US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress 60-0022 ‘LA’ from the 2nd Bomb Wing’s 96th Bomb Squadron ‘Red Devils’ at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, flies in formation with Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)/92 Squadron F-15SA Advanced Eagles 9241 and 9244 from Dhahran over the Middle East on December 10, 2020. The B-52H was one of two that flew an almost 40hr round-robin mission from Barksdale to train with the RSAF aircraft as part of a Dynamic Force Employment mission. They were later joined by two USAF/391 st Fighter Squadron F-15Es, 90-0242 'MO' and 90-0243 ‘MO’, on temporary deployment to Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE

Austrian Air Force Saab 105OE 1140/BJ-40 showing off its special 'Golden Tiger' 50th anniversary colour scheme, along with 1114/GD-14 in a ‘Black Tiger’ scheme, during a sortie on November 21, 2020

The first Pilatus PC-21, E.27-01/10239/HB-HWA ‘792-01’ (c/n 314), destined for the Spanish Air Force, took off for its maiden flight from Stans in Switzerland on December 14, 2020. Currently, Spain has 24 of the single-engine turboprop trainer aircraft on order from Pilatus under a contract signed on January 30, 2020

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Anonymous-looking new Airbus C-295 EC-003 (c/n S-188, allocated N291LH) callsign ‘CASA988/AED988’ on approach to Getafe, Spain, on December 16, 2020 after flying over from Seville/San Pablo Airport prior to departing for Lajes and onwards to the USA. The aircraft was one of three departing from Seville on that date, the other two, EC-002 (c/n 189, to be N292LH) ‘AED989’ and EC-006 (c/n S-191, to be N293LH) ‘AED991,‘ routed direct to Lajes. The following day all three, wearing the same overall military-style grey scheme, continued to St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. They are believed to be for L3Harris Technologies in Greenville, Texas.

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US Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules 165810 ‘BH-810’, from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) 'Heavy Haulers' at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, arrives at Cambridge Airport, UK, on December 18, 2020. This was the first USMC aircraft to be inducted into the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group facility at Cambridge for depot level maintenance after the company had been awarded a ten-year contract to support the 66-strong USMC Hercules fleet on October 1,2020.

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United Arab Emirates Air Force Saab 340B AEW&C 1332 at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, on December 18, 2020, after arrival in the early hours of the morning from Wejh, Saudi Arabia, along with a second example of the type, 1331. They departed in the evening for Rome-Ciampino, Italy, en route back to Saab in Linkoping, Sweden, having been replaced following the delivery of two Saab Bombardier 6000 GlobalEyes in April and September 2020. Saab announced on January 4, 2021, that the UAE had signed a contract for two more GlobalEye systems on December 30

ISR-configured Beechcraft King Air 350i N503DE, callsign 'Crook 23,' at Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland, on December 21, 2020 making a fuel stop while heading downrange from the US for a deployment to Erbil, Iraq. The civilian-style colour scheme is routinely used to hide the true purpose of this type of aircraft, but the numerous additional aerials and sensor housings are a clear indication of its military role