Category: Exercise & Air shows

2021-October-13-Turkish-Air-Force-Slovakia-Close-Air-Support-Cooperation 0

NATO Advanced Air Controller Training Completed Successfully.

Within the scope of Turkey-Slovakia Close Air Support Cooperation; NATO Forward Air Controller (FAC) training, which aims to destroy targets effectively by directing combat aircraft in the forward operational line to the targets from...

RAAF P-8A Poseidon in Exercise Sea Dragon 0

Australian Maritime Air Power on Show

Maritime air power was on show in Guam as a RAAF P-8A Poseidon participated in Exercise Sea Dragon alongside Japan, Canada, India and the United States, from January 13 to 27. The exercise provided...

Nigerian Air Force L-39ZA (NAF-354), 27 November 2020 0

CAS Inspects ongoing in-Country Reactivation of L-39ZA, Reiterates Commitment to Ensuring Protection of Nigeria’s Airspace

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the ongoing in-country Life Extension Programme (LEP) on 3 L-39ZA aircraft at the 403...

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...

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’...

German HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung Airbus H145 0

German HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung expands its Airbus H145 and H135 fleet

Airbus Helicopters and DRF Luftrettung have signed a contract for the purchase of 15 new H145s, three H135s and the retrofit of their current 20 H145s to the five-bladed version. This will bring the...

US Air Force F-16C C flown by Maj Jeffrey Entine 0

USAF F-16 Downs Drone With Rocket for Cruise Missile Defense Test

An Air Force F-16 recently shot down a targeting drone with an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket queued by the Viper’s targeting pod for the first time in a demonstration of future...

17 June 2019 France Germany Spain New Generation Fighter unveiled model 0

France, Germany, Spain Unveil New Generation Fighter as US Pushes More F-35s

The world’s largest air show kicked off with France, Germany, and Spain pulling the cover off the New Generation Fighter, a concept that will be jointly designed by Dassault and Airbus as part of...

The Latvian Air Force's 100th anniversary 0

Thousands turn out to see event in Lielvarde marking Latvian Air Force’s 100th anniversary

Thousands of people turned out to see an event at Lielvarde Air Base yesterday marking the 100th anniversary of the Latvian Air Force, LETA observed. The event opened with a concert in the morning,...