Credits: DGPR (PAKISTAN AIR FORCE) Iraq has decided to purchase 12 JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jets from Pakistan. According to Pakistani media reports, the defense deal was approved by both the Iraqi and Pakistani governments, and a formal agreement is expected to be signed in Islamabad next month. After …
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China for the first time unveiled its new unmanned aerial vehicle of the High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) type at the Zhuhai Airshow 2021. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) publicly unveil the CH-6 high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted vehicle with a bizarre design. The CH-6 is considered to be a …
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Argentina has allocated funding to procure the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)/ Pakistan Aeronautical Complex FC-1/JF-17 in the country’s latest effort to recapitalize its fighter aircraft capabilities. The drafts budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022 includes USD664 million towards the purchase of 12 JF-17 Thunder Block III jets (including USD20 million …
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Credits: Airbus The Indian Ministry of Defence announced that it has signed a ₹22,000-crore contract with Airbus for 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by PM Modi, cleared the purchase a fortnight ago. According to Airbus, India has formalized the acquisition …
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Artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Dyess, Air Force Base, Texas, one of the future bases to host the new airframe. (Courtesy photo by Northrop Grumman) The U.S. Air Force now has at least five Prototypes of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber in …
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On September 7, 2021, an RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence-gathering aircraft made a frightening crosswind landing at RAF Mildenhall in England. The RC-135 had returned from an intriguing mission that saw the spy plane circumnavigate the border of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. The video from the YouTube channel Airshow World shows …
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A mysterious stealthy low-observable aircraft was spotted at Lockheed Martin’s secretive Helendale radar-cross section (RCS) measurement facility. While we don’t know what this shape is intended to resemble, it provides a timely reminder of some of the exotic test work that’s clearly going on behind closed doors, at facilities like …
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PAF Cessna T-37 jet trainers – Credits: u/khizee_and1 A Pakistan Air Force Cessna T-37 Tweet trainer jet crashed under unknown circumstances near Mardan. It was not clear whether any casualty occurred in the incident. “A board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” said the …
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Two F-15C Eagles and an F-117 fly in formation over the skies of Fresno, Calif. before separating to land at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 14, 2021. This week, two F-117 Nighthawks are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions along with F-15 pilots from the 144th Fighter …
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Credits: Unknown An Indian Army HAL Cheetah helicopter crashes in Shiv Garh Dhar of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir. Both pilots died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed. “Today, during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in the district,” …
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