Category: War Stories & Memories

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

Kenyan Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga 0

Kenyan Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga

The Kenya Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga area on August 3 Extensively damaged Kenya Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda KAF-128 following its take-o crash at Dhobley airstrip, Somalia,...

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Georgia to return stored Mi-24P/Vs and Su-25K/UBs to service

The Georgian Ministry of Defence announced on July 24 it would refurbish and upgrade stored Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters and Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in Tbilisi. Georgian Air Force Su-25UB ‘20 Blue’ being dismantled at...

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,...

US’ Afghanistan Disaster Caused by Dodging Vietnam War Lessons, 0

US’ Afghanistan Disaster Caused by Dodging Vietnam War Lessons, Seeking Only Public Opinion Cures

The Afghanistan Papers have revealed the US never learned the lessons of its loss in Vietnam, with US leaders seeking only how to turn around public opinion, a historian told Sputnik Friday. Indeed, the...

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First flight for Iran’s Kowsar-88 Yasin

IRAN HAS flown a prototype of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization’s (IAIO’s) Kowsar-88 advanced jet trainer, now renamed the Yasin. The Yasin jet trainer, formerly known as the Kowsar-88, during its maiden flight from...