The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team is preparing to depart Kamloops Airport, three months after the fatal crash of a CT-114 from the team. Airport manager Ed Ratuski says the jets are expected to leave next week but the plan is changing day-to-day. Snowbirds public affairs officer Lt. Becky Major said there are “still things that […]
Exercise Baana 20 will take place at the Hosio highway strip in Ranua, Lapland, Finland from Sept. 7 -11. Finnish Air Force pilots will practice landing and taking off from regional road no. 924. The aircraft types participating are: F/A-18s, Hawks, as well as transport and liaison aircraft. Baana 20 will be led by Lt. […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is deploying four of its F-16 fighters to Souda Air Base on Crete, Greece. Bill Thornton, f-stop5.6 Photography / CC BY-SA The jets will be there to train with the Hellenic Air Force over the eastern Mediterranean. For more information, hit the Source below Source
VMFA-211 was given “Top Honors” for their superior performance in Exercise Red Flag 20-3, which took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 15. The squadron’s intel unit was also given the “Top S-2” award. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, R. Clarke Cooper, says he hope that India will stop buying weapons from Russia and switch to the United States as its main weapons supplier. By Eugeny Polivanov (http://russianplanes.net/id169356) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Speaking to the media via video […]