The Brazilian Air Force organized the international exercise Cruzex 2024 involving 16 countries and more than 50 aircraft, held at the Natal air base, in the north-east of Brazil, from 3 to 15 November 2024. In addition to the entire…

With the escalation of international tensions between Russia and NATO and a peace that seems increasingly distant, the Air Policing missions that seemed like a routine, have become more and more important in the field of NATO border deterrence. The…

On Monday 15th May, contemporary at 71 Baza Aeriana in Campia Turzzi and in 86 Baza Aeriana in Borcea-Fetesti, the ceremony for the farewell of MiG 21 have been hold, in the presence of the Minister of Defence and of…

Iniochos 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 only Hellenic Air Force, and the aircraft…

At the end of 2021 we went to Ukraine to have a close look at the Kiev military aviation Su-25 Frogfoot, combat aircraft that in the event of a conflict with Russia would be called to attack the Moscow armored…

Last November we went to Romania to spend a day with the Royal Canadian Air Force personnel engaged in Operation Reassurance 2021 with the CF-188 Hornet fighter aircraft. The Canadian mission took place as part of the enhanced NATO Air…

Bulgarian Air Force (Bàlgarski Voenno Vàzdusni Sili) is going on with a modernization and resizing of its fleet after the long period of soviet supplies. Due to its strategical position, looking out to Black Sea and consequently to Russia and…

A Turkey more far away from NATO is the impression that emerges after our visit to the Anatolian Eagle exercise 2021. No NATO aircraft was partecipating in the exercise, except the obeservers. Estabilished in 2001, the Anatolian eagle viewed in…

Since 12 June 1993 Italian Army has an own aviation corp called AVES (AViazione dell'ESercito). The fleet is rappresented by AH 129 Mangusta in the ground attack role, UH-90 in transport and tactic support role, CH-47F in transport role and…

The Portuguese Air Force deployed approx. 70 military personnel and four of its F-16M fighter jets on 4th September to Malbork Air Base, Poland.  This operational training detachment takes place under the umbrella of the NATO’s Assurance Measures for 2020…

Actually just five Air Forces operated the F-4E: Greece, Turkey, Iran, South Korea and Japan. Japan selected the F-4 Phantom II as its new fighter at the end of the 1960s. On 1 November 1968, this choice was made public…

The 338 Mira was estabilished on 24th December 1952. All these years, 338 Sqn has consisted and is still continuing to consist the cornerstone of the structure of the Hellenic Air Force , which guarantees the security of Greece and…

MAKS : Международный авиационно-космический салон,  Mezhdunarodnyj aviatsionno-kosmiche ("International Aviation and Space Show") is the international airshow of V-VS (Russian air force) which is hold every two years in the Zhukovsky airport, home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute, around 70km…

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 exercise was born on 2001 to…

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 rival, even member…

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 Fighters, and Mirages F…

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 1993, as refunding for the occupation…

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 only Hellenic Air Force, and the aircraft…

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 arrived from the Czech Republic, and the…

The 112 Pterix Mahis (Combat Wing) is based in Elefsis, few kilometers from Athens, and it is the most large and complex Wing in the Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force) and it is composed by several squadrons:352 Cosmos with Gulfstream…