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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 …

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) …

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 …

After starting the production of its first stealth fighter Sukhoi SU-57 fighter jets, Russia is in the final stage of developing another Stealth aircraft, the Mikoyan MiG-41 or PAK DP is a stealth interceptor aircraft/heavy fighter.  In August 2018, the Head of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG Ilya Tarasenko announced that …

Photo Credits: Via jetgirlusa.com Caroline Johnson a Colorado-born aviatrix was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq following the military withdraw in 2011, dropping bombs on ISIS from an F/A-18 Super Hornet. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, …

A Russian state-owned United Engine Corporation is developing new RD-93MA engines for pakistani JF-17 thunder fighter jets. UEC controls the development and manufacturing of all engines for military, civilian, and space use in Russia and for Russian exports. The RD-93MA has been specially developed to power single-engine fighter jets. It …

Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle – Credits: U.S. Navy The US Navy has its first Black female tactical fighter pilot in its history, according to a Thursday tweet from the Chief of Naval Air Training announcing Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle will receive her “wings of gold” later in July. Lt. j.g. …

on Mar. 19, 1990 a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) F-15 Eagle accidentally hit by an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile fired from another USAF F-15. As can be seen by looking at the photo, the missile caused extensive damage to the tail section of the aircraft and …

Credits: Министарство одбране и Војска Србије Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic touted the delivery of six Chinese-built CH-92A combat drones (UCAVs) for service with the Serbian military in a ceremony at a military airfield at Batajnica. Serbia’s acquisition of the CASC CH-92 makes it the first European state to deploy Chinese …

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35D Russia Air Force 154 BLUE C/N unknown, help appreciated Tensions around the Sino-Indian border in the Ladakh region, which escalated in mid-June 2020, underscored the importance of the Indian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jets for operations in the region. A columnist for the military watch magazine notes that …