NATO fighter scrambled and Vilnius Airport closed—over a flock of birds
Vilnius Airport temporarily suspended operations on Sunday morning after unidentified objects detected in Lithuanian airspace were initially believed to be drones.
The alert prompted the...
Emergency slide accidentally deployed on Air Force One before Trump flight
US military personnel accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on the Boeing 747-8 used as Air Force One shortly before President Donald Trump was...
French Armed Forces order eight Airbus U050 Capa-X drones
The French Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate has ordered four additional U050 Capa-X systems from Airbus Helicopters following successful trials of an initial system acquired in...
Drone threat delays Zelenskyy’s flight from Chisinau, Moldova, to Oslo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s flight from Chisinau, Moldova, to Oslo was delayed on Tuesday evening after drones were detected in Moldovan airspace around the...
Norwegian F-35s to honour King Harald V with funeral flyover
Four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 fighter jets will fly over Oslo Cathedral following the funeral of King Harald V on Wednesday, 9 September....
Two Greek Air Force pilots killed as F-4 Phantom crashes during Athens Flying Week
Two Hellenic Air Force pilots were killed on Saturday after an F-4E Phantom II crashed during the Athens Flying Week airshow at Tanagra Air...
Trump plans second overseas trip aboard Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 despite security concerns
US President Donald Trump plans to use the Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar for a visit to Ireland later in September, despite continuing questions...
Belgian F-16s support NATO air defence during Northern Viking 2026
Belgian Air Force F-16s deployed to Iceland have supported NATO air defence while Allied forces conducted Exercise Northern Viking 2026 across Iceland and the...
Nordic Air Forces deepen integration at NATO’s new CAOC Bodø
Air Force representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden met in Bodø from 25 to 28 August to advance the Nordic Airpower Concept...
White House construction may have contributed to Marine One close call
Construction of a new White House ballroom may have contributed to a loss-of-separation incident involving President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter and an Envoy...
Poland and Spain advance €5.4 billion joint Airbus A330 MRTT acquisition
Poland is expected to receive four tanker transports by 2030 under an EU-backed programme covering at least seven aircraft
Poland and Spain are moving towards...
CIA chief makes secret Moscow visit as rare US military flight draws attention
CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for undisclosed meetings, according to CBS News and other US media. His visit coincided with...
Hungarian Gripen crashes near Szolnok, pilot ejects safely
A Hungarian Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen crashed near Szolnok in central Hungary on Monday morning, according to Prime Minister Péter Magyar.
The pilot...
Eight killed in Cessna 441 crash in remote Alaska
A Cessna 441 Conquest II charter aircraft (reg. N128EZ) crashed near Cape Newenham in western Alaska on Thursday, August 20, killing all eight people...
Saint Hub Airshow : “Le Meeting des Ardennes” – 22nd-23rd August 2026
The municipality of Saint-Hubert, in collaboration with the local aviation hub, announces the organisation of the Saint-Hub Air Show 2026 (follow the Facebook page and...
European aerial firefighting force deployed as High Fens blaze becomes Belgium’s largest on record
Belgium has requested international aerial support to fight the rapidly expanding wildfire in the High Fens, where difficult terrain, dry peat and strong winds...
Italian Eurofighter shoots down unidentified drone over Latvia
A NATO Italian Eurofighter Typhoon has shot down an unidentified drone after it entered Latvian airspace early on Friday morning, with Latvian forces now...
Two US Army soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash near Fort Hood
Two US Army soldiers were killed on Wednesday when an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed in a field near Fort Hood, Texas, the US...
Trump reportedly switched aircraft in secret over Iranian missile threat
US President Donald Trump was reportedly secretly transferred from Air Force One to a military Boeing C-32A while leaving a NATO summit in Turkey...
Belgian F-16s return to Iceland for NATO air policing mission
Belgium has deployed four F-16 fighter jets and around 100 military personnel to Keflavik Air Base in Iceland as part of NATO's Air Policing...