An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 85th Test Evaluation Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hoskins) A US fighter pilot gunned down a cruise missile mid-flight during a top-secret World War 3 exercise, it’s been revealed. The Top Gun ace took out the 500mph “nuke” while …
Read More »Are The New Stealth F-35s Are Really Louder Than F-16s Fighter Jets?
U.S. Air Force “Thunderbirds” and an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet during Aviation Nation at Nellis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bailee A. Darbasie) On Sept. 19, 2019, The first two of an eventual 20 F-35A jets arrived at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, …
Read More »Pakistan Air Force To Get 36 New F-16 Jets & Upgrade Old F-16s: Report
According to Pakistan media reports, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is all set to upgrade its F-16 program with technical assistance and possibly 36 advanced fighter jets from the United States. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a fixed-price $9.1 million contract for technical security team support services for Pakistan’s F-16 …
Read More »U.S. Reprimanded Pakistan Air Force For Misusing F-16s Against India During Operation Swift Retort
According to documents obtained by U.S. News, a top American diplomat sent a written reprimand to the chiefs of the Pakistani air force in August accusing them of misusing U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter jets and jeopardizing their shared security. The communication came months after India claimed one such F-16 shot down …
Read More »Venezuela Buying New Russian Fighter Jets & Helicopters – U.S. Reports
United States’ special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams has claimed that Venezuela had signed a major contract for acquisitions of new Russian arms, which included Flanker air superiority fighters and Mi-171 military transport helicopters. Venezuela currently operates the heaviest and arguably the most capable fighters in the Americas outside the …
Read More »U.S. Rejected UAE Request To Purchase F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets?
According to the Israeli Channel 13 report, Pentagon and State Department officials threw cold water on any notions of U.S. ally the United Arab Emirates (UAE) potentially getting the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets. According to the news station, Pentagon officials said they would not allow the sale of …
Read More »Turkey Allegedly Testing F-16s And F-4s Against Russian S-400 Missile System
on Nov. 24, 2019, the Ankara Governorate announced that Turkey to fly F-16s near Ankara to test S-400 radar systems. “Within the scope of some projects carried out in coordination with the Presidency of Defense Industries, F-16 aircraft and other aircraft belonging to the (Turkish) Air Force will carry out …
Read More »Egypt To Receive Russian Su-35 In 2020 Despite U.S. Threat Of Sanctions
As we have reported on March 18, 2019, that Russia Secures $2Bln Fighter Jet Contract With Egypt for the supply of Su-35 fighter jets. Now according to the Russian state media report, Moscow expects to begin deliveries of the jets in 2020. Under a $2 billion contract, the Egyptian Air …
Read More »Was PAF Being Trapped Into Shooting Indian Commercial Airliner?
On the morning of August 30, air traffic controllers at Lahore were startled to find that an “Indian military aircraft” had entered the Pakistan airspace. They were confused, too, as according to the flight plan and identification by the pilot, it was a civilian Boeing 737 plane but was transmitting …
Read More »Pakistani Drones Violated Indian Airspace Along International Border
Indian Border Security Force claimed to sight high-flying drones along with Punjab’s Hussainiwala sector. Border Security Force personnel sighted the drone four times on the Pakistani side, while once it was seen almost a kilometer inside the Indian territory, a BSF official said, Press Trust of India. According to news …
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