According to Pakistan media reports, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is all set to upgrade its F-16 program with technical assistance and possibly 36 advanced fighter jets from the United States. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a fixed-price $9.1 million contract for technical security team support services for Pakistan’s F-16 …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-16C Receives New “Have Glass V” Paint Scheme
A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard with a new, darker single color paint scheme is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa on December 17, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent …
Read More »Trump Says USAF F-35 Pilots Are Better Looking Than Tom Cruise & With Better Bodies
U.S. President Donald Trump says F-35 pilots are “better looking than Tom Cruise and with better bodies.” “You’ve got to see them,” the Republican leader told a crowd of supporters at Battle Creek rally in Michigan discussing a meeting with U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel. “They’re just like central casting” …
Read More »China Now Has the World’s Second Largest Active Carrier Fleet
Credits: Peak Liu China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned its second aircraft carrier into active frontline service – the Type 001A Class warship ‘Shandong.’ Shandong was commissioned at the Yulin Naval Base, on China’s Hainan Island. China’s military watchers had been waiting for weeks for the commissioning ceremony. …
Read More »Russia’s Su-57 Fifth-Generation Fighter Jets Passed Second Phase Of Testing In Syria
According to the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets have successfully passed the second stage of testing in Syria. Gerasimov said that during the second stage of testing in Syria, Su-57 completed all the planned tasks. No further details …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Starts World’s First F-16V Viper Block 70 Production
Production is underway of the world’s first F-16V Viper Block 70 at the new plant in Greenville (SC). The aircraft is destined for the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF). The production of new F-16s has moved from Forth Worth (TX) to Greenville (SC) to facilitate the ramp-up of F-35A/B/C production …
Read More »Myanmar Air Force Receives First Two JF-17B Thunder Fighter Trainer Aircraft
On 15 December 2019, the first two JF-17B Thunder fighter trainer aircraft was officially handed over to the Myanmar Defence Force at Mandalay-Meiktila airport during the celebration of the 72nd Defence Force Day. This year’s celebration saw the introduction of two JF-17B Thunders (serials 1706 and 1707), two unknown Mi-35P …
Read More »South Korea Releases Animation Video Showing F-35 Neutralising North Korea’s Nuclear Missiles
Shortly after the activation of its first squadron of F-35A fifth-generation fighters, The Republic of Korea Air Force, an aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, has released a new advertising video showing F-35A stealth fighter striking aircraft neutralizing one of North Korea’s most capable new military assets – an …
Read More »Paramount Pictures Released Behind The Scenes Video Of Top Gun: Maverick Flying Sequences
Credits: Paramount Pictures (Screenshot from Top Gun: Maverick new trailer) As we have reported earlier that Paramount Pictures Released Second Official Trailer of Top Gun: Maverick. Just 48 hours after the second Top Gun: Maverick trailer was released, Paramount Pictures has posted a behind the scenes of top gun 2 during …
Read More »IAF Fighter Jets Went Incommunicado During Balakot Strike Due To Lack Of Operational Data-Link
© AFP 2019 / DIBYANGSHU SARKAR According to the Times of India report, the Absence of operational data-link (ODL) was one of the biggest hurdles that the Indian Air Force (IAF) faced during the Pakistan Air Force retaliation on February 27, a day after the IAF carried out Balakot airstrike …
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