Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Militarily, Suez worked. In six days, Anglo-French air power destroyed the Egyptian Air Force largely on the ground, paratroops took an airfield, Royal Marines made the first helicopter assault in the history of warfare, and the invasion force held the northern end of...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
On the morning of 16 July, two French Rafales and two Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoons met in European airspace and took fuel from a French A330 Phenix tanker. No weapons were carried. The manoeuvres were unremarkable. Any air force in NATO does this on a quiet Tuesday....
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
For a single year, Italy believed it had built the first jet aeroplane in history. On 27 August 1940, a sleek, barrel-shaped machine howled into the sky over Milan with no propeller anywhere to be seen — and the world’s aviation authority duly recorded it as the first...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Großbritannien besitzt eine Flotte der leistungsfähigsten Tankflugzeuge auf dem Markt – und kann sie nicht zur Betankung einiger seiner wichtigsten Flugzeuge einsetzen. Dies ist eine der stillen Peinlichkeiten der Royal Air Force, und nach fünfzehn Jahren hat die RAF dies nun endlich öffentlich eingestanden.
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
It was fitting that the promise came in Paris. On 14 July — France’s national day — President Emmanuel Macron stood alongside Volodymyr Zelensky at the close of a “Coalition of the Willing” summit and announced that Ukraine had agreed a plan to acquire 16 Rafale...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Am Morgen des 14. Juli um 10:25 Uhr überflog die Patrouille de France den Arc de Triomphe und entrollte drei blaue, weiße und rote Farbbänder entlang der Champs-Élysées. Dahinter folgte ein Strahlfeuerwerk. Und zum ersten Mal in der langen Geschichte der...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Ottawa has made a choice that says as much about politics as it does about firepower. Canada will arm its future F-35A fleet with the Joint Strike Missile, the Norwegian-built cruise weapon that tucks inside the Lightning II’s belly without spoiling its stealth. Prime...
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