Egypt is interested in the purchase of JF-17 Thunder aircraft, Egyptian Ambassador to Pakistan Sherif Shaheen told Federal Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain during a meeting The minister informed the ambassador that Pakistan was at present selling its traditional weapons to the US, UK, Germany, and some Far …
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In 2010 Military analyst Allison Puccioni was going through Reconnaissance Images of China. In the industrial city of Luoyang, she notices something strange. She spotted an abject looking like an American F-117 Nighthawk in an industrial complex in China Intelligence revealed that the object in Luoyang is housed in a …
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The UK has signed a multi-billion pound contract which will double its F-35 fleet, the country’s defense secretary has announced. The deal will see Britain own 35 stealth jets by the end of 2022. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that the UK has ordered 17 new F-35B aircraft which will …
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Staff Sgt. Zhaviyon Jester, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons team chief, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon while waiting for it to be towed during Trident Juncture 2018 at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, Oct. 25, 2018. This exercise ensures NATO forces are able to operate together and …
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On June 15, 1974, when President Richard Nixon paid a visit to Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (father of Syria’s current president). As Air Force One entered Syrian airspace, four camouflaged MiG fighters joined up on the VC-137’s wings. Air Force One’s captain immediately acted to defend the iconic aircraft and …
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According to the import/export tracking website ImportGenius, Israel has received new-generation long-range passive radar complex, called the Kolchuga-M. Israel’s company Airsom Ltd. has received Ukrainian-made Kolchuga-M passive radar system, according to ImportGenius website. The notice by the ImportGenius said that in March 2018, a subsidiary of the State Company “Ukrspetsexport” …
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Two Indonesian F-16 fighter jets forced an Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane to land on Monday at an airport on Batam island after it had flown into Indonesian airspace without permission, an air force spokesman said. Air force spokesman First Marshal Novyan Samyoga said in a statement the Boeing Co 777 …
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The U.S. Air Force announced deployed of three B-2 Spirit bombers and more than 200 Airmen at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission. The nuclear-capable aircraft from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived as part of a routine U.S …
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On June 9, five U.S. Special Operations Forces commandos died when a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber mistakenly attacked their position in southern Afghanistan. The accidental bombing comes as the Air Force is trying—with some success—to convince Congress to allow the flying branch to retire all 230 of its remaining …
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The incident began over a drone, and luckily, no one started shooting. In 2013, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms moved to intercept an MQ-1 drone flying in international airspace near the Iranian border. The two IRIAF fighters were quickly shooed away by two F-22 Raptors who were flying in …
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