Category: World Air Forces

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber 0

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 ©...

Greece Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 0

Greece proceeds with purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday. Greece Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 (Photo...

Republic of Armenia Air Wing Mi-8MTV-5 0

Armenia 4 Mi-8MTV-5 Hip Armed transport helicopter from Russia

On 25 January 2022, a ceremonial event was held at Erebuni airport (Yerevan) related to the acceptance of new multipurpose helicopters for Armenian Air Defence Force. The event was attended by the Chief of...

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...

Jamaica to fly Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopter 0

Jamaica to fly Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopter

Jamaica Defence Force receives milestone aircraft to support public safety and future pilot training Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopters (Illustration by Bell) Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT)...

Leonardo AW139M wins Colombian presidential deal 0

Leonardo AW139M wins Colombian presidential deal

Colombia the new presidential transport helicopter of the Republic of Colombia will be an AW139 supplied by Italian aerospace firm Leonardo in the second quarter of this year, the company confirmed on January 11....

France 30 FCAS fighters for nuclear carrier 0

France 30 FCAS fighters for nuclear carrier

France From 2038, the French navy’s second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is planned to be operational carrying about 30 future combat air system (FCAS) fighters, France’s Ministry of Defence said on December 8. French President,...

Final Airbus SC-105 (C-295MPA) handed to Brazil 0

Final Airbus SC-105 (C-295MPA) handed to Brazil

Brazil the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) received its third and final Airbus SC-105 Amazonas search and rescue (SAR) aircraft on December 9, during a handover ceremony at Seville, Spain. Brazilian Air Force personnel pose...

Last USMC AH-1W Super Cobra retired 0

USMC AH-1W Super Cobra retired

USA The US Marine Corps held a Whiskey Sundown Ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 14 to mark the final retirement of the Bell AH-1W Super Cobra....