Yearly Archive: 2020

BERN — From 24 November to 18 December 2020, members of the Swiss Air Force will train at night with around ten F / A-18 fighter jets at the air base of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Leeming, Great Britain.

Called YORKNITE, this exercise in the north of England is one of the essential pillars o…

The United States formally withdrew on Sunday from the Open Skies Treaty, an 18-year-old arms control and verification agreement that Washington repeatedly accused Moscow of violating.

The withdrawal is the latest blow to the system of international arms control that U.S. President Donald Trump …

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transited into the Black Sea in support of NATO Allies and partners, Nov. 23, 2020.

This is the seventh time a U.S. Navy ship has visited the Black Sea since the beginning of 2020. The last ship to visit the region was USS …

Mines are an ever-increasing problem on the seas. They are no longer simple, low-tech weapons. Advances like anechoic coatings, irregular shapes, and better sensors, mean mines are more challenging to detect and destroy – yet they remain affordable. And mine countermeasures are no longer the ‘quiet …

The crews of the Tu-160 and Il-78 long-range aircraft have completed long flights with air-to-air refuelling.

The flight duration was more than 8 hours. The flights took place in difficult weather conditions with a strong crosswind.

The L-39NG visited the 59th Air Force Base of the Hungarian Defence Forces in Kecskemét, to perform the evaluation flights with representatives of the Hungarian Air Force.

The L-39NG second flight prototype with MSN 7004 landed at the Hungarian air base on Tuesday, November 17. In the following d…