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Switzerland Air2030: the F-35 JSF candidate

Second to last of the 5 candidates vying for the replacement of Swiss Air Force air fleet under the AIR2030 program, it’s Lockheed Martin’s turn to present it’s 5th generation fighter jet in Payerne on 07th Jun... Read More...

Switzerland Air2030: the Rafale candidate

The air and the ground testing of the five combat jets candidates for the Swiss Air2030 program are taking place at the Payerne air base from April to the end of June. On the Swiss military airfield, the aircra... Read More...

Switzerland Air2030: the Super Hornet candidate

The air and the ground testing of the five combat jets candidates for the Swiss Air2030 program are taking place at the Payerne air base from April to the end of June. On the Swiss military airfield, the aircra... 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...

Italian Air Force F-35A MM7337_03.04.19_LGAD

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...

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 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...

Declared the Initial Operational Capacity for the Italian Air Force F-35As

Announced the achievement of IOC in Amendola, during the media-day for the 4th Flying Course of Tactical leadeship Programme

"Today is an important day for the Italian Air Force," said Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, General Alberto Rosso, during the press meeting at the 4th Flying Course of the Tactical Leaderhip Program in course... Read More...

Hellenic Air Force F-16 Fightning Falcon

Hellenic Air Force: 116 Combat Wing F-16 Fightning Falcon – Araxsos Air Base

Greece is member of NATO since 1952, and it has a fondamental role in the defence of the southern border of Athlantic Alleance. However, Greece has been involved in the long “cold war” with Turkey, its eternal... Read More...

Images from RIAT Royal International Air Tattoo 2018, Fairford UK

A record crowd of 185,000 people enjoyed a feast of flying as the Royal International Air Tattoo staged international celebrations marking the Royal Air Force's Centenary at RAF Fairford. In total, 302 aircraft... Read More...

F-104S ASA Starfighter Italian Air Force

F-104S-ASA Gate Guardian at the 41st Wing Italian Air Force – Reportage of a conservative restoration

When in 1973 the c /n 783-1116 left the FIAT plants in Torino to be delivered to the interceptors of the Aeronautica Militare, no one could have imagined that this F-104S specimen at the end of its operational ... 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...

EF-18 Hornet Ejercito del Aire - Spanish Air Force

Spanish F-18 Hornets of Ala 15 in Zaragoza

Los Hornets de Zaragoza

Spain did not join NATO until May of 1982, but even before that date the Spanish Government had issued a requirement for a new fighter/attack aircraft that would replace its fleet of F-4C Phantoms, F-5 Freedom ... Read More...

Los Llanos Air Base Albacete: 40th anniversary of the TLP Tactical Leadership Program

The Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) is a center of excellence for the advanced training of military combat pilots. It was born as a multinational organization in Germany in 1978, under the auspices of NATO, g... Read More...

Hungarian Air Force: from MiG to Gripen

Magyar Légierő,(Hungarian Air Force), after the end of second World War, felt under the Soviet influence, and this led to the estabilishment of a Soviet made flight fleet, equipped with MiG and Sukhoi. On 19... Read More...

A deep overview about JASDF: the Japanese Air Self-Defense Air Force

Aviation Report already treated JASDF with an article (in Italian language) published on December 6, 2016, and accompanied by some great pictures of Heric Hsu; after more than 1 year, Aviation Report goes deepl... Read More...

Greece: exercise Iniochos 2018 Andravida Air Base

Iniohos in Greek means Charioteer, and it is the most important exercise for Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force). The first edition of the exercise took place in 1988, as a small-scale exercise involving on... Read More...

Italian Navy AV8B Harrier II landing on Cavour aircraft carrier

Italian Navy trains in the Gulf of Taranto with Harriers and Cavour aircraft carrier

Naval units and aircraft from different Italian Navy bases have carried out training activities by carrying out maritime surveillance in the area of competence. The aero-naval components of the Italian Navy ... 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...

Exercise DACEX 2018: control and defense of the Canary Islands skies

On the 23rd and 24th of January, the DACEX-18 Exercise, organized by the Combat Air Command (MACOM), was developed in the Canary archipelago, with the support of the MACAN Canary Islands Air Command. It is a... Read More...