Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story Ukraine mounted one of its deepest strikes of the summer overnight on 22 August 2026, sending long-range drones more than 1,000 kilometres into Russia’s Samara region. By morning two sites were burning: the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, part of...
Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden
Teilen Sie diese Geschichte: Am 21. März 1999 brachten zwei erschöpfte Männer einen riesigen silbernen Ballon in der ägyptischen Wüste zur Landung und schrieben damit Geschichte. Bertrand Piccard und Brian Jones hatten geschafft, was Pioniere jahrzehntelang vergeblich versucht hatten: die gesamte Wüste zu überfliegen.
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story Bulgaria has spent years trying to drag its air force into the NATO era, and it has just been handed some unwelcome news. The second batch of eight brand-new F-16 Block 70 fighters, once promised by the end of 2027, may not arrive until 2030. Lockheed...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story On Aug. 21, 2026, at Malmen Air Base in Sweden, Saab chose the Swedish Air Force’s 100th birthday to pull the cover off its vision of the next one hundred years. Standing on the floor was a full-scale mock-up of a tailless, stealthy, supersonic...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story For the first time, one of the smallest and cheapest fighters in Europe has reached far beyond the horizon. On Aug. 21, 2026, a Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen C released a live Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile over the Vidsel Test Range in Norrbotten,...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Share this story It looked like a beer barrel with wings, and the Swedes said so themselves — they called it Flygande Tunnan, the “Flying Barrel.” But behind that comical shape hid a serious pioneer: the first swept-wing fighter to enter squadron...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story On Tuesday, 18 August 2026, a very unusual crowd gathered in the sky over northern Poland and the Baltic — and every serious flight-tracker in Europe stopped to watch. In a large, U.S.-led NATO air exercise, a dense package of allied aircraft...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Share this story The number barely moved, and that is precisely the point. France booked €21.24 billion in new arms-export orders in 2025, its Ministry of the Armed Forces told Parliament in the annual report published on 13 August. A shade below 2024’s...
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