French Reaper Block 5 drone carries out first airstrike in Sahel
France’s Ministry of Armed Forces reported a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 drone of the French Air…
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Russia begins Afghanistan evacuation flights
Russia announced it began exfiltrating from Kabul in Afghanistan some 500 people, including Russian nationals as well as…
Poland deploys fighters in Iceland for the first time
Poland will lead NATO’s Iceland Peacetime Preparedness Needs (IPPN) mission for the first time. For three weeks in…
Taliban prevents Afghan nationals from going to airport
Afghan nationals should no longer go to Kabul airport, a spokesman for the Taliban said on August 24,…
Ukraine, Iran deny reports of plane hijack in Afghanistan
Early on August 24, 2021, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister Yevhen Yenin reported that the Ukrainian aircraft participating in…
Battle erupts at Kabul airport amid evacuation effort
Further fighting broke out at Hamid Karzai International Airport involving Afghan, US and German forces on August 23,…
USAF F-15E fighter jet downs drone over Syria
A US-led coalition fighter jet shot down a drone over Syria on August 21, 2021, after the unmanned…
USAF confirms passenger record for C-17 flight out of Kabul
The United States Air Force confirmed that a single Boeing C-17 transport aircraft evacuated over 800 people out…
Aircraft evacuating Kabul divert near Pakistan airspace
Multiple aircraft taking part in missions to evacuate people from Kabul diverted near the Pakistan border, with no…
Boeing MQ-25 performs first unmanned refueling of E-2D
On August 18, 2021, the Boeing MQ-25 T1 refueled the US Navy E-2D Hawkeye command and control aircraft,…
European nations step up evacuation flights from Kabul
European nations are continuing evacuation flights from Kabul, with the Dutch government hoping for more success after a…
Japanese Boeing KC-46A Pegasus completes first refueling flight
The first Boeing KC-46A tanker built for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force recently refueled another KC-46A aircraft.It is…
Russian Il-112V transport aircraft prototype crashes near Moscow
A prototype of the Ilyushin Il-112V transport aircraft crashed during a test flight near Moscow. The three people…
Evacuation flights out of Kabul airport resume
The traffic of military and civilian flights was interrupted for several hours at Kabul-Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL)…
800 people board Boeing C-17 flying out of overrun Kabul airport
A USAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft evacuated around 800 people out of Kabul airport after the…
French Navy deploys upgraded maritime patrol aircraft in Hormuz Strait
As part of the European-led Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH), the French Navy deployed an…
Bell’s new vehicle concept can take off like a helicopter, and fly like a jet
Bell Textron unveiled design concepts of new High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft intended for military applications. The…
Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon takes to the skies for the first time
The first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft ordered by Norway performed its maiden flight from Renton Municipal…