France is participating in NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activities providing four of its fighter aircraft and two air-to-air refueling aircraft since February 24. Allied Air Command integrates the French Air and Space Force’s Rafale fighters – that are refueled by A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft – into the standing arrangements to safeguard the skies above…
New Bayraktar TB2 drones arrived in Ukraine few days ago and are already operational. Ukrainian Minister of Defense reported that new Bayraktar TB2 drones arrived in the country and already doing strike operations against the Russian Occupation Forces. On Feb 25th, a Turkish Air Force A400M from Ankara has landed in Rzeszow, Poland, probably to…
The Ghost of Kyiv is an unconfirmed fighter pilot who has supposedly downed a number of Russian jets, according to the Ukrainian government. The Ghost is estimated to have shot down up to ten Russian jets from his MiG-29 fighter jet, but the social media claims are yet to be independently verified. If the rumours…
France is deploying 500 soldiers in Romania within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) framework. Two An-124s are doing rotation between Istres Air Base in France and Romania. “NATO has decided to reinforce its presence, to send a very clear sign of strategic solidarity, to position forces in Romania,” General Burkhard told the press late…
Mounting international sanctions amid Russia’s war on Ukraine have thrown plans to launch 36 OneWeb satellites this week into uncertainty. The latest batch of satellites for OneWeb’s broadband constellation is currently at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Russian-controlled launch site in Kazakhstan, where Europe’s Arianespace plans to launch them as soon as March 4 on a…
Airbus halts Russia parts, studying engineering centre options. Airbus said on Wednesday it had stopped sending spare parts to Russia and supporting Russian airlines, but was analysing whether its Moscow engineering centre could keep providing services to local customers under Western sanctions. “Airbus has suspended support services to Russian airlines, as well as the supply…
Boeing announced on Tuesday that it would be pulling support for all Russian aircraft. This includes sales of spare parts and maintenance support for Russian Airlines, the biggest of which is Aeroflot, Russias flag carrier. The airline operates a fleet of 37 737s and 22 777s. The company also said it would be temporarily closing…
The U.S. is expected to ban Russian planes from its airspace. According the the WSJ, following similar prohibitions by European and Canadian authorities, the United States are preparing to close its airspace to Russian flights. An order barring Russian-owned and -operated aircraft from U.S. airspace is expected to be issued as soon as within the…
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals have now been deployed in Ukraine with more on the way, after a call for help from the country’s vice prime minister on Saturday. Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, tweeted Musk requesting that SpaceX switch on its Starlink broadband satellites to supplement the country’s Internet services…
A new satellite imagery shows the hangar damaged but also the tail of world’s biggest aircraft. A new image from Planet Labs shows the damage at Antonov Airport in Hostomel. The hangar hosting the An-225 has been damaged by a strike and according to the Foreign Minister Affair and the President of Ukraine himself, the…
Russia has banned airlines from 36 countries from using its airspace in a tit-for-tat response to Western sanctions. On Sunday, Europe shut its skies to Russian owned or controlled planes. The announcement means all planes, including the private jets of oligarchs, will now be unable to land in, take off from or fly over any…
Russian airline Aeroflot (AFLT.MM) on Sunday violated a ban on aircraft from the country using Canadian airspace, regulator Transport Canada said, on the same day the restriction was imposed in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We are aware that Aeroflot Flight 111 violated the prohibition put in place earlier today on Russian flights using…