The South Korean military yesterday received its first Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft which will help extend the range of its fighter jets to better confront Japan and China which are in a dispute with Seoul over the Dokdo and Leodo islets. The Air Force said Monday an A330 MRTT arrived at an air base in the southern city of Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province
A United States Navy F/A-18 fighter jet has crashed into the sea off the southern island of Okinawa on Monday. The fighter jet crashed “due to engine trouble,” Osamu Kosakai, spokesman for the ministrys Okinawa defense bureau was quoted as saying by Japan Times Monday
Iran has launched the mass production of Kowsar fighter jet , which is the fourth-generation all-indigenous aircraft, revealed PressTV, a news network affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on Saturday. The interceptor has been designed to provide logistical support for ground operations
Houthi Ansarullah fighters launched drone attacks against the King Khalid airbase in Saudi Arabia's Asir region last night in retaliation for Riyadhs bombing of a rebel airbase near Yemeni capital Sanaa airport a day ago. Iranian and Yemeni media reported that a Yemeni Qasif-1 (Striker-1) combat drone had hit the King Khalid airbase without giving details of damage or casualties
Taiwan has hired a Gibraltar based design firm, Gavron Limited to create blueprints to build 8 indigenous submarines expected to cost NT$500 billion (US$16.13 billion)
The Pakistan Navy Commissioned PNS MOAWIN, an indigenously constructed 17,000 ton combat support ship which is the largest warship ever built in Pakistan. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, President of Turkish Defence Industry Prof Dr Ismael DEMIR and Turkish Deputy Minister of National Defence Muhsin Dere were also present on the occasion at the Naval Shipyard in Karachi Tuesday, local media reported quoting an official release
Iran has conducted 700 drone strikes dropping smart-bombs against Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, its aerospace chief told Fars News Agency on Tuesday. "Our bomber drones have carried out 700 military operations using smart bombs against Daesh (Arabic name for IS)," said Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, aerospace chief of the Revolutionary Guards, Fars reported
A new regional carrier in Chinas Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Genghis Khan Airlines will commence commercial operations early next year with a fleet of locally-made 90-seater ARJ21 regional passenger jetliners. Genghis Khan Airlines plans to establish a fleet of 25 ARJ21 aircraft within the next five years
India and Russia have formally signed the $5.43 billion deal for the procurement of five S-400 Triumf missile defense system
A United States Marine Corps F-35B fighter aircraft has crashed in Beaufort County early Friday afternoon. This is the same variant that flew into its first airstrike mission in Afghanistan on Thursday