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J-10 fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Northern Theater Command taxi in close formation on the flightline before takeoff for a recent penetration flight training exercise. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yang Pan) On June 29, 2020 we reported that Indian Air Force Claims To …

F-35 Distributed Mission Training connects simulators across the world in a virtual environment. Source: Lockheed martin Lockheed Martin, the Joint Program Office and the U.S. Air Force successfully connected the F-35, F-22, F-16, and E3 Sentry in a “highly contested simulated environment” during a Distributed Mission Training (DMT) final acceptance …

Mockup of KAI KF-X Fighter Jet – Credits: Otte News As we have reported earlier that South Korea Receives First F414 Engine For KAI KF-X Fighter Jet. Now according to janes recent report, South Korea is planning to develop a new supersonic air-to-surface missile (ASM) that is expected to be …

B-1B Lancer emergency landing. (Courtesy of @combat_learjet) According to photos recently surfaced on social media U.S Airforce B-1B Lancer bomber performed an emergency landing after technical failure. The B-1B is dubbed (from B-One), took off for a training mission, and, about 30 minutes later, experienced an unspecified in-flight electrical malfunction …

Air-to-Air missile Astra successfully user flight-tested from Su-30 MKI aircraft off the Odisha coast on September 17, 2019. – Ministry of Defence (GODL-India) The Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Defence Ministry Rajnath Singh, cleared the purchase of 248 indigenously developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for the Indian Air Force …

The Draken’s first Mirage F1M. (Image credit: Draken /José M. Ramos). In 2017, Draken International announced the procurement of 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighter jets. Previously flown by the Spanish Air Force, these aircraft will join Draken’s existing fleet of radar-equipped Douglas A-4K Skyhawks and Aero Vodochody L-159E “Honey …

The cockpit of the F-15C Eagle with the new Passive Attack Display. (Screenshots from the Ars Technica YouTube video) The Ars Technica YouTube channel published an interesting tour of the F-15C Eagle cockpit. The cockpit tour, which features an F-15C of the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National …

Source: Boeing The U.S. Air Force is urgently buying an unspecified number of General Electric F110-GE-129 jet engines to power its new F-15EX Eagle fighter jets. The service says this is an “unusual and compelling urgency acquisition” and comes ahead of a formal competition to decide on the F-15EX’s powerplant, …

Syrian mig-21 Armed and fueled, in its reinforced hangar. Credits: Murad Gazdiev While no Eagle has ever been shot down in combat, the closest call for an F-15 pilot came during an engagement of Jun. 9, 1982. On that day, as told by Shlomo Aloni in his book Israeli F-15 …

Credits: Aeronautica Militare On Jun. 25, 2020, the 36° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force – ItAF) successfully completed a Wing exercise that involved 12x F-2000 (as the Eurofighter Typhoon is designated in Italian service) as well as 1x KC-130J of the 46^ Brigata Aerea (Air Brigade) from …