German, Italian and Spanish Eurofighters, Turkish F-16s, French Mirages and Rafales come together in Spain for the Tactical Leadership Programme’s second flying course of 2026, supported by a NATO E-3A AWACS and a US MH-60 helicopter for combat search and rescue training.
TLP FC 26-03 Gets Underway The Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) has launched its third flying course of 2026, bringing together a multinational [...]
NATO Allied Air Command - 22 April Ramstein Flag 2026 - South RAMSTEIN, Germany – Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) will conduct Ramstein [...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Swiss Air Force Night-Flying Operations at RAF Leeming November 2025 Introduction Every November, as the days shorten and [...]
Tactical Leadership Programme — Inside Europe’s Premier Advanced Air-Combat School The Tactical Leadership Programme is an international military organisation founded to train the next generation [...]
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 [...]