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A video shows an interesting intercept that occurred in international airspace off Estonia, involving Su-30SM and F-35A.

Italian Air Force Identifies Russian An-12 Off Estonia In First Ever Intercept By F-35 Supporting NATO BAP Italian Air Force Identifies Russian An-12 Off Estonia In First Ever Intercept By F-35 Supporting NATO BAP File photo of an F-35A supporting NATO mission in Iceland in 2019 (Image credit: Author) The Italian F-35 jets deployed to Estonia, scored their first intercept under NATO command in the Baltic region. On May 14, 2021, the Italian Air Force F-35 aircraft deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, to support NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission, were scrambled and executed their fir...

14/05/2021 21:31 The purpose of the Defender-Europe 21 exercise that is currently unfolding in Romania too, is mutual intra-NATO defense, Brigadier General Matthew J. Van Wagenen, deputy commander of the U.S. V Corps, told a press conference delivered jointly with the Commander of the Multinational Corps Southeast (MNC-SE), Major General Tomita-Catalin Tomescu, and the Commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne. According to the U.S. military official, this exercise was announced in advance, everyone knows about the activities organize...

NATO The Regional Special Operations Component Command (R-SOCC) declared that it has reached Initial Operational Capability on 12 May 2021 as part of exercise Black Swan 2021 (19 April – 14 May 2021). Under the leadership of Hungary, R-SOCC will provide the participating nations (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia) with a temporary deployable command element specifically dedicated to leading operations of special forces. R-SOCC provides a regional capability similar to the Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC) established by Belgium, Denmark, and the Nether...

CPI Aerostructures has been awarded a follow-on order for nearly $1 million for cabin rack assemblies for new production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.