Category: History of Aviation

2025 12 12 Boeing November Deliveries Drop 17%, Lagging Behind Airbus 0

Boeing November Deliveries Drop 17%, Lagging Behind Airbus

The U.S. planemaker handed over 44 jets last month, trailing Airbus’ 72 deliveries, while securing 126 net new orders. Boeing (BA.N) reported delivering 44 aircraft in November, a 17% decline from the 53 jets...

2025 12 10 Russian Bombers Join Chinese Patrol Near Japan Amid Rising Tensions 0

Russian Bombers Join Chinese Patrol Near Japan Amid Rising Tensions

Japan scrambles fighter jets as Moscow and Beijing step up military cooperation in the Pacific. Japan scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around its territory,...

2025 12 10 Book and Claim System Enables SAF Use in Catalonia’s HEMS Operations 0

Book and Claim System Enables SAF Use in Catalonia’s HEMS Operations

Airbus Helicopters and SAF Hélicoptères pioneer sustainable aviation fuel adoption for emergency medical missions The deployment of two H145 helicopters for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) missions in Catalonia has marked a breakthrough in sustainable...

2023 04 04 CMV-22B Osprey Strengthens U.S. Navy Carrier Operations 0

CMV-22B Osprey Strengthens U.S. Navy Carrier Operations

The CMV-22B Osprey has quickly proven itself as a vital addition to the U.S. Navy’s fleet, replacing the aging C-2A Greyhound that has served carrier-onboard-delivery missions since the 1960s. While the Greyhound was capable...

2023 02 15 Bell Celebrates Successful Czech H-1 Program During NATO Days 2023 0

Bell Celebrates Successful Czech H-1 Program During NATO Days 2023

New Aircraft Provide Principal Assets in the Region: Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, is commemorating the successful delivery of four H-1 helicopters to the Czech Republic during NATO Days 2023. Three AH-1Z...

Airbus and German Air Force: 20 years of cooperation, 20 facts 0

20 Years of Excellence: The Strategic Partnership Between Airbus and the German Air Force at Manching

Marking two decades of defense collaboration, Eurofighter milestones, and innovation in European military aviation. Institutionalized Sovereignty: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Twenty-Year Strategic Cooperation Between Airbus and the German Air Force at Manching The...

2023 04 25 Japan Reports Increased UAV Interceptions Despite Fewer Scrambles in FY 2022 0

Japan Reports Increased UAV Interceptions Despite Fewer Scrambles in FY 2022

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) conducted 778 scrambles in FY 2022, according to data released by the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) on 18 April. Rising Chinese and Russian Air Activity Around Japan...

Pacific Air Forces follow Aero India 0

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...

2023 03 28 North Macedonia to axe air combat fighter fleet and restructure air force 0

North Macedonia to axe air combat power, focuses on military and civil support helicopters

North Macedonia will axe the air combat power of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (Armija na Republika Severna Makedonija: ARSM), instead focusing on acquiring a multirole helicopter fleet for military and...

2023 03 10 Why Bloated US Military Spending Can't Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China 0

Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

The White House has requested a whopping $842 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2024, which is $69 billion more than the Department of Defense received for FY2023. What’s behind the hike and...