An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG -Credits: Aktug Ates In the middle of the standoff that India has with China, the Indian Air Force has pushed a proposal to the government for acquiring 33 new fighter aircraft, including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Su-30MKIs from Russia. “The Air Force has been working on …
Read More »Azerbaijan To Buy Combat Drones From Turkey
The first export success was achieved in Bayraktar TB2 UAV System, which assumed important responsibilities in Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations. Azerbaijani parliament has already approved agreement for purchase of Turkish-made combat drones. Azerbaijan has announced that it would purchase unmanned aerial combat vehicles from Turkey. Speaking in a …
Read More »German and Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon Will Receive Next-generation Fighter Jet Radar
Euro Fighter Typhoon without nose allows the view of the antenna of the onboard radar “EuroRADAR CAPTOR”. ILA Berlin Air Show 2012 – See Details: MagentaGreen via Wikipedia European aerospace giant Airbus announced that German and Spanish Eurofighter fighter jet will be equipped with the Next-generation more capable fighter jet radar. …
Read More »Algerian Air Force Chinese-made CASC CH-4B Drone Crashed Near Wilaya d’Oum el-Bouaghi
Algerian Air Force chinese-made CASC CH-4B drone crashed near Wilaya d’Oum el-Bouaghi under unknown circumstances. For the moment there is no official information on this accident, however, according to a video posted on YouTube, the witnesses filmed the fall of high voltage cables, as well as the pole that he …
Read More »China’s Copycat Air Force: List Of PLAAF Reverse Engineering Or Design Copies Aircrafts
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China and its sister branch, the PLA Naval Air Force, operate a huge fleet of around 1,700 combat aircraft—defined here as fighters, bombers, and attack planes. This force is exceeded only by the 3,400 active combat aircraft of the U.S. military. Moreover, China …
Read More »Despite Namesake F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet Once Again Can’t Fly In Lightning
Credits: U.S. Airforce Via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is once again unable to safely weather a hit from a lightning bolt. The most widely used variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is currently unable to fly in thunderstorms after the discovery of damage …
Read More »Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas Suffered Bird Strike Causing Giant Hole Under Cockpit
The RAF aircraft was struck by a BIRD mid-flightCredit: Twitter / Breaking Aviation News A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas suffered a bird strike during a flight out of Getafe Air Base, Spain. The aircraft suffered substantial damage on the fuselage under the cockpit. Pictures of the damaged Airbus …
Read More »SR-71 Blackbird Set Four New Speed Records The Day Before Its Retirement
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. When the Blackbird …
Read More »Taiwan Boosting Domestic Jets Development To Counter Threat From China
First flight AT-5 Brave Eagle – Photo credits: Tsungfang Tsai On 10 June 2020, Taiwan’s newly manufactured advanced jet training aircraft, the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) T-5 (AT-5) Yung Ying (“Brave Eagle”), serial 11001/08-9001, took to the air for its maiden flight at Ching Chuan Kang Air Force Base. …
Read More »IAF Airlifts Dozens Of T-90 Tanks To Ladakh To Counter China
C-17 carried out an operational mission, airlifting 18 tonnes of load into the Tuting airfield. ( Picture credit: IAF twitter) As military build-up on both sides of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh continues, a constant stream of IAF heavy lift aircraft have airlifted dozens of additional …
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