Military aviation news
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August 18, 2026
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. India’s reported interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) sixth-generation fighter programme has triggered... The post…
August 17, 2026
The Airbus C-30, registration FAB 2902, one of two A330-200s operated by the Brazilian Air Force, has advanced in its recovery process after nearly a year out of service. The aircraft underwent…
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A Rafale fighter of the French Air and Space Force intercepted a rare Russian Tupolev Tu-214 linked to Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, during an air policing mission of…
The US Air Force is seeking Chinese-made DJI drones for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) training at Frances E. Warren Air Force Base. Specifically, the Air The post US Air Force wants DJI…
French Air and Space Force Rafale C and B jets logged more than 540 flight hours and 39 Alpha Scramble missions during their most recent deployment in the Baltic. The French contingents…
August 16, 2026
In a memorandum signed on 13 August, US President Donald Trump kept the promise he had made months earlier aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington: to abandon the…
On the occasion of the recent astronomical event, the French Air and Space Force deployed fighter and refueling aircraft at various locations across the country to carry out…
August 15, 2026
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Captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 Introduced as a terrible surprise to the RAF Spitfire Mk. V at the disastrous 1942 Dieppe Raid in France, the German Fw 190 wrested control of the air from the RAF. It was…
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August 14, 2026
The First World War was the conflict in which fighter aircraft appeared. In late 1915, the British and French tried to rationalise their fleets…
India has launched the procurement of 60 new medium transport aircraft for its air force. The Ministry of Defence published the tender for the Medium…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The possibility of India joining the a sixth-generation fighter initiative led by the france continues to generate... The post Would India Need to…
August 13, 2026
The French Air and Space Force closed out an era in French Guiana by retiring its SA330 Puma helicopters after 47 years of operations in the territory. The veteran model, which arrived in…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. India has launched a major effort to strengthen the Indian Air Force’s strategic and tactical airlift capabilities,... The post India Issues $10…
August 11, 2026
In two years, Gusto will make its big comeback. Put into hibernation in June 2022, Fighter Squadron 2/5 Île-de-France will be reactivated in summer 2028 and return to its base, Air Base 115…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. According to sources close to idrw.org, India and France, already engaged in formal talks over co-developing a... The post 6th-Generation Fighter…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. In June 2026, Germany effectively withdrew from the manned fighter component of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air... The post German and…
August 10, 2026
The French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) has closed one of the longest chapters in its rotary-wing military aviation history with the final retirement of the…
A French Air and Space Force A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport successfully refuelled US and UK RC-135 aircraft in a coordinated exercise.
According to the Indian press, France has submitted an official offer to India to sell 114 Rafale F4 fighter-bombers produced by Dassault Aviation, in response to an official request…
New twist in FCAS. Two months after Germany and France, the program's main figures, chose to end the program seeking to develop a sixth-generation European fighter…
10 August 2026: From 10 to 14 August 2026, Swiss Air Force personnel are, as in previous years, completing together with French units at Luxeuil air base the…
The French Air and Space Force achieved an unprecedented milestone for NATO by carrying out, for the first time, in-flight refuelling of RC-135 intelligence aircraft from the United…
August 9, 2026
New Delhi aims to take part in developing a sixth-generation air system based on...
August 7, 2026
The plan calls for manufacturing 94 aircraft on Indian soil, technology transfer and high local... The post France Presents Final Offer to India for 114 Rafale Fighters in Deal Worth up to…
Deployed at Šiauliai Air Base [Lithuania], between November 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025, as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission, the four Rafale jets from the two…
France has formally submitted a technical and commercial proposal to India for the purchase of 114 Rafale multirole fighter jets.
August 6, 2026
Airbus Defence & Space Getafe has begun the final phase of work on the third A330-200 for the Spanish Air and Space Force's MRTT programme. The aircraft is now facing the final…
From July 21 to 25, the Italian contingent of the NATO Multinational Battle Group Bulgaria conducted a training activity in the Costanza area together with French and Romanian troops, to…
August 5, 2026
The French Air and Space Force released images pairing two generations of military aviation and... The post Nearly 80 years in the same sky: PC-21 and P-51 Mustang fly side by side in France…
August 4, 2026
The French Air and Space Force has concluded its NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP) deployment at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, after completing two consecutive rotations The post NATO Baltic deployment…