New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- From 2-6 October 2025, airbase 126 at Solenzara hosted the FRA-ACE maneuver, implementing the French Agile Combat Employment concept. Six Rafale aircraft from Mont-de-Marsan deplo... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Three strategic French airbases anchored the exercise: Mont-de-Marsan concentrated fighter aircraft and coordination, Orleans-Bricy hosted tactical transport aircraft and Cazaux h... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The 2025 scenario was inspired by recent conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, featuring large scale operations in heavily contested zones. Crews operated within a scen... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The exercise emphasised electromagnetic spectrum operations. Colonel Jean-Christophe explained, "We confront our aviators with a very dense electromagnetic environment, inspired b... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- From 22 September to 10 October 2025, the French Air and Space Force conducted VOLFA 2025, its annual major operational readiness exercise. Organised by the Air Defence and Air Op... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- A technical employee, responsible for the maintenance planning: "I started my military career in 2015 and was a mechanic for the engine and airframe shop until 2020, then I became... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- In 2023 two H-145 helped in Slovenia with the massive floodings. From January 2024 one Mi-17 served EUFOR in Bosnia Herzegovina together with two H-145s. In the same year two Mi-1... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- At this moment MH Kiss Jozsef 86. Helikopterdandar (86th Helicopter Base) consists of three squadrons. The first is Szallito Helikopter Zaszloalj (Transport Helicopter Battalion) ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The first part of the Zrinyi 2026 programme that was executed was the large overhaul of eight Mi-24 attack helicopters in Russia. This large overhaul, which extended the lifespan ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- At the end of 2016 the Hungarian Government launched the ambitious "Zrinyi 2026" modernisation programme, now called the National Defence and Armed Forces Development Programme, a... Read More