Air Forces Archivi - Aviation Report

Boeing awarded with $342 million contract for two more Japan KC-46 Pegasus tankers

The U.S. Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF) third and fourth Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washingt... Read More...

US Navy aviators learn to “fly” the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler

U.S. Navy aviators are already learning how to “fly” the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler before the first air vehicle comes off the production line. Four Navy air vehicle operators (AVOs) from VX-23, the Navy... Read More...

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Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton will enhance maritime security in the Pacific

Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. In a ceremony broadcast to a... Read More...

Italian Air Force takes delivery of its final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon, core of the Italian and European defence system

Taking off from Leonardo’s plant in Caselle (Turin), the final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force was handed over during a ceremony today becoming one of the defence aircraft assigne... Read More...

First Poseidon aircraft delivered to the RAF

Boeing delivers UK’s third P-8A Poseidon to new home at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland

All nine of the RAF’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft, based on the Next-Generation 737, are expected to be in the UK by the end of 2021.

Boeing has successfully delivered the latest addition to the RAF's P-8A Poseidon fleet, which touched down wednesday at Royal Air Force Lossiemouth. Named Terence Bulloch DSO DFC after one of the most decorated... Read More...

United States Air Force to secure skies over Iceland with F-15 Eagle fighters

U.S. F-15C/D Eagles assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are deployed to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, in support of NATO Air Police operations. The United States Air Force assumed full control of... Read More...

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Interview with Italian Air Force Colonel Pilot Gianluca Chiriatti, commander of the 41° Stormo and Sigonella airport

During the performance of the Frecce Tricolori held on the skies of Sigonella AB last August we met Colonel Gianluca Chiriatti Commander of the 41° Stormo and Sigonella AB with whom we exchanged "two chats” bet... Read More...

Greece announced its intention to acquire 18 Rafales to equip its air force

This announcement illustrates the strength of the partnership that has linked the Greek Air Force and Dassault Aviation for more than 45 years, and demonstrates the enduring strategic relationship between Greec... Read More...

US, UK and Holland in Exercise Point Black 2020-4 a large force exercise over North Sea

Airmen and F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing participated in Exercise Point Blank 20-4, Sep. 10, with other U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa units, as well as the Royal Air Force, Royal Netherland... Read More...

Italian Air Force Eurofighters will fly over Mugello to celebrate the 1000th Gran Prix of Ferrari in Formula 1

A formation of Eurofighers with the symbol of the Prancing Horse on the fuselage will fly over the starting grid before the race begins. For about 100 years now, the Prancing Horse has been a lasting link betwe... Read More...

Maiden Flight for the 14th Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A from the FACO in Cameri, Italy

Maiden flight today 2 September of the fourteenth Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) and produced in Italy at the Novara plant of Cameri co-managed b... Read More...

Maiden Flight for the 13th Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A

Covid-19 has not stopped production at the FACO in Cameri (Final Assembly & Check-Out): on 25 August the fifth low observability Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter serialized F-013, commissioned by ... Read More...

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...

USAF B-52H and F16 royal norwegian air force train together

Stunning images of Norwegian F-16 fighter jets exercise together with US B-52H strategic bombers

As part of a large American exercise in Europe, six US Air Force nuclear-capable strategic bombers are training along with Norwegian fighters. Both Norwegian F-16AM Fightning Falcons and F-35 Joint Strike Fight... 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...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrates enhanced interoperability with initial Coalition Mission Data (CMDx) flight tests

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots from the U.S. and The Netherlands took to the air here Aug. 13-14 to demonstrate a new level of interoperability aimed at improving future combat data sharing among... Read More...

USAF 25th Fighter Squadron A-10 Warthogs fly on Guam

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron (FS), assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea, are honing their flight skills while at the Farallon de Medinilla R... Read More...

US Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses return to Europe for ally and partner training

Six U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrived Aug. 22, 2020, at RAF Fairford, England for a long planned training mission where the a... Read More...

Finland: exercise Baana 20 to bring F/A-18s to a highway strip in Lapland

Lapland Air Command will conduct the Baana 20 road base exercise at the Hosio highway strip in Ranua, Lapland from 7 to 11 September 2020. The regional road no. 924 will be closed during the exercise. Readines... Read More...

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Handover of the first Airbus A350 to the German Armed Forces Special Air Mission Wing

State-of-the-art A350 ensures worldwide mobility for the German government

Lufthansa Technik AG today handed over the first of three new Airbus A350-900s to the German Armed Forces. During a small ceremony in Hamburg, conducted according to current pandemic rules, Minister of Defence ... Read More...