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18th December 2024

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) shared an image on November 27 of a Naval Dassault Rafale M refuelling a French Air & Space Force A400M in an unusual coupling of buddy-to-buddy air-to-air (AAR) refuelling. The unusual sight of a Rafale refuelling an A400M. DGA The Rafale was using a new-generation pod to refuel […]

AirForces Monthly December 2024

USAF B-2As on target against Houthi rebels

10th December 2024

AirForces Monthly details the recent use of the Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit against Yemen’s Houthi Rebels.

AirForcesMonthly December 2024

PEGASUS takes flight for Germany

10th December 2024

Germany’s PEGASUS SIGINT aircraft has completed its first flight.

AirForcesMonthly December 2024

Bulgaria’s first ‘Viper’ flown

10th December 2024

The initial F-16C Block 70 for Bulgaria takes to the skies.

AirForces Monthly December 2024

Attrition Report including Aviano F-16 ground accident findings

19th November 2024

A round up of the latest military aircraft accidents

AirForces Monthly November 2024

F-16 ‘Viper’ deliveries continue to Ukraine

6th November 2024

After the initial batch of second-hand F-16AM/BM Block 15MLU (Mid-Life Upgrade) Fighting Falcon fighters were delivered to the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF) in late July (see Vipers finally join Ukraine’s war effort, AFM, October 2024, p6-7) it is thought that at least one additional batch has been supplied by its Western supporters.

Advanced Power and Propulsion System

DARPA unveils XRQ-73 X-plane

31st July 2024

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has assigned the ‘XRQ-73’ designation to its latest X-plane.

AirForces Monthly August 2024

Russian Antonov An-22s to be retired

24th July 2024

Russia plans to cease operating its remaining fleet of Cold War-era An-22 (NATO reporting name: Cock) strategic transports, the world’s largest turboprop-driven aircraft.

AirForces Monthly July 2024

Civilian Yak-52 downs Russian UAV in Ukraine

17th July 2024

As Ukraine continues to face relentless Russian attacks amid a serious shortage of air-defence (AD) assets, some unconventional methods have been employed to alleviate the situation, including the use of civilian aircraft to down UAVs.

Eurofighter Typhoon

Swedish Gripens and German Eurofighters team up for air combat training

10th July 2024

Five JAS 39C/D Gripen fighters assigned to the Swedish Air Force’s F 7 Skaraborgs Flygflottilj (Wing) at Såtenäs Air Base (AB) in Sweden deployed to Rostock-Laage AB, Germany, between April 19-26.

Brazil

Brazil uses A-1Ms to assess flood damage

10th July 2024

The Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB; Brazilian Air Force) conducted a vital aerial reconnaissance mission over Rio Grande do Sul on May 9 in support of Operation Taquari 2 – a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operation that was launched after the Brazilian state was devastated by mass flooding.

Aerial Firefighting

Spartan testbed trials MAFFS II

3rd July 2024

Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan testbed (CSX62127) is seen here returning to its home base at Turin-Caselle Airport in northern Italy on May 30 after spending several weeks at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy, where it performed tests with the type’s new aerial firefighting system, the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II (MAFFS II).

AirForces Monthly July 2024

RAF’s first Wedgetail AEW1 breaks cover

2nd July 2024

The first of a current order of three E-7A Wedgetail AEW1 AEW&C aircraft that are set to join the RAF from 2025 was seen outside of STS Aviation Services’ hangar at Birmingham Airport in the West Midlands on May 29.

Germany

End nears for German Navy Sea Kings

26th June 2024

The Marineflieger (German Naval Air Arm) Marinefliegergeschwader 5 (MFG-5; Naval Air Wing 5) at Nordholz Air Base in northern Germany will formally bid farewell to its 17 remaining Sea King Mk 41 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters on August 31.

German Air Force

Luftwaffe flies first Heron TP

26th June 2024

The Luftwaffe completed the maiden domestic flight of its first of five German Heron TP MALE UAVs on May 15, formally kicking off a six-month flight test campaign in Germany.

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