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19 January 2015

Iran’s Indigenous Fighter Aircraft Borhan Clears Wind Tunnel Test

Iran has successfully tested an indigenously made fighter aircraft, Borhan, Tasnim News Agency reported Saturday. According to the report, the fighter has been completely manufactured by the Iranian military experts and has successfully passed...

Chinese J-31 stealth fighter Lands on zhuhai

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19 January 2015

NSA Claims 50 TB F-35 “Secrets” Stolen by Chinese: Snowden Documents

Chinese hackers stole 50 terabytes of US classified data related to technical details of the F-35 aircraft, classified documents released by US whistle-blower, Edward Snowden have revealed. The claim was promptly denied by the...

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14 January 2015

Japan Allocates $42 Billion Defense Budget To Buy Military Equipment

Japan has approved spending $42 billion defense budget in a major military modernization program to counter Chinese military might in the region, Reuters reported Wednesday. The nation’s new expenditure involves payment for troop-carrying Boeing’s...

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7 January 2015

Mitsubishi To Delay Delivery Of Japanese F-3 Stealth Fighter Prototype

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd may delay the delivery of the first test version of a Japan-made F-3 stealth fighter to the Defense Ministry, as the verification of aircraft engines is needed. The delay was...

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14 November 2014

Just how good is China’s new ‘stealth’ fighter?

Editor’s note: Reuben F. Johnson is a correspondent for IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, a publication devoted to defense and security intelligence and analysis. The views expressed are his own. Zhuhai, Guangdong Province (CNN) —...

Strategic and Tactical Developments / video

8 November 2014

Norwegian CF-104D Starfighter Performs Afterburn Test Run

“Project 637? came a step closer to completion on October 20th. The team restoring a former Norwegian Air Force CF-104D Starfighter to flying condition successfully ran the aircraft’s engine with the afterburner in action....

News & Events Features

7 November 2014

White House Seeks New Legal Framework for Strikes on Islamic State

Administration to Push for Legislation Authorizing Military Force Against Militant Group in Iraq and Syria. The White House is pursuing a two-stage plan for revamping the legal architecture used by the government to conduct...

News & Events Features

4 November 2014

‘Loss of confidence’: US Air Force fires two more nuclear commanders, disciplines third

Two Air Force nuclear commanders have been fired, with a third facing disciplinary measures, after the service cited a “loss of confidence” in their ability to lead their units, once again drawing attention to...

Features & Analysis

27 October 2014

After Decades Of Lagging Modernization, The U.S. Air Force Is Losing Its Edge

At its inception in 1947, America’s youngest military service could rightly claim to be the force of the future. The U.S. Air Force was born of an idea that long-range bombing would transform the...

News & Events Features

26 October 2014

First U.S. Casualty in Latest Iraq Bombing Campaign

The U.S. and its allies continue conduct air assault on the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, as reports surface of the first death of U.S. military personnel since the new mission began. The United States and its allies...