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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, the first Guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter. The two stealth jets, AF17-5265 and AF17-5266 will be operated by the 158th Fighter Wing. Seven new …

Indian Air-force planing to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities, with detailed talks currently under way with Russia for the project. New Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria has plans to upgrade the …

On August 22, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report about the unveiling of the Iranian-made Bavar 373 long-range air defense system. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was present at the unveiling, said that the Bavar 373 system is superior to the Russian S-300 system and that it competes with …

Lockheed characterised the test as a “ground-breaking” demonstration of “multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across multiple platforms.” This test showed the “next-level” of connectivity intended to reduce the data-to-decision timeline from minutes to seconds, according to the release. The demonstration also leveraged the F-35 sensor data …

According to the Warrior Maven report, U.S. Air Force F-16 are getting new lethal upgrades. A fleet of F-16s are now getting new F-35 Active Electronically Scanned radar, and other upgrades including upper wing skin and fittings, upper and lower bulkhead, and canopy sill longeron. The effort, called a Service …

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential foreign military sale of 32 F-35 fifth-generation fighters to Poland, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). A press release said the DSCA has notified Congress of the proposed Foreign Military Sales (FMS), which is worth $6.5 billion and consists of 32 …

U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighters and F-15E Strike Eagles dropped 36,000 kilograms, or nearly 80,000 pounds, of bombs on ISIS positions at Qanus Island In the Iraqi province of Salah ad-Din in the framework of the US-led coalition campaign in the war-torn country. The island in Iraq’s Tigris …

According to China’s Global Times newspaper a senior Chinese radar designer said at a recent interview that China has developed a meter wave anti-stealth radar that can be used to spot enemy stealth aircraft and even guide Chinese missiles toward them. Speaking to the newspaper, Wu Jiangqi, a senior defence …

On July 18, 2019 US officially removes Turkey from F-35 fighter jet programme after Ankara received the first parts of a Russian missile defence system. On July 12, 2019, Russia reportedly delivered the first S-400 missile system to Turkey Now Russia is ready to sell its super-maneuverable Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to Turkey, …

North Korea’s state media has reported South Korea’s acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets will force North Korea to develop and test “special armaments” to destroy the new weapons South Korean authorities are “impudent and pitiful” for “talking loudly about reconciliation and cooperation between the north and the south” …