Military Operations Archivi - Aviation Report

From September 2020 Italy and Germany will take over NATO Baltic Air Policing duties

From September, Italian and German fighter jets will be deployed in Lithuania and Estonia respectively. The detachments with their Eurofighter Typhoon jets will take over from their outgoing Spanish, French and... Read More...

RAF Typhoon fighter jets intercept Russian spy airplane Il-20 Coot over the Baltic Sea

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets currently deployed in Lithuania have intercepted a Russian Il-20 Coot-A, ISR radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea. The ... 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...

U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron

RC-135 R/V Rivet Joint on 29 years of service in USAF Central Command’s AOR

From Desert Storm to now 10,699 days, 12,741 missions and more than 140,000 flying hours

Airmen assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron recognized 29 years of continuous service in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility during a ceremony at Al Udeid Air Bas... 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...

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...

Michigan ANG 127th Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II returns from Afghanistan combat deployment

More than 200 Airmen of the 127th Wing returned home from a combat tour in Afghanistan with their A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Selfridge operators, ... 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 F-35A arrives for first Middle East deployment

The Air Force’s fifth generation multi-role aircraft arrived for its first deployment to the Middle East on April 15. The F-35A Lightning IIs are from active duty 388th and reserve 419th Fighter Wings at Hill A... Read More...

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjak intercepted by UK RAF Typhoon

British RAF Typhoons intercept russian aircraft over the North Sea

Yesterday 29 March 2019 RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) british Typhoon fighter aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth, with an RAF Voyager from Brize Norton, to monitor two Russian Blackjacks approaching UK ai... Read More...

Italian Eurofighter safeguards Icelandic airspace under NATO deployment for the fourth time

On 11 March, Italian Air Force Eurofighter aircraft arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, to start their four-week deployment to deliver NATO Airborne Surveillance and Intercept Capabilities to meet Iceland’s ... Read More...

RAF Typhoons use Brimstone 2 missile for the first time in Syria

Strikes have decreased in regularity this month, with the terrorists confined to a tiny enclave of territory where there is a significant number of civilians, who are being transported to safety by Syrian Democ... Read More...

First combat strikes for US Marines F-35B in Afghanistan

The Marine Corps F-35B, Lightning II, conducted its first combat strikes in the U.S. Central Command area of responsability in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2018. During t... Read More...

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RAF Chinook helicopters support French counter-terrorism operations in Mali

Three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF Odiham, supported by around 90 British personnel are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali. The helicopters, ... Read More...

Russian Aerospace Forces TU-160 strategic bombers

UK fighter jets intercept Russian bombers approaching british airspace

Yesterday, Monday 15 January 2018, RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to monitor two Russian strategic bombers approaching UK airspace. The Russian Air Force Blac... Read More...

6 Dutch F-16 fighters left for the Middle East to join the international coalition against ISIS

On 3 January 2018, 6 Dutch F-16 fighters left for the Middle East from Volkel Air Base to join the international coalition currently fighting against the ISIS terrorist organisation. The Royal Netherlands Ai... Read More...

Italy and Denmark will take over next NATO Air Policing in Baltics

On the Baltic Sea shores, the new year will start with new Allies deploying their jets to Šiauliai, Lithuania, and Ämari, Estonia, to continue NATO Air Policing in the region with the handover ceremonies schedu... Read More...

Strategic bombers Tu-22M3 Russian Air Force

Video: russian bombers Tu-22M3 hit terrorists’ targets in Syria

During the month of November Russian Tu-22M3 long-haul bombers delivered several airstrikes on terrorists’ targets and facilities in Syria to destroy their military capabilities. In each mission six Tu-22M3 ... Read More...

USAF 115th Fighter Wing wraps up deployment to South Korea

Approximately 180 Airmen from the 115th Fighter Wing, 176th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, also known as the Badgers, completed a 3-month Theater Security Package deployment... Read More...