SOS: Italian Helicopter Rescue Operations from the Mediterranean Sea to Mont Blanc The subject of Italian helicopter rescue is seldom covered, so one could say this title is somewhat specialist…but it also fills a gap in the market. This book…

The Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency has announced the Czech Republis has decided to extend the lease of 14 JAS Gripens for another 14 years. According to Czech Defence Minister Vlastimil Picek the Czech Republic has tentatively negotiated an…

The 809 Naval Air Squadron is to be resurrected as the first Royal Navy unit to fly the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The fifth-generation stealth aircraft will be operated from the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class carriers that are…

The Bell Boeing V-22 Program has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing as an aerial refueling tanker. Adding this capability to the tiltrotor aircraft would further advance its versatility in combat, humanitarian and ship-based operations. The…

Embraer Defence & Security has delivered the first modernised A-1M (AMX) fighter jet to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The A-1M program was put in place for the modernisation of 43 subsonic AMX jets, 16 of which are already at…

Two u-turns by U.K. ministers over the type of aircraft to fly off the aircraft carriers under construction will cost UK taxpayers at least 74 million pounds, according to a Carrier Strike report published by the Public Accounts Committee. When…

A new exhibition has opened at the Fleet Air Arm Museum to present development of the two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and their capabilities for the 21st Century. The aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of…

During three weeks of flight testing, Boeing and Northrop Grumman demonstrated improvements that make the jet much harder for radar to detect and give it significantly more combat range. Through 21 flights that took place in St. Louis and Patuxent…