Military Excercises Archivi - Aviation Report

Exercise Combat Archer 2019: the first operational testing of the AIM-9X Sidewinder missile

F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-22 Raptor fighter jets and pilots assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and 433rd Weapons School took to the skies to participate in Combat Archer 19-12, Sept.... 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...

UK international exercise Cobra Warrior come to an end

This week saw the conclusion of Exercise Cobra Warrior at RAF Waddington. A multi-national tactical training event, Exercise Cobra Warrior saw affiliated forces aiming to develop the tactical skills of their ai... Read More...

UK F-35B Lightning jets train with USAF B-2A stealth bombers

A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2A Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, have arrived in the U.S. European Command area of... Read More...

Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 Eurofighter Luftwaffe

Exercise Cobra Warrior starts in UK

Aircraft from the German, Italian and Israeli Air Forces have arrived at RAF Waddington to participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior. They will join aircraft from the Royal Air Force and United States Air Force in... 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...

Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019

The challenge between Turkey and Greece for the supremacy over the Aegean Sea passes even trought the aim to hold the most important exercise in the southern border of NATO alleance. The Anatolian Eagle exer... Read More...

British F-35Bs complete first operational missions over Syria and Iraq

UK becomes the third country to send F-35s Joint Strike Fighter into combat

The UK Ministry of Defense has announced and confirmed that its newest F-35B fighter jets have flown alongside Typhoon aircraft on operational flights over the skies of Syria and Iraq, as part of the ongoing fi... Read More...

US, UK, Israel F-35 exercise tri-lightning

US, UK and Israel F-35s exercise demonstrates air power interoperability

F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the U.S, United Kingdom and Israel participated in Exercise Tri-Lightning over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, June 25. Exercise Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive c... Read More...

Exercise Adriatic Strike 2019

Mid-May marked the beginning of some very busy weeks for most Air Forces in Europe. A series of overlapping exercises were conducted in this time frame. One of these exercises was Adriatic Strike 2019. It was h... Read More...

US Air Force exercise Northern Edge 2019

Alaska: exercise Northern Edge 2019

Approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise Northern Edge 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces, scheduled for May 13-24, 2019 on and above central Alas... Read More...

Hill AFB fighter wings conduct combat exercise with more than 40 aircraft

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2 at the Utah Test and Training Range. The friendly and enemy forces were made up of F-35 ... Read More...

Italian Navy exercise Mare Aperto (Open Sea) 2019

"We are in the waters of the Central Mediterranean, in full "hot zones" having to face a situation of crisis in the environment with the presence of asymmetric threat ... the naval forces of the Italian Navy ar... Read More...

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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...