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Tactile Leadership Program 26-3

2026-09-17T15:20:53+00:0017th September 2026|

TLP FC 26-03 Gets Underway   The Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) has launched its third flying course of 2026, bringing together a multinational [...]

Ramstein Flag 26 – South

2026-06-01T09:29:55+00:001st June 2026|

NATO Allied Air Command - 22 April Ramstein Flag 2026 - South   RAMSTEIN, Germany – Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) will conduct Ramstein [...]

Shuttleworth Wings and Wheels Airshow 2026

2026-09-10T19:17:01+00:0030th May 2026|

Shuttleworth’s Wings & Wheels made its debut in 2026, replacing the long‑running Military Airshow, which now occupies a late‑August slot. Expectations were mixed going in — not helped by the late withdrawal of Tom Harris’s desert‑schemed Grumman Wildcat — and the early programme felt light for those seeking a strong military presence. But as the afternoon unfolded, the show built steadily toward a genuinely rewarding finale.

Operation Epic Fury Training and Crew Currency

2026-05-21T19:06:10+00:0030th April 2026|

As the nervous ceasefire continued, the bomber crews at RAF Fairford returned to the skies with regular training and currency missions usually lasting between eight and nine hours. Many of these sorties followed a familiar route, refuelling over Cornwall with tankers operating from RAF Mildenhall before continuing south toward the Mediterranean, tracing the opening stages of the same route that combat missions had taken toward Iran only days earlier.

Operation Epic Fury – RAF Fairford

2026-05-22T16:35:38+00:009th April 2026|

The final day of Operation Epic Fury at RAF Fairford as B-1 Lancers and cruise missile-armed B-52 Stratofortress launched combat missions before a ceasefire brought compat operations to a halt. This is a glimpse into one of the most intense periods of activity seen at the base in recent years.

Exercise Iniochos 26 – Low Level Vouraikos Gorge

2026-04-13T13:10:14+00:005th March 2026|

We headed out to the stunning mountains of the western Peloponnese for some low-level action with the participants of Exercise Iniochos 2026. Iniochos is an annual multinational air exercise and is hosted at Andravida Air Base in western Greece. The 2026 iteration ran from 2 to 23 March.

Exercise YorkNite 2025 – RAF Leeming

2026-03-29T11:48:53+00:0028th November 2025|

Exercise YorkNite 2025 Swiss Air Force Night-Flying Operations at RAF Leeming   Introduction Every November, as the days shorten and the Yorkshire air turns sharper [...]

Shuttleworth Festival of Flight 2025

2026-09-08T15:19:40+00:0029th June 2025|

The Shuttleworth Festival of Flight 2025 truly emerged as the airshow of the year. From its humble beginnings in 2024, it has already grown into one of the standout events on the UK aviation calendar [...]

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