Air Forces Archivi - Aviation Report

Royal Air Force Typhoons join key German Air Force exercise

Typhoons fighters from RAF Coningsby have this week taken part in a major German Air Force exercise over the southern North Sea. In a sign of the growing relationship between two key European NATO Allies, th... Read More...

US Air Force B-2s fly north of Arctic Circle, integrate with Norwegian F-35s

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, conducted integration and interoperability training with Norwegian F-35s during a long-range, long duration strategic ... Read More...

First F-35C, Lightning II Class Graduates TOPGUN

Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 “Rough Raiders” and VFA-147 “Argonauts” were the first TOPGUN students to complete the course in the F-35C Lightning II. Maj. Derek Heinz from the Rough Raiders and... Read More...

Spain, France and UK take up Baltic air policing second 2020 rotation

Spain, France and the United Kingdom will take up NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission starting in May, guarding the skies over the Baltic region for the next four months. The three NATO Allies are replacing a... Read More...

USMC makes first operational flight in Middle East with MQ-9A

On March 20, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilots and sensor operators from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducted their first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Syste... Read More...

Boeing delivers first CH-47F Chinook to Royal Netherlands Air Force

This is first of 20 CH-47F Chinooks to be delivered to RNLAF one of eight NATO nations to operate the heavy-lift helicopter

Boeing recently delivered the first CH-47F Chinook with an upgraded cockpit to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), continuing a track record of on-time deliveries to customers. The RNLAF will operate a fle... Read More...

U.S. Air Force Reserve HC-130J Combat King II

Lockheed Martin delivers the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II

Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II to a crew from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. This HC-130J will be operated by the 39th Res... Read More...

Italian Air Force receives its first F-35B Lightning II

On Saturday 22, the third F-35B Lightnng II ordered by the Italian Defense left the production site located at Cameri (NO), being commissioned by the Italian Air Force. Italian Air Force has plans for 15 F-35B ... Read More...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-4 Phantom: the last Samurai

Actually just five Air Forces operated the F-4E: Greece, Turkey, Iran, South Korea and Japan. Japan selected the F-4 Phantom II as its new fighter at the end of the 1960s. On 1 November 1968, this choice was ma... Read More...

Fourth flight test for AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost UAV demonstrator

The XQ-58A is designed to be a runway-independent, reusable unmanned air vehicle capable of a broad range of operational missions

The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demons... Read More...

Vermont Air National Guard 158th Fighter Wing F-35As train in Florida

Women and men of the 158th Fighter Wing train at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, returning to Vermont in late March. Members, aircraft and support equipment departed this week for a training event known as South... Read More...

New HH-60W combat rescue helicopter enters anechoic chamber for defense systems testing at J-PRIMES facility Eglin AFB

The US Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter hung suspended in a soundproof anechoic chamber for defense system testing here last month. The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter we... Read More...

Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon in Iceland

Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon to patrol Icelandic skies for NATO

RAF Typhoons FGR4 have arrived in Iceland where they will spend the next month protecting the airspace as the UK’s contribution to NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing Mission. The jet fighters from 1(Fighter) Squadro... Read More...

Norway declares Initial Operational Capability for F-35A

Norway becomes the third European country to declare IOC, after Italy and the United Kingdom

November 6th 2019 Norwegian air chief Brig. Gen. Tonje Skinnarland declared Norway's F-35As operational after completing a deployment in November meant to validate that they are able to operate the jets awa... Read More...

First Poseidon aircraft delivered to the RAF

First submarine-hunting Poseidon MRA1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft delivered to the RAF

The MOD is investing £3 billion in nine state-of-the-art jets which will enhance the UK’s tracking of hostile maritime targets, protect the British continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent and play a central role in... Read More...

US Air Force final requests for proposals for light attack aircraft

The US Air Force released final requests for proposal Oct. 24 for a limited number of Textron Aviation AT-6 and Sierra Nevada Corporation/Embraer Defense & Security A-29 aircraft. The Air Force plans to pur... Read More...

Dassault Aviation: first of 36 Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jets handover to the government of India

Yesterday, Eric Trappier, Dassault Aviation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, hosted the handover ceremony of the first Indian Air Force Rafale in Mérignac, Dassault Aviation’s Rafale final assembly facilit... Read More...

Royal Canadian Air Force Airbus C295 FWSAR programme

[Video] Royal Canadian Air Force: here the final livery of the first Airbus C295

The first Airbus C295, purchased by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) programme, rolled out of the paint shop showing o... Read More...

Hellenic Air Force: 120 Training Wing Kalamata, where Eagles soar

We flew with T-2 Buckeye and T-6 Texan from 120 TW Hellenic Air Force

In 1970 Hellenic Air Force estabilished a dedicated training Wing at Kalamata air base, in south of Peloponnese, and until now this unit continues to provide flight and ground training for new crews. The beginn... Read More...

Advanced Typhoon delivered to the Royal Air Force

The latest delivery completes the order to the RAF

BAE Systems handed over the jet as work continues on delivering the capabilities required to ensure Typhoon remains the operationally-effective backbone of the UK’s combat air power. The Company's production fa... Read More...