Taiwanese OH-58D – Credits: 玄史生 A Taiwan Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior (registration 616, coded 31025), operated by 601st AirBgd, crashed at Hsinchu Air Base (HSZ/RCPO) under unknown circumstances. Both crew members died in the crash. During the incident, the helicopter was returning to Taoyaun City from Hsinchu Air Base …
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Credits: IAF The procurement process for an additional 21 Mig-29 and 12 Sukhoi Su-30MKI which IAF will start getting in the next three years. Purchase of additional Mig-29 and Su-30 to argument the current fleet and also buff up aircraft lost in accidents over the years is a cheap and …
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Recently, amid escalating border tensions between India and China, New Delhi approved to spend billions to purchase Russian fighter jets. Moscow will sell New Delhi 33 new fighter aircraft including 12 Su-30MKIs and 21 MiG-29s along with up-gradation of 59 MiG-29s. See Details: The MiG 29 procurement and up-gradation from …
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Turkish Police Beechcraft B300 King Air 350i surveillance aircraft impacted Mount Artos as it was returning to Van-Ferit Melen Airport in Turkey following a mission. All 7 on board were killed. The reconnaissance plane crashed into Mount Artos, a dormant volcano in the province of Van, Anadolu news agency reported …
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A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost attritable Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle. (Air Force Research Laboratory artwork) The US Air Force is flying at supersonic speeds towards an AI-enabled fleet. The U.S. Air Force plans to have an operational combat drone by 2023. The service plans to build out …
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(U.S. Air Force courtesy photo) U.S. Air Force has released the first picture of one of its new Boeing F-15EX Eagle fighter jets now under construction. There is conflicting information about whether the photo at the top of this story is actually of an F-15EX. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has …
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A number of Chinese and Hong Kong media outlets have reported that a new variant of the country’s first fifth generation fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20, has entered mass production. The moment was marked at a ceremonial unveiling of the modified J-20B stealth fighter jet on Wednesday attended by many …
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Satellite images show the presence of the radar at the airbase. Photo: Weibo An Open source satellite imagery spotted Chinese JY-27A anti-stealth Radar in Pakistan at the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) M.M. Alam Air Base. According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, satellite imagery revealed a China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) JY-27A counter-very-low-observable (CVLO) …
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Image credit: BAF Western aircraft usually probed Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. Those aircraft were often intercepted by Su-27s. As told by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov in their book Sukhoi Su-27 & 30/33/34/35, for example, in just three months of 1997 alone, the Russian PVO’s 10th Air …
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Credits: Screenshot from video A video reportedly filmed on July 2, 2020 shows Saudi Arabian F-15 aircraft intercepting and shooting down two Iranian drones over Yemen. The drones look to be a counterfeit model of the Israeli Hermes 450, a popular unmanned aircraft used by Israel, Mexico, and the US. …
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