Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel based in the Falkland Islands have conducted a long range rescue of a British man from a Russian cruise ship. HMS Clyde is pictured re-fuelling an RAF Sea King Search & Rescue Helicopter during a recent operation between The Falkland Islands and South Georgia The MV Akademic Sergei … Dowiedz się więcej
A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) C-130 Hercules aircraft marked the 50th year of New Zealand’s airlift support flights to Antarctica by delivering over 3,000 kilograms of freight to the icy continent yesterday. The mission was the first of eight airlift support flights to be carried out by a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) … Dowiedz się więcej
A start up established by an IAF reserve combat pilot has brought an ~eighty percent decrease of FOD (Foreign Object Damage) in the engines of the „Nevatim” Airbases aircraft, damage which could potentially endanger lives and IAF assets Amongst every aircrew and ground crew member in the IAF, FOD’s (Foreign Objet Damage) are known as … Dowiedz się więcej
United States Air Force aircraft visiting New Zealand to participate in Exercise Southern Katipo 2015 conducted a flypast at Base Ohakea today. Two C-17 Globemasters and three C-130 Hercules took part after performing an air drop at Raumai Range. Exercise Southern Katipo is the New Zealand Defence Force’s major military exercise and occurs every two … Dowiedz się więcej
Most attack sorties executed by the IAF happen overnight. Flying at night gives the aircrews a significant advantage in most of their missions: from precise attacks to gathering intelligence, while minimizing the possibility of attacking innocent people in comparison to flight in the day time and lessening the danger to aircrews. „A significant percent of … Dowiedz się więcej
A United States Air Force (USAF) RQ4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) will be used in New Zealand for the first time during Exercise Southern Katipo 2015, the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) largest military exercise. The Combined Joint Task Force will use the Global Hawk to take imagery of simulated adversary areas … Dowiedz się więcej