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On Friday, February 9, the Voice of Americapublished an interview with a Ukrainian pilot with the call sign Phantom. Footage from the training site was also published, which shows that the F-16 has the coat of arms and flag of Ukraine on it. The soldier said that not only pilots but also ground personnel are […]
Ukrainian officials are showing interest in purchasing A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft for the national air force. The new Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky, complimented these vehicles, noting their effectiveness and exceptional reliability in most combat situations. The A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, nicknamed “Warthog” or “Hog” (from the English […]
A thunderstorm at Brussels airport was one of the reasons for the 476-day delay in the departure of the Ukrainian giant An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft, the pilot of Antonov Airlines said. Dmytro Antonov on his YouTube channel. According to the pilot, on August 18, 2004, he was flying from Gostomel to Brussels to pick up […]
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company, seems to have acquired a Boeing 737 aircraft previously owned by Air China, but it is not yet known why. According to Business Insider, the aircraft, registration number N154TS, was filmed by a famous spotter while landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, January 31, where its unique gray livery […]
From February 5 to May 5, 2024, Poland imposes restrictions on civil aviation due to increased military activity along its eastern borders. The Polish Air Navigation Service Agency has issued NOTAM N0604/2024, indicating restricted areas for civilian flights, in particular in the areas bordering Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia and the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The list […]
Swiss, which is a subsidiary of Lufthansa, is changing the rules for flight personnel in favor of employees. In the future, flight attendants will be allowed to have visible facial piercings, and lipstick will no longer be mandatory for women. It will also be possible to wear opaque tights and use medical tights, such as […]
According to journalists, more than 25,000 people will take part in the strike. Protests led to the cancellation of flights to Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and many other cities. In Germany, airport security workers have announced that the goal of a large-scale strike they are holding on February 1 is to increase their pay. This was […]
The Air Force wants a new and modern platform to replace its outdated UH-1N Huey helicopters. The Boeing Defense Corporation plans to start delivering the first MH-139A Gray Wolf helicopters to the U.S. Air Force. This was reported by Defense News. Boeing completed the construction of the first production Gray Wolf helicopter at the end […]
An American F-16 fighter jet crashes off the coast of South Korea. The US Air Force said that the fighter belonged to the 8th Fighter Wing. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of January 31, around 8:40 a.m. local time (2:40 a.m. Kyiv time), about 180 kilometers south of Seoul. An American pilot […]
Many flight attendants don’t like working in the premium economy section. Flight attendants hate working in a certain section of the plane – and it’s not as obvious as many might think: it’s not a crowded economy class or a major first class. In her blog for Sun Online Travel, an experienced flight attendant explained […]