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Swiss Air Force F-18s fly to UK for exercise Yorknite 2022

This year the Swiss Air Force will exercise for 4 weeks, from November 14 to December 9, 2022 in Leeming, a small town in North Yorkshire (UK). This is a very important annual outing as it allows Swiss pilots to…

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 UK colleagues. While Italy will be leading the mission,…

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. Readiness to operate out…

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

Spain, France and the United Kingdom will take up NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission starting in May, guarding the skies over the Baltic region for the next four months. The three NATO Allies are replacing air force detachments from Belgium…

Finland: revised request for quotation sent for HX Fighter Programme

The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command sent a Revised Request for Quotation for the HX Programme on 31 October 2019. The revised call for tenders is regarding the following multi-role fighters and their related systems and weapons: Boeing F/A-18 Super…

Final United States Navy F/A-18C operational Hornet flight

The last Navy F/A-18C Hornet, aircraft number 300, made its official final active-duty flight at Naval Air Station Oceana, Oct. 2. Assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 at Cecil Field, Florida, aircraft number 300 completed its first Navy acceptance…

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 Epervier 2019 ( i.e Sparrowhawk), from…

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 aircrafts will…

Spanish F-18 Hornets of Ala 15 in 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 Fighters, and Mirages F…

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