Hypersonic race in the not-so-Pacific Ocean
Project SCIFiREOn November 30, 2020, Australia and the United States unveiled the bilateral Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research…
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Despite skeptic Swiss lawmakers, US moves forward with F-35 offer
The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin submitted the F-35 stealth fighter jet to the New Fighter Aircraft (NFA)…
Japanese Air Force bids farewell to last F-4EJ squadron
The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) announced the retirement of the 301 Hikotai, the last squadron operating…
United States to sell 50 F-35 fighters and 18 MQ-9B drones to UAE
The United States State Department delivered a formal notification to the Congress saying it had given the green…
Gotta fly ‘em all: Indonesia offered F-16 Viper instead of F-35
The Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto expressed interest to acquire a number of F-35As for the country’s air…
New Liberian airline: dark history, beauty queens and no aircraft
Lone Star Air, Liberian national airline, was officially launched on October 30, 2020. However, many questions can be…
Structural crack reportedly found on Japan F-2 fighter jet
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) reportedly grounded its Mitsubishi F-2 multirole fighter jets after a crack was…
Mitsubishi to obtain F-X stealth fighter jet development contract
The Japanese Defense Ministry is about to formalize Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as the prime contractor of the…
South Korea begins assembly of KF-X fighter jet prototype
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) began an assembly of KF-X, the first South Korean indigenous fighter jet. The plane…
South Korea confirms development of first aircraft carrier
To better defend its interests overseas, the Republic of South Korea plans to build the first aircraft carrier…
U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots: one and same thing?
It is well-known that not everyone can become a U.S. Air Force or Navy pilots. At first, candidates…
Air Forces and aviation in Covid-19 times
Since the first months of this year, the whole world has been struggling against a global pandemic that…
NATO fighters intercept Russian bombers three times in one week
In recent days, multiple flights of Russian long-range aircraft near the British identification zone have put the Royal…
Australia to sell 46 F/A-18 Hornet to private military contractor
The Australian Ministry of Defense announced its intention to sell 46 F/A-18 Hornets to the private company US…
Days after crash, Algeria could show interest for Russian Su-57
On Christmas Eve, a Russian fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet crashed in Komsomolsk-on-Amur during a test flight. Three…
Turkey denies procurement plans for Russian Su-35
The Turkish minister of Defense denied media reports that the country was about to acquire around forty Sukhoi…
U.S. Air Force awards $6.4 billion for private adversary training
The Pentagon announced that seven contractors would be awarded $6.4 billion in contracts to provide realistic training, known…
Pentagon postpones F-35 full-rate production by a year
Initially anticipated for December 2019, the decision to approve the full-rate production of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning…