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European Defence Editor at Aviation Week, proud hubby to Dr Kubi, aircraft photographer (Canon user, obvs), and #RIAT volunteer among other things.

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Grafik: Bundeswehr/ Schönbeck

Grafik: Bundeswehr/ Schönbeck

✈️ Generalmajor Holger „HAWK“ Neumann wird neuer Inspekteur der Luftwaffe!
Am 27. Mai 2025 übernimmt er in Wunstorf das Kommando von Generalleutnant Ingo Gerhartz – bei einem feierlichen Appell.

Ihr Team Luftwaffe 🫡

23.05.2025 14:41 — 👍 66    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24 The world’s most popular flight tracker. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information.

#Aalto's #Zephyr is flying in #Kenya from their newly established Aaltoport. Trackable here: flightradar24.com/ZEPHYR89/38c89

22.01.2025 00:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Aviation Week/BofA Survey Shows Great Interest In Potential Embraer Narrowbody | Aviation Week Network More than two decades after Boeing launched development of its last clean sheet aircraft, a new survey of airlines, lessors, manufacturers, component suppliers and MRO providers reveals a high degree ...

Customers to Embraer: 'just do it'

aviationweek.com/aerospace/ai...

21.01.2025 12:52 — 👍 19    🔁 10    💬 5    📌 1
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GCAP Needs To ‘Break The Mold’ To Deliver By ’35, UK Lawmakers Say | Aviation Week Network Members of the UK Parliamentary Defense Select Committee say the project will need to avoid the mistakes made by previous programs such as the Eurofighter.

The Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) will have to “break the mold” if it is to achieve its target of delivering a new-generation combat aircraft by 2035, UK lawmakers have suggested. aviationweek.com/defense/budg... voa @rotorfocus.bsky.social

14.01.2025 08:22 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Notes from a US official on Russia's strike in Dnipro: An experimental IRBM. Russia only has a "handful" of the missiles. Ukraine has withstood attacks from missiles with significantly larger warheads. The US briefed Ukraine and allies ahead of the strike on the possible use to help them prepare.

21.11.2024 18:07 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Baykar UAS Performs Shipborne Takeoff And Landing | Aviation Week Network Turkey’s Baykar has completed a takeoff and landing of its Bayraktar TB3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) from the Anadolu amphibious assault ship (LHD).

Turkey’s Baykar has completed a takeoff and landing of its Bayraktar TB3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) from the Anadolu amphibious assault ship (LHD) aviationweek.com/defense/airc... @rotorfocus.bsky.social

20.11.2024 06:22 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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UK ‘Committed’ To GCAP, Says Defense Secretary Healey | Aviation Week Network UK Defense Secretary John Healey says the British government is fully committed to the Global Combat Air Program despite the upcoming Strategic Defense Review.

UK Defense Secretary John Healey says the British government is fully committed to the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) despite the upcoming Strategic Defense Review aviationweek.com/defense/budg... @rotorfocus.bsky.social

21.11.2024 16:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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