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Georgia to return stored Mi-24P/Vs and Su-25K/UBs to service

The Georgian Ministry of Defence announced on July 24 it would refurbish and upgrade stored Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters and Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in Tbilisi. Georgian Air Force Su-25UB ‘20 Blue’ being dismantled at...

The first Airbus A400M for the Belgian Air Force 0

Belgium’s first Airbus A400M flown

Airbus Defence and Space has flown the first Belgian Air Force A400M, wearing temporary test registration A4M106,from Seville/San Pablo Airport, Spain on July 30. The first Airbus A400M for the Belgian Air Force, CT-02/A4M106,...

Alarus CH-2000 Antarqui delivered to Peruvian Air Force 0

Another Alarus CH-2000 Antarqui delivered to Peruvian Air Force

An Additional SEMAN Alarus CH-2000 Antarqui, serial number 492, has been completed by the Peruvian Air Force Maintenance Service (SEMAN) and was flight tested on July 9. Newly completed Peruvian Air Force SEMAN Alarus...

China’s Next Jet Fighter May Be A Super F-35 0

China’s Next Jet Fighter May Be A Super F-35

Global Times cited a technical paper written by Yang Wei, an aircraft designer at Aviation Industry Corporation of China – and the chief designer of the J-20 stealth fighter. With reports that China is...

Sukhoi Su-30MKIs for Armenia Russia to sell 0

Su-30MKIs For Armenia: Russia To Sell Indian-Version Of Su-30 Jets To Armenia

The Armenian Government is negotiating with Russia for the possible acquisition of additional Su-30SM fighter jets for its air force. This was confirmed by the Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan. Sukhoi Su-30MKI Russian flying...

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Israeli Netanyahu’s controversial new ‘Air Force One’

Long delayed and over budget, Israel’s PM was about to receive a VIP-configured Boeing 767 to fly him around the world. Fearing criticism amid an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the plane...

A J-20 stealth fighter of China 0

China Warns India’s Rafale Fighters ‘Have No Chance’ Against Chinese Stealth Jets

Chinese and Indian fighters are engaging in vicious dogfights. A J-20 stealth fighter of China flies at the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province, Nov. 1, 2016....

USAF F-16C (87-352) captive-carry Gray Wolf cruise at Edwards AFB, 9 Jun 2020 0

USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Prototype Cruise Missile

The USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Gray Wolf is a DoD-directed...

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A400M customer profile: Spanish Air Force

Providing logistical support around the globe Spanish Air Force A400M customer profile (Photo by Airbus Space and Defence) As more and more Airbus A400Ms join the Spanish Air Force’s fleet of aircraft, this military...

Serbian Army PASARS FM-1 fires an indigenously-developed infrared-homing RLN-IC/170 short-range surface-to-air missile 0

Serbia test-fires indigenous RLN-IC/170 short-range SAM

The Military Technical Institute in Belgrade (Vojnotehni?ki Institut, VTI), part of the Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD), on 22 May test-fired the indigenously-developed infrared (IR)-homing RLN-IC/170 short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). A modified Serbian Army...