BAE Systems Wins Contract to Support New UK-Qatar Hawk Training Squadron
BAE Systems won a six-year contract to deliver support and training to a new joint UK-Qatar Hawk squadron based at RAF Leeming, UK. The company will provide Qualified Flying Instructors as part of this contract, delivering both live and synthetic training to Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) and Royal Air Force...
Russia's UAC Teases All-new Fighter Jet Ahead of Official Launch on July
Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present a fundamentally new military aircraft on July 20, the first day of the MAKS-2021 International Air Show in Zhukovski, near Moscow. Hints that the new military aircraft could be a fighter jet were revealed as part a Rostec (holding company of UAC) press release,...
Improper Maintenance Procedure Led to 2020 U.S.A.F. F-22 Jet Overheat: Investigation Report...
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Bulgaria to Build Runway as Part of F-16 Infrastructure as NATO Declines...
Bulgaria will shoulder the costs of building a runway for its F-16 jets at Graf Ignatiev Air Force Base after NATO denied to take responsibility. Georgi Velikov Panayotov, Minister of Defence of Bulgaria, said during a news conference Wednesday that “someone for unknown reasons” had decided that the cost of building...
Qatar to Base Rafale, Mirage 2000 Jets in Turkey for 5 years
Qatar will base 12 Rafale and 9 Mirage 2000 fighter jets besides four Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft in Turkey for a period of five years for training purposes. Doha will be able to temporarily deploy 36 fighter jets, according to a technical deal introduced to the Turkish parliament last
Thales to Provide Five Combat Training Systems to Polish Army
Thales said it will provide Poland's land forces with five tactical combat training systems “Combat Staff Trainer systems.” The award is the first export contract for this tactical combat training system, which is already in service with the French Army
China Could Hand Over 36 J-10C Jets to Pakistan in 2021
Pakistan will reportedly receive 36 Chengdu J-10C multirole fighters from China by the end of this year. On Monday, House for Strategic & International Affairs (HSIA) posted on Twitter, “Pakistan is set to receive 36 J-10C semi-stealth, 4
Paris Court Orders Probe into Rafale Jet Sale to India
A court in Paris has ordered a probe by the National Financial Prosecutors Office into a 2016 deal to sell 36 Rafale figher jets to India by Dassualt Aviation. French investigative new website Mediapart reported July 2, 2021, “as confirmed to us by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (French acronym-PNF), the Paris court on June 14 opened a judicial investigation, entrusted to an examining magistrate, on the sale by France to India of 36 Rafale fighters
France ‘Notes’ Swiss Choice of 'non-European Equipment' in F-35 Jet Selection
Barely hiding its disappointment over the choice of American F-35 over its European rivals, the French Ministry of Defence said the performance of its equipment (Rafale Jets) is demonstrated every day in operations. “The (French) Ministry of the Armed Forces has taken note of the decisions announced today (June 30) by the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation concerning the Air 2030 modernization program
U.S.M.C.’s First F-35C Squadron Achieves Full Operational Capability...
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Belgian F-16 Crashes into a Building Near Dutch Airbase
A Belgian Air Force F-16 crashed into a building near Leeuwarden Air Base (Vliegbasis Leeuwarden) used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, earlier today. “In the morning of July 1, a (Belgian Air Force) F-16 crashed into an opposite building
As U.S. Halts Military Aid, Ukraine on the Verge of Losing Kursk...
Mirage-2000 Jet Intercepts Russian Cruise Missile in First Kill in Ukraine
Russian Air Defense Radar in Crimea Destroyed in Unknown Fire
Hiroshima Bomber Enola Gay to lose "Gay" as Pentagon Purges Transgender Names
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U