South Koreas arms procurement agency today approved two projects worth a combined $4 billion to buy F-35A jets and Chinook helicopters. The agency will set aside 3
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has established a new aviation command that, in future, will armed with aircraft such as P-8A Poseidon MPA and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to bolster maritime security capabilities. On July 15, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm
The United States and South Korea are holding their first combined air drills involving their respective F-35A stealth jets. Some 30 aircraft including South Korea's F-35A, F-15K, KF-16 and FA-50 jets, as well as American F-35A and F-16 jets took part in the four-day drills that kicked off on July 11...
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A Pacific Air Force (PACAF) B-2 Spirit bomber has flown to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley as part of the Enhanced Air Cooperation (EAC) initiative. Several PACAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft will be supporting the B-2 Spirit aircraft, providing refueling capability for the visiting bomber aircraft while they integrate with the RAAF to conduct various training exercises and activities
The South Koreas indigenously made KF-21 fighter jet is undergoing low, medium and high-speed taxi tests on the run up to its first flight test scheduled for late July. KF-21 Boramae fighter prototypes has been undergoing taxi tests from June 25, with the tests scheduled to be concluded by July 13
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has short-listed Lockheed Martin F-16 and Saab JAS-39 Gripen for its multi-role fighter (MRF) project eliminating other contenders such as the South Korean TA-50 and the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas."(The) two last contenders are the F-16V Block 50/52 Variant and the JAS-39 Gripen C/D+ Version," PAF spokesperson, Col
China is planning to conduct a flight test of an "important type of aircraft that has crucial strategic and historic significance," which several state-owned media outlets alluded to the H-20 strategic stealth bomber, the country's worst-kept aviation secret.Ge Heping, Party chief of the Chinese Flight Test Establishment under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), referred to the upcoming flight test at a meeting on Tuesday to with personnel involved in the upcoming test, the media reports said citing a press release from the Establishment
Two Ukrainian fighter aircraft – MiG-29 and Su-25 – were shot down in a single day by Russian Air Force Su-35 jet, Russia claims. “Russian Su-35s fighters shot down: one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Nikolaev and one Su-25 near the village of Adamovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing today
A new short-to-medium-range missile for the Russian Su-57 fifth-generation fighters, capable of engaging small-size stealth targets in the air will be completed this year.The new air-to-air missile for the Su-57 fighter was unveiled on November 18, 2019
Ukrainian Su-25 fighters were shot down by Russian ones during a dogfight, Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov has claimed. "In the area of the settlement of Novobratskoye, Kherson region, as a result of an air battle, a Russian fighter shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force," Konashenkov said at a regular press briefing today