Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Share this story On the Fourth of July 1989, two American F-15 pilots on alert in the Netherlands were scrambled to intercept an intruder crossing into NATO airspace. What they found was a real Soviet fighter, deep over Western Europe — with no one flying it.It...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story A modern air-defense network is only as good as its eyes. Blind the radars and the missiles behind them are firing at ghosts. On 2 August 2026, Ukraine set out to do exactly that — not at the front line, but more than 270 kilometres behind it,...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Share this story In 1964, France joined the nuclear club on its own terms. Refusing to depend on American or British weapons, it built a sleek supersonic delta to carry its own bomb — a two-seat, twin-engined thoroughbred that could dash toward Moscow at twice...
Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden
Share this story Everyone remembers the Airbus A380 as the great double-decker of the skies. Almost nobody remembers that France built one two generations earlier. In 1953, Air France put into service a broad-shouldered, four-engined airliner with two full passenger...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story Long before a Russian Shahed reaches a Ukrainian city, it has to be stored, fuelled, launched and guided. On the night of August 6–7, Ukraine went after that entire chain at once, striking a drone launch site, an early-warning radar and the...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story For half a century the Red Arrows have signed the British sky in red, white and blue, drawn by nine BAE Hawks flying wingtip to wingtip. This summer the signature was incomplete: worn-out Hawk T1s forced the team to fly seven jets for most of its 2026...
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