Ramstein Flag 26 – South
NATO Allied Air Command - 22 April Ramstein Flag 2026 - South RAMSTEIN, Germany – Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) will conduct Ramstein Flag 2026 (RAFL26) from June 8 to June 19, 2026. Now in its third iteration, this large-scale, multi-domain exercise is [...]
Operation Epic Fury Training and Crew Currency
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
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
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
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 and colder, RAF Leeming transforms into something altogether different. The familiar rhythm of Hawk T2 circuits gives way to the [...]
Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) 25-4 – Albacete Air Base
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 of mission leaders for NATO and allied air forces. Its goal isn’t just to teach pilots how to fly, but [...]
Exercise Iniochos 25 – Andravida Air Base
Monday 7th April 2025 marked another unforgettable chapter in the European military aviation calendar as the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) hosted the highly anticipated Iniochos 2025 Spotters Day at Andravida Air Base, home of the 117 Combat Wing. Drawing more than 1,500 aviation enthusiasts and photographers from 32 countries, the event once again cemented its reputation as one of the best-organised and most welcoming spotters’ days in Europe.
Cobra Warrior 25-1 – RAF Waddington
Cobra Warrior 25-1, the bi-annual RAF organised military exercise involved up to 90 aircraft from multiple countries with RAF Waddington serving as the main base. Guest nations this year included the French Rafales B’s from Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne from BA 113 Saint-Dizier, Turkish [...]
Swiss Air Force YorkNite 2024 – RAF Leeming
11th November 2024 heralded the start of the annual Swiss Air Force Yorknite exercise at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire with the arrival of 10 F-18C/D aircraft from Payerne, Switzerland. Exercise Yorknite, now in its 5th year at RAF Leeming provides the Swiss Air Force [...]