Category: World Air Forces

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Belgium’s first Airbus A400M flown

Airbus Defence and Space has flown the first Belgian Air Force A400M, wearing temporary test registration A4M106,from Seville/San Pablo Airport, Spain on July 30. The first Airbus A400M for the Belgian Air Force, CT-02/A4M106,...

USAF F-16C (87-352) captive-carry Gray Wolf cruise at Edwards AFB, 9 Jun 2020 0

USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Prototype Cruise Missile

The USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Gray Wolf is a DoD-directed...

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A400M customer profile: Spanish Air Force

Providing logistical support around the globe Spanish Air Force A400M customer profile (Photo by Airbus Space and Defence) As more and more Airbus A400Ms join the Spanish Air Force’s fleet of aircraft, this military...

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Brazilian Navy – Return to base after another successful Antarctic campaign

A very special photo was taken on the 8th of April in the Brazilian Navy’s base at Sao Pedro da Aldeia. Two H125s (AS355) that had participated in the Antarctic campaign were welcomed in-flight...

Airbus Helicopters has signed an order for six H135 military training helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force 0

Royal Thai Air Force joins H135 military training operators

New order of six H135s will increase its Airbus fleet to 18 helicopters Airbus Helicopters has signed an order for six H135 military training helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force (Photo by Airbus,...

Nigerian Air Force Mi-171E (NAF 581) 0

Nigerian Air Force inducts Mi-171E helicopter

The NAF announced in January that two new AW109Ms and been delivered but its procurement of the Mi-171E was previously unreported. The Nigerian Air Force has received the first of two Mi-171E (NAF 581)...

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza -72B maritime patrol aircraft 0

Initial two P-72Bs delivered to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza

The first two of four P-72Bs ordered by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF, Financial Guard) were handed over during an official ceremony at Leonardo’s Caselle Torinese facility on November 27. GDF-20’, the first P-72B...

Proximity tests between a C295 and Spanish Air Force F18 fighter. 0

Spanish Air Force Airbus C295 successfully performs wet contacts as a tanker

The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign. Proximity tests between a C295 and Spanish Air Force F18 fighter. (Photo by Airbus...

Hungarian Air Ambulance's Airbus H135 0

Hungarian Air Ambulance becomes first helicopter operator to fully digitalise its support operation with Airbus

Purchases complete end-to-end solution, from digitisation to analytics Hungarian Air Ambulance’s H135 The operator. (Photo by Airbus Helicopters. 29 January, 2020)Hungarian Air Ambulance Nonprofit Ltd, has signed a three-year contract to deploy Airbus Helicopters’...

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Airbus Helicopters adds 250 more helicopters to global support contracts

Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft now covered by a global HCare material management contract. This means 19% of Airbus...