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Leonardo: contract for 4 additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers for Poland

Leonardo and the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish Ministry of National Defense have signed a contract to supply four additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) that will join the Polish Air Force’s existin... Read More...

Boeing receives US Navy contract to modernize F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet

Boeing has been awarded a contract to modernize the U.S. Navy F/A-18 fleet, extending the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000+ flight hours. In the early 2020s, Boeing will begin installing initi... Read More...

Video: F-35B from USMC 31st MEU join USS Wasp for historic deployment

A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) on March 5, marking the beginning of the F-35B’s first operational dep... Read More...

M346 Aircraft of the Polish Air Force – Logistic Support System (LSS)

On 08.12.2017 the Ministry of National Defence – Armaments Inspectorate, officially signed the acceptance of the Logistic Support System (LSS), supplied by Leonardo Company in support of the eight M346 training... Read More...

Norway completed a successful F-35 drag chute system test

While the US Air Force is completing another round of cold-weather testing of the F-35A at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Norway completed a successful verification of the F-35 drag chute system at Ørland Ai... Read More...

The modernized Mig-29 Fulcrums of 23 BLT Polish Air Force

Sily Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) received its first MiG 29 in 1989, equipping the 1 ELT (Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego) based in Minsk Mazowiecki, 45Km far from Warszawa. Between 1995-96 other 10 MiG 29 arriv... Read More...

Russia to sign contract for 12 new Su-57 stealth fighter jets

According to the Russian news agency TASS, Russia’s defence ministry plans to sign a contract for a pre-production batch of fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter jets. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri B... Read More...

First F-35B for Italian Naval Aviation

The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assembled outside the United States, was delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defense and assigned to the Italian Navy at the Final... Read More...

First two new-build Eurofighter with enhanced air-to-surface capabilities delivered to the Spanish Air Force

On 23 January 2018 Airbus Defence and Space has delivered to the Spanish Air Force the first two Eurofighter Typhoons to be produced in the latest configuration with enhanced air-to-surface capabilities. The... Read More...

First F-35B for Italian Naval Aviation

The first jump jet Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II assembled outside US at FACO Cameri, Italy (Final Assembly & Check-Out) has now officially received the labels of Italian Navy. The aircraft, returne... Read More...

Portuguese Air Force Alpha Jet flies for the last time

Aircraft was in the service in the Portuguese Air Force from 1993 to January 16th, 2018. Air Base No. 11 in Beja was on January 13 the stage of the last flight of the Dassault / Dornier Alpha-Jet aircraft. T... Read More...

Russian Air Force fighter jets practice landing on highway during military drills

The Su-30M2 fighters and Su-34 bomber of the SMD Air Force and Defence Army’s mixed air formation have practised conveyor aircraft landing on a highway for the first in Rostov region within the flight tactical ... Read More...

NATO awards Cobham operational readiness training contract

Cobham secures contract to provide Electronic Warfare Services for NATO training and exercises.

Cobham announced that its Special Mission business has been awarded a follow on contract to deliver Operational Readiness Training to NATO for up to five years. The contract, which was won after a competiti... Read More...

Video: SU-57 flies with new NPO Saturn Product 30 engine

Russia’s PAK FA (T-50) Sukhoi SU-57 flew on 5th December 2017 for the first time with the NPO Saturn “Product 30” engine, which will be the production standard engine for the new russian fifth generation stealt... Read More...

9th Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II delivered to Italian Air Force

On December 15, the 9th Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II has been delivered to Italian Air Force. The aircraft, numbered AL-9 (A means conventional model and L Italy) and operational tail code 32-09, has been... Read More...

Chadian Air Force Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Two Cessna 208 for the Chadian Air Force stop in Gran Canaria

From the United States with stopover in Santa María (Azores), two Cessna 208B aircraft equipped with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, in military acronym ISR, arrived at the Gran Canaria ... Read More...

F-35A icy runway testing for norwegian drag chute in Alaska

Maj. Jonathan “Spades” Gilber, U.S. Air Force F-35 test pilot, demonstrates the handling qualities of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II during icy runway ground testing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. ... Read More...

BR 1150 Atlantic Italian Air Force farewell

Bye Bye “Atlantic”: a 45-year history

We participated in the farewell with the last takeoff of the last Italian antisom and patrol aircraft Breguet BR.1150 "Atlantic" in charge with the 41st Antisom Wing of the Italian Air Force, based on Sigonella... Read More...

Fortunately the Norwegian CF-104D is back to fly!

Yes, that's right! The Norwegian Starfighter keeps us coming back to our glorious past with the F-104 Starfighter in service with many Air Forces in Europe, a difficult past to forget for many aviation enthusia... Read More...

MQ-9 Predator B used in successful Anti-Submarine Warfare demonstration

The remote detection and tracking of submerged contacts, such as submarines, was demonstrated using a MQ-9 Predator® B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) during a U.S. Naval exercise on October 12th. General Atomi... Read More...