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Hellenic Air Force: exercise Iniochos 2019

With the first participation of Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II 5th generation fighters

In April, the Hellenic skies welcomed for the fifth time in row, the multinational participants of exercise INIOCHOS 2019. Storming out of Andravida AFB, in NW-Peloponnese, fighters and personnel from 5 countri... Read More...

B-52H Stratofortress returned home after deployment to RAF Fairford, England

More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s B... Read More...

USS Wasp with a big load of F-35B arrive in the Philippines for exercise Balikatan 2019

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) 4, led by 4th Marine Regiment, arrived in Subic Bay on March 30, 2019, in preparat... Read More...

Advanced training for Italian Air Force F-35A

Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II are continuously deployed in several bases of Italy in order to achieve the Fully Operational Capability (FOC). Curently, there are 10 jets commissioned by the air force and ... Read More...

Exercise Cope North 2019

The exercise scenario for the final week of COPE North 2019 evolved from a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation to combat air operations after an aggressive nation downed a friendly aircraft. T... Read More...

Exercise NATO Dynamic Manta 2019

Also this year we were on board the naval units and on the ASW aircraft to follow the annual exercise of the forces of the "Atlantic Alliance" where the participants will refine their skills and test the tactic... Read More...

US Air Force CENTCOM: JADEX Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of U.S. Central Command worked together with regional partners to conduct Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01, a regularly scheduled three day-long training event focused on increasin... Read More...

USA – Poland: exercise One Sky

The 493rd Fighter Squadron Grim Reapers assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England recently completed exercise One Sky over the sovereign skies of Poland Sept. 18 – 20. The bila... Read More...

Finnish combat aircraft on the highway: exercise Baana 2018

The Baana 2018 exercise led Finnish military fighters to train on an highway stretch of the Northern European nation. The Satakunta Air Command organized this exercise from 14 to 20 September 2018. A temporary ... Read More...

USMC F-35B for the first time will participate in TACR – Theater Amphibious Combat Rehearsal

As part of the greater Theater Counter Mine and Maritime Security Exercise to ensure maritime stability and security in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th... Read More...

USAF B-52s arrive in Europe at RAF Fairford air base

A US Air Force Bomber Task Force deployment of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 307th Bomb Wing and 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, has arrived at RAF Fair... Read More...

Two big US aircraft carriers Truman and Lincoln conduct dual-carrier ops

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with the respective Strike Groups began dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations on August 29, 2018 in the western Atlantic Ocean. B... Read More...

US Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing hosts F-35s for dissimilar air combat training

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will host F-35’s from the 61st Fighter Squadron and F-16’s from the 8th Fighter Squadron out of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, August 17-24, 2018, to conduct Di... Read More...

HMS Queen Elizabeth british aircraft carrier sets off for F-35B fighter jet trials

Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, departed her home port of Portsmouth on August 18, 2018, bound for the USA to land fast jets on deck for the very first time. Eight years since a British air... Read More...

USAF F-22 train with royal norwegian air force F-35

USAF F-22 Raptors train with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A

Two USAF F-22 Raptors stealthy fifth-generation fighter jets from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, flew to Orland Air Base, Norway, on Aug. 15 2018 as part of an e... Read More...

USAF F-22 and spanish Eurofighter trains over Spain

USAF F-22s and Spanish Air Force Typhoons train over Spain

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, refuelled and trained with Spanish Eurofighter Typhoons and F-18 Hornet during an F-22 forward de... Read More...

USAFE F-16C Aviano AFB 31st Fighter Wing

Aviano 510th Fighter Squadron Buzzards complete UK training

The USAFE Aviano based 510th Fighter Squadron “Buzzards” completed a two-week flying training deployment to the United Kingdom Aug. 6, 2018, at RAF Lakenheath, England. During the event, fourteen F-16C Fight... Read More...

USAF F-22 Raptor arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany

The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-22 Raptors, Airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, at Tyndall AFB, Fla., to condu... Read More...

Exercise Sky Avenger 2018

Between 18th and 29th of June, the clear blue skies over the Czech Republic made acquaintance with some lethal birds, that are rarely seen in Europe. The F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 182nd FS (149th FW) of the ... Read More...

US, French combined exercise Chesapeake 2018

US and French Navies conduct historical combined exercise Chesapeake 2018

On May 18th, 2018 as the Rafale Marine launched into the distant skyline becoming the last French aircraft to depart from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Sailors on the deck celebrated a suc... Read More...