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First Sudanese FTC-2000 unveiled

22nd May 2025

The first Sudanese Air Force FTC-2000 during its roll-out ceremony at the factory on June 5. There are reports that other countries, such as Nigeria, have shown interest in the type. via Andreas Rupprecht GUIZHOU AVIATION Industry Corporation (GAIC) has completed the first armed export variant of the FTC-2000 Shanying (Mountain Eagle) advanced jet trainer, […]

African Hind and Havoc training in Russia

22nd May 2025

Algerian Air Force Mi-28NE 9044 ‘944’ at Torzhok wears a Russian flag on its tail. The Mi-28NE is equipped with dual controls and a mast-mounted radar. Stanislav Bazhenov Seen with external fuel tanks and Russian fin flash, Mi-35M ‘464’ for the Malian Republic Air Force was one of two examples recently noted at Torzhok, the […]

Backfrom ‘thesandbox’

22nd May 2025

A USAF KC-135 refuels a B-1B over Iraq insupport of Operation Inherent Resolvein January 2016. The Lancer aircrew wasassigned to the 34th Expeditionary BombSquadron. USAF/Staff Sgt Corey Hook During the deployment to Fairford,AFM spoke to ‘O’Doyle’, a B-1Baircraft commander now assignedto the 28th Operations Group at EllsworthAFB. He reflected on his impressionsof combat missions flown […]

PROTECT AND SURVIVE

22nd May 2025

Protecting aircrews in the battlespaceis a top priority. Against a wide rangeof threats, sophisticated electronicwarfare systems or old-fashionedchaff and flares play an importantpart in modern aerial war fare, asAlan Warnesdiscovers. Typhoons, like these examples from the RAF’sNo 3 (Fighter) Squadron, are protected fromthreats by one of the most advanced fast-jetcountermeasures systems available. Despitethis, relatively simple […]

HOT SKIES OVER SYRIA

22nd May 2025

F/A-18E 168914/AJ-304 on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS ‘George H W Bush’ (CVN 77) a few days before the clash of June 18 US Navy A US Navy F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Su-22M-4 over northern-central Syria on June 18. From a US standpoint, the Super Hornet engaged the Syrian jet because it […]

Combat Sent intercepted

22nd May 2025

Combat Sent RC-135U 64-14847 taxies at Mildenhall in the same week it was involved in an “unsafe” interception by a Russian Su-27 Bob Archer A RUSSIAN Su-27 intercepted US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent 64-14847 while flying within international airspace near Kaliningrad on June 19. The Su-27 reportedly flew “within several feet” of the reconnaissance […]

Gripen E takes to the air

22nd May 2025

Two twin-seat JAS 39Ds acted as chase aircraft for the first flight of Gripen E serial 39-8 on June 15. Saab SAAB COMPLETED a successful first flight of its Gripen E on June 15. Flown by company test pilot Marcus Wandt, the first prototype Gripen E (serial 39-8) took off from Saab’s airfield in Linköping […]

HMS Queen Elizabeth begins sea trials

22nd May 2025

HMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’ accompanied on her maiden voyage by an 820 NAS Merlin HM2 and the frigates HMS ‘Sutherland’ and HMS ‘Iron Duke’. Crown Copyright THE ROYAL Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) went to sea for the first time on June 26 to begin trials off the coast of Scotland. The Royal […]

Third RAF Rivet Joint arrives in UK

22nd May 2025

THE THIRD and final RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft for the Royal Air Force arrived in the UK on June 6, completing deliveries for Project Airseeker. Although the aircraft was initially ferried into RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, on the 6th, it made the short flight to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire at 1730hrs on June 7 after delays […]

‘Faux fighters’ at Culdrose

22nd May 2025

The new F-35B ground training aids at RNAS Culdrose. The models are fitted with water tanks that simulate fuel and weapons loads for a total weight of between 16 and 24 tonnes. Bob Sharples AIRCRAFT HANDLER training at RNAS Culdrose is making use of four new ‘F-35Bs’. The 1:1- scale fibreglass models were manufactured by […]

BAE Systems flies Advanced Hawk

22nd May 2025

THE BAE Systems Advanced Hawk demonstrator ZJ951 completed its first flight from the company’s military aircraft facility at Warton, Lancashire facility on June 7. The aircraft incorporates a series of enhancements that could equip new-build Hawks or be added as upgrades to in-service aircraft. The concept demonstrator features an upgraded cockpit equipped with a BAE […]

NATO AWACS at 35

22nd May 2025

NAEW&CF E-3A LX-N90450 at its home base of Geilenkirchen on June 30, with special markings to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the E-3A Component. Kees van der Mark THE NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force (NAEW&CF) E-3A Component celebrated its 35th anniversary at its home base of Geilenkirchen, Germany, with an open-house event on […]

Italian squadrons mark centenary

22nd May 2025

THE AERONAUTICA Militare (Italian Air Force) celebrated the 100th anniversary of five of its most famous fighter squadrons on June 24: the IX Gruppo (9th Squadron), belonging to the 4° Stormo (4th Wing), based at Grosseto; the X and XII Gruppo, both belonging to the 36° Stormo, Gioia del Colle; the XIII Gruppo, from the […]

Flight trials for new Luftwaffe countermeasures

22nd May 2025

Tornado 98+77 of WTD 61 at Manching on June 13 with the FDS under both wings. Dr Andreas Zeitler TORNADO 98+77 of Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (WTD 61, the German military flight-test centre) has begun performing test flights with the Future Dispenser System (FDS) installed under both wings. This new countermeasures system is produced by Terma […]

Spanish Army prepares to retire Bo105

22nd May 2025

THE FUERZAS Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET, Spanish Army Aviation) will withdraw from service its last surviving MBB/CASA Bölkow 105s before the end of the year. The Bo105s are in service with Batallón de Helicópteros de Ataque I (BHELA I, Attack Helicopter Battalion I) at Almagro FAMET base, Ciudad Real. The unit is in […]

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