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Gripen E test aircraft 39-10 arrived at Tampere-Pirkkala Airbase on 29 January, kicking off a one-week evaluation campaign that will include Gripen NG 39-7 as well as a GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft flying from Sweden. Source: Jane’s/Gareth Jennings Saab has officially launched the flight evaluation phase of its Gripen E/F fighter …

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) U.S. Air Force together with the bomber’s manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, published three new concepts of the next-generation bomber, showing …

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has signed a contract worth $4.6 billion under which the country will acquire 32 F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from the United States. As we have reported earlier that the United States in September US Congress Approves Sale Of 32 New F-35 Lightning II Jets to …

An F-15E Strike Eagle sits at the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing on Dec. 31, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Satran)After nearly twenty years, the U.S. Air Force is buying a brand new F-15 eagle fighter jet. On Tuesday, a pair of twin pre-solicitation notices posted to …

Air refueling operator conducts an in-flight refueling of a U.S. F-22 Raptor (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen) The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). A result of the USAF’s Advanced …

Credits: U.S. Marines and F-35 Lightning II According to U.S. Marine Corps press release, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brian W. Bann, a Marine Corps F-35B pilot, became the first military pilot to accumulate more than 1,000 flight hours in the F-35 Lightning II when he delivered a new production …

Photo Credits: SCOTT GARFIELD/PARAMOUNT Paramount just released a new set of photos that introduces some of the newcomers who will have a role to play in Maverick. We still don’t know a whole lot about the story, but these are the people we’ll presumably be spending a lot of time …

Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is undergoing flight testing as an unmanned maritime surveillance vehicle. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Chad Slattery/Released) According to Defence News,  The German government …

Uganda Peoples’ Defense Air Force (UPDAF) Bell 206B JetRanger III helicopter crashed during a night training exercise under unknown circumstances. Both pilots died in the crash. According to the Uganda People’s Defence Force spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire, the Jet Ranger AF 302 was on a training mission. “It had two crew …

As we have already reported, U.S. Air Force E-11A Plane Crashes In Taliban-held Area In Afghanistan. The aircraft crashed at 13:10 local time (08:40 UTC) in the Dih Yak District. Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The crash site is 130 kilometers (70 nmi) southwest of Kabul and near the village of Sado Khelo. …