Category: Notizie Estero

Brazilian Pilot Flies F-39 Gripen E for First Time

Brazilian Pilot Flies F-39 Gripen E for First Time

Major Aviator Cristiano de Oliveira Peres, a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) test pilot, carried out the first flight of a Brazilian pilot in the new fighter F-39 Gripen E, in Sweden on Thursday, August 20.

The aircraft took off from the airfield of Saab, the company responsible for the development of …

Poll Shows Swiss Back $6.6 Bn Plan to Buy New Fighter Jets

Poll Shows Swiss Back $6.6 Bn Plan to Buy New Fighter Jets

ZURICH — Swiss voters are set to approve a 6 billion Swiss franc ($6.6 billion) purchase of new fighter jets in a referendum next month, a poll for broadcaster SRF showed on Thursday.

The survey by gfs.bern found 58% of respondents favoured the government’s plan while 39% opposed it and 3% had …

Handover of the First Airbus A350 to German Government

Handover of the First Airbus A350 to German Government

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and her cabinet colleagues will in future travel on their official business in a modified Airbus A350-900. The Defense Minister took over the particularly innovative long-haul aircraft at a ceremony at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg Airport.

“I’m definitely looking forwar…

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