Military aviation news
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August 26, 2026
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The programme envisages seven aircraft, four of them for the Polish Air Force, arriving by 2030
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Industrial action affects a major production base for the A400M, C295, A330 MRTT and Eurofighter, alongside components for Airbus commercial aircraft
A Spanish F/A-18 shot down a drone over Romania on 16 August. We analyse NATO's air defence chain…
Madrid's approval advances a seven-aircraft program that would give the Polish Air Force four tankers by 2030
As part of the deployment of Spain's Air and Space Force in command of NATO's Enhanced Air Policing mission (eAP-72) in Romania, the Tactical Air Detachment (DAT) "Paznic" and…
Qatar's Air Force has carried out a very unusual deployment in Spain with two helicopters and other firefighting assets, involving up to four transport aircraft…
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August 25, 2026
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Spain and Poland will purchase up to seven Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft for transport and in-flight refueling for the Polish air force. The Council of Ministers of Aug. 25 authorized the start of…
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The US Navy leads a multinational effort to develop a new version of the Evolved SeaSparrow air-defense missile. The aim is to create a variant of the missile that…
25-08-2026 The Spanish training device manufacturer entrol has finalised the sale of an entrol H125 FNPT II simulator adapted to the operational requirements of the Air Force…
The aim was to test allied forces' ability to maintain air superiority and project power in a scenario where the adversary has the capability to hinder…
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August 24, 2026
The Tunisian Air Force receives a new flight simulator for helicopter training from Spanish manufacturer Entrol. The Airbus H125 FNPT II MCC is based on one built for the…
August 23, 2026
This will make it possible to retain the ability to store several interceptors in a single cell using the quad-pack configuration, one of the features that has made the…
August 22, 2026
Two Spanish F-18 fighters from the Air Force contingent deployed in Romania under NATO took off this Friday amid the presence of an unidentified object near the airspace…
August 21, 2026
F-18M jets from Wing 12 shot down an attack drone in Romanian airspace, marking the first aerial victory by a Spanish fighter in a real operation in more than 83…
August 20, 2026
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“We believe HÜRJET has the potential to become not only the trainer aircraft of Türkiye and Spain, but also a training platform for NATO,” CEO Mehmet Demiroglu said.
For the second time, Spanish Air Force F/A-18 jets deployed in Romania have been scrambled to intercept an unidentified drone. Romania's National Command Centre activated at 03:20…
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August 19, 2026
The Expeditionary Air Group (AA-EXP) of the Spanish Air and Space Force completed its successful participation in the Multinational Exercise “Pitch Black 26” in Australia, after competing…
August 18, 2026
The US Department of War has signed with Boeing and RTX "two major framework agreements to increase production of key components for the Standard Missile-3…
August 17, 2026
The shooting down of an attack drone by an F-18M from Wing 12 of the Air Force in Romanian airspace amounts to more than just the first kill by a Spanish fighter since joining…
A Spanish Air Force F-18 Hornet, deployed on NATO's Air Policing mission in Romania, shot down a drone that had violated Romanian airspace. The incident…
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In the early hours of yesterday, F-18M Hornets from the Spanish Air and Space Force's “Paznic” Tactical Air Detachment scored their first drone shot down in Romania. The…
NATO opens the competition to design its future NGRC medium helicopter without Spain's participation
The company had not taken part in the earlier concept studies on the same terms as the other three manufacturers, but it has passed the pre-qualification stage and now receives the same…
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August 16, 2026
A Spanish Air and Space Force EF-18 Hornet shot down a drone that had violated Romanian airspace in the early hours of this Sunday, 16 August…
Since the start of the Russian invasion, more than thirty drones have violated the country's airspace, while the one shot down this morning would be the fourth aircraft downed in territory…
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A Boeing EF-18 Hornet fighter of the Ejército del Aire y del Espacio shot down a drone that violated Romanian airspace during NATO's Air Policing mission. This is the fourth…
August 14, 2026
At least two former pilots of the Spanish Air and Space Force are now working for China as instructors, after leaving Spain and signing with intermediary companies that channel…
On tonight's Olhar Espacial program, Marcelo Zurita hosts an eclipse chaser who will tell all about the phenomenon he observed this week in Spain The post Eclipse chaser reveals…
Personnel from the Chilean Army's Yungay Mountain Detachment No. 3 and members of the Ski-Climber Company of the Galicia 64 Mountain Chasseurs Infantry Regiment of the…
Among the year's top stories: the agreement signed by Spain to provide a further €1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the outcome of the NATO summit in…
August 13, 2026
After reaching Full Operational Capability (FOC), aircraft from the Spanish Air and Space Force's "Paznic" DAT, deployed in Romania as part of the enhanced Air Policing mission…
