Month: March 2024

[ad_1] A Polish Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon and an AGM-158 JASSM-ER (Image credit: The Aviationist using Public Domain/stock images) The deal, worth up to 3.68 billion USD, will strengthen the Polish deterrence capabilities amid Russia’s threats. “Great news for our military. The US Congress has approved the sale of air combat assets to Poland: …

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[ad_1] Test pilot Peter Weger makes his maiden flight in the Eurofighter Typhoon on 27 March 1994. (Photo: Eurofighter) The first Eurofighter development aircraft, DA1, performed its maiden flight on March 27, 1994 in Manching, Germany. The Eurofighter Typhoon celebrates today the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the first development aircraft, DA1, from …

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[ad_1] F-117 as seen through the NVGs (A1C Greg L. Davis, USAF, via National Archives) OTD in 1999, “Vega 31” was shot down near Belgrade. Here’s how it went. On Mar. 27, 1999, during the fourth night of Operation Allied Force (OAF) over Serbia, a U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk (#82-0806), flown by Lt. Col. Darrell …

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[ad_1] THE BIRTH OF NATIONAL AIRLINES National Airlines got its start in 1934 when Ted Baker and his associate, Don Franklin, successfully bid for AM (Air Mail) Route 31 between St.… The post National Airlines – The Airline of the Stars appeared first on Avgeekery.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] An F-2000 of the 10° Gruppo takes off for a morning mission. (All images credit: Stefano D’Urso / The Aviationist) The exercise precedes the deployment of the Typhoon fleet to Red Flag – Akaska in the U.S. The Italian Air Force is currently conducting Exercise “Typhoon Flag 2024”, from March 11 to 29, at …

Italian Eurofighter Units Gather For ‘Typhoon Flag 2024’ Exercise Read More »

[ad_1] A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, March 22, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Staci Kasischke) Few days apart, B-52s landed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean …

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[ad_1] MiG-31 taking off (Image credit: Russian MOD) U.S. B-1B Lancer activity in the Barents Sea is keeping the Russian MiG-31 fighters busy. On Mar. 26, 2024, a flight of two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers was intercepted by a Russian MiG-31 Foxhound over the Barents Sea. According to the Russian MOD, the MiG …

For The Second Time In Three Days Russian MiG-31 Intercepts U.S. B-1 Bombers Over Barents Sea Read More »

[ad_1] Three RAF Typhoon launch in triple formation from RAF Coningsby on Mar. 12, 2024. Display teams aside, triple formation take offs are extremely rare. Here’s one shot recently at RAF Coningsby. Although military fast jets usually take off in sequence and rejoin after departure, formation take offs are also carried out routinely to train …

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[ad_1] The flight line of the IFTS at Decimomannu Pilots from the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force have completed the LIFT (Lead In to Fighter Training) course at the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Decimomannu, Italy. The first cadre of RAF and RCAF pilots trained in Italy at the International Flight …

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[ad_1] The Tornado with the special livery in front of Airbus’ facilities. (Photo: Andreas Zeitler, Airbus) The aircraft will be officially presented during this year’s ILA Berlin airshow. Airbus unveiled a Luftwaffe Tornado IDS with a new special livery for the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the European aircraft. The Tornado, with codes …

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