Air Forces Archivi - Aviation Report

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...

Italy first to deploy F-35 fighter aircraft to NATO mission in Iceland

For the first time modern 5th generation fighter aircraft will execute NATO’s peacetime Air Policing mission safeguarding Icelandic airspace for three weeks in October. Italy will be the first Ally to deploy si... Read More...

First two F-35s for the US Air National Guard arrive in Vermont

The United States Air National Guard ushered in a new era of air power capability as its first to stealth jets F-35s, AF17-5265 and AF17-5266, arrived at the Vermont Air National Guard Base in Burlington. “T... Read More...

USMC sets new milestone with MQ-9A Predators

Which to date has flown over 4,800 flight hours of direct support reconnaissance

Over the last year, the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) blazed a trail of firsts and was awarded the 2018 Marine Corps Aviation Association Unmanned Aircraft Squadron... Read More...

B-21 raider manufacturing and testing locations

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announced Sept. 16 that the B-21 Raider is being produced in Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California, facility - the same location as the B-2 Spirit. In additio... Read More...

Payerne air base: exercise Epervier 2019

From August 23rd to 30th, 2019, six Mirage 2000-5F from the fighter squadron 1/2 "Cigognes" based in Luxeuil (BA 116) in the department of Haute Saône (North East of France), participate to the exercise Epervie... Read More...

USMC F-35B completes simulated Combat Air Patrol with live AIM-9X missile

First operational F-35B live-fire of the AIM-9X missile in the Indo-Pacific region

Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp , deployed in the Pacific Ocean, to rehearse Combat Air Patrol... Read More...

Operation Rapid Forge 2019 concluded July 25 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

The 10-day operation helped ensure U.S. forces’ ability to fulfill the European Deterrence Initiative, a policy to assure and defend NATO allies, while promoting deterrence in an increasingly complex security e... Read More...