Category: World Air Forces

A-29B Super Tucanos handed over to the Philippines 0

A-29B Super Tucanos handed over to the Philippines

PhilippineS An official ceremony was held on October 13 to hand over six Embraer A-29B Super Tucano close air support aircraft to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) at Clark Air Base, Pampanga. The six...

China Air Force (PLAAF) subsonic H-20 stealth bomber, 20 November 2020 0

China’s new stealth bomber H-20 will allow it to make ‘truly intercontinental’ strikes, report says

China’s subsonic H-20 stealth bomber will give the country a “truly intercontinental” capacity expanding its reach far beyond the country’s seaboard, according to a report by a leading think tank. The bomber is still...

Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucano, 30 November 2020 0

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) A-29 Super Tucano project on course for delivery as scheduled

The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to media reports insinuating that the subsisting contractual agreement between the Nigerian Government and the United States of America (USA) for the supply...

Nigerian Air Force L-39ZA (NAF-354), 27 November 2020 0

CAS Inspects ongoing in-Country Reactivation of L-39ZA, Reiterates Commitment to Ensuring Protection of Nigeria’s Airspace

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the ongoing in-country Life Extension Programme (LEP) on 3 L-39ZA aircraft at the 403...

Switzerland Eurofighter 0

Airbus and Germany submit Eurofighter offer to Switzerland

Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany today submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland. Switzerland Eurofighter (Photo by Airbus) The...

No Air dominance without Space dominance 0

No Air dominance without Space dominance

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) will create a network of manned and unmanned platforms in the sky from fighter to drones, up to satellites. Connected to ground and maritime forces, these air- and...

Maldivian National Defence Force (MNDF) Do-228 Maritime Surveillance aircraft 0

India Hands Over Surveillance Aircraft to Maldives Amid Strategic Tussle with China

The requirement for a Dornier Maritime Surveillance aircraft was raised during the visit of former President Abdulla Yameen to India in 2016. While it could not get implemented earlier, the present Ibrahim Solih government...

Kenyan Air Force Leonardo C-27J Spartan 0

Kenyan C-27J Spartan still in Italy

Kenyan Air Force (KAF) Leonardo C-27J Spartan 222 carrying test serial number CSX62308 takes o for a sortie from Italian aircraft maker Leonardo’s facility at Venegono, on July 27. Kenyan Air Force Leonardo C-27J...

Kenyan Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga 0

Kenyan Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga

The Kenya Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda crashed in the Kanyonga area on August 3 Extensively damaged Kenya Air Force Y-12 II Turbo Panda KAF-128 following its take-o crash at Dhobley airstrip, Somalia,...

Kenyan Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed 0

Kenyan Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed in the Kanyonga area

The wreckage of Kenya Air Force MD500E 539 which crashed in the Kanyonga area on July 13. (Photo by FAP) Kenyan Air Force (KAF)D: Jul 13, 2020N: Kenya Air Force/50th AirCavalry BattalionT: MD500ES: 539...