Mundo de la aviación, Noticias
Share this story They had done it hundreds of times. Dip the snorkel, scoop a tonne of water, climb, run in low over the burning ridge, release, and turn back for more. On Sunday afternoon, over a wind-whipped fire front west of Athens, two firefighting helicopters...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story France’s special forces are about to get a very different kind of helicopter. On Jul. 30, 2026, Airbus Helicopters announced the delivery of the first NH90 Caïman Standard 2 — a purpose-built special-operations version of France’s...
Mundo de la aviación, Noticias
Share this story It is one of the least glamorous aircraft in the sky and one of the most useful: a boxy, high-wing twin that lands in under a thousand feet, seats nine, and turns up wearing airline colours, army camouflage and even spy fits. Now, for the first time...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story For four months, one of Europe’s larger air forces was fighting a quiet air-defence campaign over the Arabian Peninsula — and almost nobody noticed. Since the second half of March 2026, Italy has kept Eurofighter Typhoons, an early-warning...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story Singapore has a habit of buying the best fighter it can find, years before it strictly needs it — and doing so quietly. So when reports emerged on 30 July that the city-state has opened exploratory talks around the Global Combat Air Programme,...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story On Friday, the flags came down at Ämari. Portuguese airmen who had spent months guarding the Baltic sky handed the watch to a new crew, and for the first time the pilots taking over spoke Turkish. Five Turkish F-16 Fighting Falcons are now sitting...
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
Share this story At 08:47 on the morning of 27 December 1991, a nearly new SAS MD-81 lifted off from a frozen Stockholm-Arlanda. It had sat out the night in near-freezing air with cold fuel chilling its wings, and a layer of clear ice — invisible, glass-smooth...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Share this story Before dawn on New Year’s Day 1945, while much of the Allied camp slept off its celebrations, hundreds of German fighters lifted off in near-total silence. No radios. Incomplete maps. Pilots who, in many cases, had been told only minutes earlier...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Share this story He was born in Brazil, to a father from Alsace and a mother from Lorraine, and learned to fly at a club in Rio. He would end the war a wing commander in the Royal Air Force at the age of twenty-four, and General de Gaulle would call him...
Mundo de la aviación, Noticias
Comparte esta historia Portugal ha vuelto a poner a la venta su aerolínea nacional, y el 29 de julio de 2026 dos de los tres megagrupos aéreos europeos mostraron sus cartas. Air France-KLM y Lufthansa Group presentaron ofertas vinculantes para adquirir una participación en TAP Air Portugal. El...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Comparte esta historia. El 29 de julio de 2026, la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana informó de la pérdida de un F-16 durante una misión de combate para interceptar objetivos aéreos rusos. El piloto se eyectó y sobrevivió. Según la Fuerza Aérea, los controladores perdieron contacto con la aeronave mientras estaba en combate...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Comparte esta historia Sobre los pinares de la Gironda, una silueta demasiado grande para ser un avión cisterna se inclina hacia abajo, abre su rampa de carga trasera y deja caer una cascada roja de retardante sobre las copas de los árboles. No es un Canadair amarillo. Es un Airbus A400M Atlas, el más grande...
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