Royal Norwegian Air Force Archivi - Aviation Report

Norway declares Initial Operational Capability for F-35A

Norway becomes the third European country to declare IOC, after Italy and the United Kingdom

November 6th 2019 Norwegian air chief Brig. Gen. Tonje Skinnarland declared Norway's F-35As operational after completing a deployment in November meant to validate that they are able to operate the jets awa... Read More...

Aircrew from the Royal Norwegian Air Force complete P-8A Poseidon training

Aircrew from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) graduated from Patrol Squadron (VP) Thirty’s Category 2 school Sept. 11, becoming the first crew to transition from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon. VP-30’... 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...

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...

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...

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...

Leonardo delivered first SAR helicopter AW-101 to the Norway

Italian Leonardo is pleased to announce that the first of 16 AW-101 all-weather search and rescue helicopters has been delivered to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice & Public Security. The aircraft depar... Read More...

Bye Bye "Atlantic": a 45-year history

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-4 Phantom: the last Samurai

Hellenic Air Force 338 Mira “Ares”: the last Phantom over the Aegean

Hellenic Air Force: 120 Training Wing Kalamata, where Eagles soar

MAKS 2019: Russian airshow at Zhukovsky

Payerne air base: exercise Epervier 2019

Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019

Second NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance RQ-4D Phoenix arrives in Sigonella, Italy

M-345 italian Leonardo’s new training aircraft certified and ready for the global market

Spain, France and UK take up Baltic air policing second 2020 rotation

USMC makes first operational flight in Middle East with MQ-9A

Airbus achieves world’s first fully automatic refuelling contacts with A3R system

Qatar Emiri Air Force’s first F-15 Advanced Jet completes successful first flight

Luxembourg Armed Forces A400M makes its maiden flight

A British Airways' 747 in heritage BOAC design

Alaska’s North Slope Borough now flies a Piltaus PC-24 air ambulance

Babcock provides dedicated Beech 200 air ambulance for swedish Covid-19 patients

Airbus adapts aircraft production rates in COVID-19 environment as update on March commercial aircraft orders & deliveries

First Airbus A350-900 for Aeroflot

55th anniversary of maiden flight of the world’s largest turboprop AN-22 Antei

PC-24 business jet rough field certification campaign