The delivery took place on Monday (22) at Ämari Air Base, where Estonia’s Air Defense Wing received the first unit of the system produced by German company Diehl Defence.
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Finland buys SDB II glide bombs to equip its F-35 fighters
Finland has authorized the purchase of GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs, known as SDB II, to equip the future F-35A fighters of the country’s Air Force
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Russia sends rare modernized Tunguska-M1 to reinforce air defense in combat zone
Russia has reinforced its air defense capabilities in the Dobropillia region with the deployment of the rare 2K22M1 Tunguska-M1 system, a modernized version of the well-known anti-aircraft platform equipped with missiles and cannons.
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B-52 bomber crashes after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California
Aircraft went down shortly after takeoff in the Mojave Desert; emergency crews were dispatched and there is still no confirmation of casualties
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First Czech C-390 appears in Brazil with unprecedented three-tone gray camouflage
Embraer aircraft destined for the Czech Air Force received its final paintwork in Confins and marks a new stage in the modernization of the European country’s military transport fleet.
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Spanish fighter jet escorts aircraft that carried Pope Leo XIV back to Rome after technical incident
The return of Pope Leo XIV to Rome took on the character of a special air operation after a technical problem prevented the aircraft originally scheduled for the papal flight from taking off from Tenerife-Los Rodeos Airport, in the Canary Islands.
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Swedish Gripens intercept Russian Su-24 and Su-34 fighters in the Baltic Sea
Sweden’s air readiness carried out two interception operations on Friday with JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets after Russian military aircraft were detected over the Baltic Sea, in areas close to Swedish airspace.
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F-35 Husarz stealth fighters officially join Poland’s Armed Forces
Poland has begun a new stage in the modernization of its military aviation with the official acceptance ceremony for the F-35A fighters into the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.
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NATO intercepts Russian aircraft and shoots down drone over the Baltic during Ramstein Flag exercise
In two separate incidents in the Baltic region, Portuguese F-16s and French Rafale fighters were scrambled on Alliance Air Policing missions, reinforcing surveillance over Europe’s eastern flank.
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LITENING system updated for a new type of air warfare
A rapidly developed software update may have changed the role of one of military aviation’s most well-known targeting systems.
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Airbus prepares H145M military helicopter to take on drones in flight
Airbus Helicopters and Quantum Systems have taken a new step toward transforming military helicopters into platforms capable of responding to one of the most urgent threats in modern conflicts: drones.
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Video: Airbus reveals U145, autonomous and uncrewed version of the H145 helicopter
Autonomous model will initially focus on cargo transport and could take on civil and military missions in the next decade
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