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Squadron 201 Falcões of the Portuguese Air Force, based at Monte Real Air Base nº5, celebrates 65 years of operational activity. The Falcões Squadron began its operational activity as 50 Falcões Squadron at Ota Air [...]

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We have attended Route 604, the first Polish road strip exercise in two decades. The road strips in Poland (and elsewhere) went through their glory period in the 1960s and 1980s. The emergence of these [...]

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Engineering PhD student Mohamad al Bared was convicted guilty of terror for building a suicide drone for ISIS On Sept. 28, 2023, a student studying for his engineering PhD at Birmingham university was charged guilty [...]

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JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst’s KC-135R Final Salute. We knew this day would finally come but that did not make it any easier to fathom the significance and history of the event taking place this bright, sunny morning [...]

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Everything you need to know about Ostrava NATO Days 2023. On Sep. 15 -17, 2023, we attended the annual NATO Days in Ostrava. The organizers pronounced the event to be a tremendous success, with a [...]

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ROKAF rehearsed a massive flypast for South Korea’s 75th Armed Forces Day. On Sept. 26, 2023, the South Korean military conducted its first Armed Forces Day parade in ten years through the streets of Seoul. [...]

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Gioia del Colle Air Base will host 80 aircraft from 13 countries which will perform Large Force Employment training events from October 2 to 13. One of the largest European exercises, the NATO Tiger Meet, [...]

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We have obtained a photo of one of the two Su-30 Flankers intercepted by the Italian F-35 jets over the Baltic Sea last week. On Sept. 21, 2023, two F-35A jets of the Italian Air [...]

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The Czech government approved the deal for the acquisition of 24 F-35s that will replace Gripens from 2035. In the meanwhile, the Romanian MoD submitted the plan for the purchase of 32 F-35s to the [...]

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The Su-27 is expected to join the Museum’s Cold War Gallery this fall. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced the acquisition of a former Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB Flanker C. This aircraft [...]

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The U.S. Air Force has selected the company to develop and test SiAW, the new advanced, high-speed, air-to-ground weapon for anti-access/area denial environments. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman an approximately $705 million [...]

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The Boeing F-15EX  is not the only option on the table to address Poland’s potential air superiority requirement. In fact, Eurofighter has also been in talks with Warsaw for some time, offering the Typhoon to [...]

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U.S. Air Force Hits The mark In Savannah, Georgia, At William Tell 2023 Air to Air Weapons Meet. William Tell, the U.S Air Force’s legendary fighter competition has returned after a nineteen-year pause, testing the [...]

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Boeing relies on Fortnite technology to upgrade the B-52. A popular 3D computer graphics game engine, developed by Epic Games and first showcased in 1998, is helping Boeing in the upgrade of the iconic Stratofortress [...]

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The annual commemoration of Operation Market Garden marked the end of the Falcon Leap exercise. On the outskirts of Arnhem, RNLAF and NATO transport aircraft combined forces to participate in the demonstration that was part [...]

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The Austrian Ministry of Defence announced it would select the C-390 Millennium aircraft as its new tactical transport. On Sept. 20, 2023, the Austrian Ministry of Defence announced that it selected Embraer C-390 Millennium to [...]

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The day after a RAF Typhoon carried out the first ever landing on a road strip in Finland, RNoAF (Royal Norwegian Air Force) F-35A aircraft have operated out of Tervo road base too. Two F-35As [...]

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A British Typhoon has carried out the first ever landing on a Finnish road strip. On Sept. 20, 2023, a RAF Typhoon landed on a Finnish road as part of a demonstration that the RAF [...]

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First Highway Strip Exercise in Poland in 20 years underway. According to a release issued by the Polish General Command of the Armed Forces, the Polish Air Force is going to engage in the first highway [...]

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The saga has ended and debris found. And no, the missing F-35B did not crash in water. Officials have eventually managed to locate debris from the missing F-35B in a field in Williamsburg County, in [...]

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