Tagged: F/A-18

USAF F-22 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE

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7 November 2018

USAF F-22 Raptor stealth jets got 587 aircraft to back off in their ‘combat surge’ over Syria

U.S. Air Force F-22s recently completed their first “combat surge” in operations over Syria, and in doing so deterred almost 600 Syria, Iranian and Russian combat aircraft in the crowded skies there, the Pentagon...

Raytheon AIM-120C7 AMRAAM missile

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5 February 2015

Raytheon AIM-120C7 missiles and NASAMS tested in Thor’s Hammer Exercise

Raytheon’s AIM-120C7 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAMs) have been test-fired from the national advanced surface-to-air missile system (NASAMS) during the Thor’s Hammer Exercise. The exercise was a month-long operation carried out by the...

Exercise & Air shows

31 October 2014

Wings Over Houston touches down at Ellington Field

The sky over Ellington Airport will be ablaze with aircraft beginning on Saturday (Nov. 1) and continuing through Sunday (Nov, 2) with the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Houston Air Show. The show features...

Royal Thai Air Force joins H135 military training operators 16 February 2020
New order of six H135s will increase its Airbus fleet to 18 helicopters...
Nigerian Air Force inducts Mi-171E helicopter 6 February 2020
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) inducted a single Mi-171E and two AW109M helicopters on 6 February in a high-profile ceremony in Abuja that was attended by President Buhari....
Initial two P-72Bs delivered to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza 30 January 2020
The first two of four P-72Bs ordered by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF, Financial Guard) were handed over during an official ceremony at Leonardo’s Caselle Torinese facility on November 27....
Airbus adds 250 more helicon to global support contracts 29 January 2020
Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft now covered by a global HCare material management contract. This means 19% of Airbus Helicopters’ worldwide fleet is now covered by HCare....
Hungarian Air Ambulance becomes first helicopter operator to fully digitalise its support operation with Airbus 29 January 2020
Purchases complete end-to-end solution, from digitisation to analytics...
NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters 29 January 2020
The U.S. agency will use the aircraft for security during rocket launches, emergency medical services and qualified personnel transport....
Spanish Air Force Airbus C295 successfully performs wet contacts as a tanker 29 January 2020
The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign....