Aérospatiale SE-316B Alouette III withdrawn from service for Belgian Air Force
On this Thursday 8 July 2021 at Koksijde Air Base, the Belgian Air Force will retire the last two Alouette III helicopters.
A third aircraft...
Philippine Air Force C-130 crashes, 45 dead and 40 survivors
On Sunday morning, 4 July, a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Hercules C-130 transport aircraft (registered 5125) carrying personnel of the armed forces of the...
Belgian F-16 collides with Leeuwarden Air Base building, two people injured
The pilot of a Belgian F-16 (tail number FA-130) had to use his ejection seat while preparing for the morning flights at the airbase...
Switzerland selects F-35 Lightning II for future air defence requirements
F-35 is the most advanced, capable and affordable aircraft available for the Swiss Air Force's future fighter fleetThe Swiss Federal Council announced Lockheed Martin's...
Germany signs on for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The German Ministry of Defence today signed a letter of offer and acceptance for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the U.S. government’s Foreign...
Boeing to boost UK Royal Air Force Chinook fleet with 14 H-47 extended-range Chinooks
Contract worth $599 million
U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a $599 million Foreign Military Sales contract approved by the U.S. Department of State to...
End of F-16 operations at Dutch Air Base Leeuwarden
With the arrival of the F-35 as a new fighter aircraft, the era of the F-16s at Leeuwarden Air Base ends. The ceremonial end...
Boeing, ESG and Lufthansa Technik partner for potential German P-8A Poseidon fleet support
Boeing signed agreements today with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik that outline joint efforts to explore potential areas of collaboration in systems...
Italian Air Force scrambles for easyJet that lost radio contact
On 13 June, two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon's scrambled to identify an easyJet Airbus A320 (registered OE-IZL *) that operated flight U2 2812...
U.S. Navy and Boeing make history with MQ-25 becoming the first unmanned aircraft to refuel another aircraft
MQ-25 T1 test asset refuels a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, demonstrating its aerial refuelling mission for the first time
For the first time in...
Airbus delivers the 100th A400M
The milestone aircraft includes all new certified capabilities
The global fleet has reached 100,000 flight hours
Known as MSN111 this is the...
Two more Airbus H160 helicopters for the French Navy
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has confirmed an option to Airbus Helicopters, Babcock and Safran Helicopter Engines for two more H160s for the...
First operational flight of a Multinational A330 MRTT for the Luxembourg Army
On 15 May 2021, Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence François Bausch attended the departure for Mali of a contingent of the...
First T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer joined in record time, thanks to digital design
First splice of forward and aft sections follows digital path
Quality and production time improvedIn one historic moment, the front fuselage of the...
Bell announces 300th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter delivery to the Jamaica Defence Force
Bell Textron Inc. announced today the 300th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X delivery to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The first Bell 505 was...
Final landing for CH-13, the oldest C-130 Hercules of the Belgian Air Force
At around 11:00 on 26 April, a C-130 Hercules landed at the military aerodrome of Beauvechain, Belgium, in the presence of the Minister of...
Dutch Chinook helicopters to the rescue to extinguish the forest fire in the Brecht (Belgium) nature reserve
This Friday morning, a fire broke out in the military area of ??Brecht, north of Brasschaat (Belgium), during a shooting exercise by the 11th...
The mysterious diversion of a TUIfly Belgium military charter to Doha, Qatar
We reported earlier that TUIfly Belgium had been contracted by Belgian Defence to operate military charters after the HiFly Airbus A321 formerly leased by...
NATO Summit on 14 June in Brussels, the first one with U.S. President Joe Biden
The next NATO Summit of Allied leaders will take place on 14 June at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg...
France orders 8 Airbus H225Ms and second VSR700 prototype in support of helicopter industry
The French Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the Armament General Directorate (DGA) has signed an order to purchase eight additional...