50th AirCavalry BattalionT: MD500ES: 539...

German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon 0

More thrilling than Top Gun

80 aircraft – including 24 Eurofighters – took part in the world’s most important air combat training exercise: Red Flag. Learn how it all came together. German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon (Photo by Airbus...

Airbus A330neo makes its first flight 0

Airbus’ new weight variant A330neo makes its first flight

More range and even better economics: these are the key attributes of Airbus’ increased maximum take-off weight A330neo variant, which flew for the first time today. Benefitting from a maximum take-off weight increase to...