Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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,...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
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...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Share this story Portugal has put its flag carrier back on the block, and on 29 July 2026 two of Europe’s three airline mega-groups laid their cards on the table. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group both filed binding offers for a stake in TAP Air Portugal. The...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Share this story On 29 July 2026, the Ukrainian Air Force reported the loss of an F-16 during a combat mission to intercept Russian air targets. The pilot ejected and survived.According to the Air Force, controllers lost contact with the aircraft while it was engaged...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Share this story Over the pine forests of the Gironde, a shape far too large to be a water bomber banks low, opens its rear cargo ramp, and lets a red cascade of retardant fall across the treetops. This is no yellow Canadair. It is an Airbus A400M Atlas, the biggest...
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