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Portuguese Air Force F-16s train with Polish Air Force Mig-29s during NATO Assurance Measures 2020 exercise

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 um... Read More...

Italian Army Aviation helicopters NH-90 and AW-129

Airmobile operations with Italian Army 7th Aviation Regiment “Vega” UH-90 and AH-129 Mangusta helicopters

The Italian Army 7th Aviation Regiment “Vega” is one of the two helicopters units of the Italian Army Airmobile Brigade "Friuli" which, to meet its needs, has a helicopter component for reconnaissance, escort a... Read More...

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

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 ma... Read More...

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

Flying with hellenic F-4E Phantom II

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 s... Read More...

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

We flew with T-2 Buckeye and T-6 Texan from 120 TW Hellenic Air Force

In 1970 Hellenic Air Force estabilished a dedicated training Wing at Kalamata air base, in south of Peloponnese, and until now this unit continues to provide flight and ground training for new crews. The beginn... Read More...

MAKS 2019: Russian airshow at Zhukovsky

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... Read More...

Payerne air base: exercise Epervier 2019

From August 23rd to 30th, 2019, six Mirage 2000-5F from the fighter squadron 1/2 "Cigognes" based in Luxeuil (BA 116) in the department of Haute Saône (North East of France), participate to the exercise Epervie... Read More...

Exercise Anatolian Eagle 2019

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 exer... Read More...

The Rega base in Geneva – HEMS with EC135 T2+

The air-rescue in Switzerland started in 1946 and have been through long developments until today. First with adventurous pilots on light aircrafts, followed by parachutists with avalanche dogs and later by hel... Read More...

Exercise Adriatic Strike 2019

Mid-May marked the beginning of some very busy weeks for most Air Forces in Europe. A series of overlapping exercises were conducted in this time frame. One of these exercises was Adriatic Strike 2019. It was h... Read More...

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...