Category: Africa

2023 04 01 Second Senegalese CASA C-295 aircraft touch down 0

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Second Senegalese CASA C-295 aircraft arrives dakar

The Senegalese Air Force has taken delivery of the second CASA C-295 tactical transport aircraft from Airbus. The CASA C–295 (now Airbus C295) is a medium tactical transport aircraft that was designed and initially...

2023 03 16 Botswana • Gaborone looks to procure Indian HAL fighter aircraft 0

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Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

The Botswana Defence Force is in talks with India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) with a view to acquiring several of its Tejas fighter planes. The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Air Wing is seeking to...

2023 03 10 Why Bloated US Military Spending Can't Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China 0

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Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

The White House has requested a whopping $842 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2024, which is $69 billion more than the Department of Defense received for FY2023. What’s behind the hike and...

2023 02 28 Sudan's MIC markets UAE-designed protected mobility vehicles 0

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Sudan’s MIC markets UAE-designed protected mobility vehicles

Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation (MIC) introduced its Rhino and Rhino 2 protected mobility vehicles at IDEX 2023 held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February. Both vehicles appear to be renamed identical copies...

2023 01 23 Russia delivers more aircraft to Mali 0

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Russia delivers more Su-25 ground-aircraft to Mali

The Malian Armed Forces formally inducted another consignment of Russian jets and helicopters in a ceremony on 19 January. The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) formally inducted another consignment of Russian jets and helicopters in...

Algerian Air Force Beriev Be-200ES (7T-VPV) 0

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Algerian Air Force goes Beriev Be-200ES amphibious

After a long process the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza’iriya (Algerian Air Force / Force Aérienne Algérienne) has ordered four Beriev Be-200ES Altair multirole amphibious aircraft (water bombers) with an option for four more, following fires...

2023 01 01 Mali receives second C-295 aircraft 0

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Mali receives second C-295 aircraft

Mali has received an additional C-295 transport aircraft from Airbus after more than a year delay. The C-295 left the Airbus factory in Spain earlier this month and a stopover in Morocco before arriving...

JRCC completes training for personnel from Balkan states 0

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JRCC completes training for personnel from Balkan states

High-rank officials of six member states of the inter-Balkan, Regional Aeronautical Search and Rescue Advisory Committee (RASARAC) were in Cyprus this week to take part in an exercise coordinated by the island’s Joint Rescue...

Algeria 14 MiG-29M FGA aircraft from Russia 0

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Algeria 14 MiG-29M FGA aircraft from Russia

The Algerian Air Force is taking delivery of its first Russian-made MiG-29M/M2 multirole combat aircrafts in a deal which is expected to increase the size of the country’s combat fleet and replace legacy systems...

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

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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...