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MACEDONIAN AIR FORCE AT 25

22nd May 2025

The air arm of one of the youngest republics in southeast Europe marked its 25th anniversary in June. Macedonian Air Force commander Col Robert Malezanski spoke exclusively to Sven van Roij. FORCE REPORT Macedonia The Mi-8/17 is the backbone of the Macedonian Air Force and is used for a variety of transport and assault missions. […]

Fifth-Gen in the MidWest

22nd May 2025

Once a year, Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin springs to life and becomes home to the aircraft participating in Exercise Northern Lightning, as Ivan Voukadinov reports. EXERCISE REPORT Northern Lightning 2017 NORTHERN LIGHTNING is a tactical-level exercise that began in the early 2000s and has been growing ever since. This year’s exercise […]

ACES HIGH

22nd May 2025

Since its inception in 2013 the Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE) has grown to become one of the largest military exercises in Europe, as Fredrik Edvardsen discovers. EXERCISE REPORT Arctic Challenge Exercise 2017 USAFE F-15D 84-046 drops back after receiving fuel from KC-135 callsign ‘Quid 77’. The northern Scandinavian landscape retains snow even in May. Erik […]

Spanish Puma crashin Afghanistan

22nd May 2025

ATTRITION A Spanish Air Force CH-47D approaches the wrecked Spanish Army AS332B to recover the helicopter following its crash in Afghanistan on August 3, 2012. FAMET THE RELEASE of a new Spanishdocumentary film, Zona Hostil(Rescue Under Fire), earlierthis year has resulted in theemergence of previouslyunknown details about a SpanishAir Force AS332B Super Pumacrash in Afghanistan […]

Colibri for RMAF training fleet

22nd May 2025

THE ROYAL Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is continuing to upgrade its training fleet. The RMAF has now retired its Alouette III helicopters and is replacing them with four Airbus Helicopters H120 Colibris, comprising serials M103-01 to M103-04.

Final flight of last ROCAF S-2T

22nd May 2025

REPUBLIC OF China Air Force (ROCAF) S-2T Turbo Tracker 2214, the last remaining airworthy ROCAF example, has made its final flight. The aircraft departed from Pingtung Air Base on May 18 for Hsinchu AB, where it landed for the final time at 1015hrs local time. It had previously been operated by the 34th Anti-Submarine Squadron […]

RAAF ‘classic’ Hornets return from Middle East

22nd May 2025

On May 19, two of the last four No 77 Squadron F/A-18As returned home to RAAF Base Williamtown from Operation Okra in the Middle East. This concluded 26 months of operations for No 81 Wing squadrons. CPL Nicci Freeman/Commonwealth of Australia ROYAL AUSTRALIAN Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornets from No 1 Squadron recently took […]

Exercise Bersama Shield 17

22nd May 2025

An AP-3C takes off from RMAF Butterworth, Malaysia during Bersama Shield 17. CPL Steve Duncan/Commonwealth of Australia The Australian Defence Force (ADF) took part in Exercise Bersama Shield 17 from April 26 to May 9. The exercise was undertaken as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) and also involved Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand […]

Australia moves towards ARM purchase

22nd May 2025

EA-18G A46-310 was caught passing through eastern California’s ‘Star Wars canyon’ lowlevel training area on May 12. It is part of the last batch of RAAF Growlers, currently at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. Chris Wood THE US Department of State has approved the possible sale of antiradiation missiles (ARMs) to Australia. The […]

INTEL REPORT: COUNTDOWN TO TF-X

22nd May 2025

Turkey’s centenary in 2023 is the date set for the country’s first indigenous jet fighter, TF-X, to fly. Alan Warnes reports from Istanbul, where the deal to build the fifth-generation twin-engined jet was signed between Ankara and the UK. Technologies from programmes such as the Taranis unmanned combat aerial vehicle and Typhoon are likely to […]

Alpine Gunfighters at Wittmund

22nd May 2025

For the very first time the Austrian Air Force has deployed its Eurofighters to another central European country – to practise live air-to-air gunnery. Oliver Jonischkeit reports. EXERCISE REPORT Air-2-Air Gunnery 2017 A former German Luftwaff e Eurofighter, 7L-WG prepares to depart Wittmund’s Runway 08 for a gunnery-training mission over the North Sea. Oliver Jonischkeit […]

Snipers over Comox

22nd May 2025

The live weapons phase of the Canadian 2017 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course was hosted by 19 Wing CFB Comox, located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Stuart Sanders reports. EXERCISE REPORT Fighter Weapons Instructor Course Clutching a brace of AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and a Sniper targeting pod, CF‑188 serial 188758 heads out […]

NORTH TO THE FUTURE

22nd May 2025

Northern Edge is one of a series of US Pacific Command exercises this year, all with the same goal: to prepare joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-A sia-Pacif ic region, writes Søren Nielsen. EXERCISE REPORT Northern Edge 2017 A locally based 3rd Wing F-22A Raptor takes off towards the Joint Pacific Alaska […]

KNIGHTS OF CHKALOVSK

22nd May 2025

The exclave of Kaliningrad is of immense strategic importance to the Russian armed forces and host to a number of its air assets, as Vladimir Trendafilovski explains. FORCE REPORT Russian Air Power in Kaliningrad Mi-24VP ‘36 Red’ on combat air patrol over the landing area at the Khmelyovka training range on May 21, 2016 during […]

FUTURE RAFALE

22nd May 2025

Dassault Aviation and the French Defence Procurement Agency have launched development of Standard F4, the next variant of the Rafale omni-role fighter that will enter service in 2025. Henri-Pierre Grolleau has the story. Latest Standards A pair of Rafales at high altitude. The wingman is fitted with a TALIOS targeting pod under the right forward […]

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