Greek parliament approves Dassault Rafale fighters order After two days of debate, during which a cross-party consensus formed, 276 out of 300 Greek lawmakers voted… ByClément CharpentreauJanuary 14, 2021
Post-Soviet wide-body Neverland. Part 1: Twinjets There is a reason why wide-body airliners have an aura of prestige around them. Many of them offer… ByValius VenckunasDecember 31, 2020
NATO conducts 350 air missions related to Russian military jets NATO air forces announced that around 90% of its air missions across Europe in 2020 were conducted in… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteDecember 28, 2020
USAF F-15E fighters to use recycled wings from Saudi F-15S As the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) was preparing to scrap the wings of 66 of its F-15S… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 11, 2020
Indonesia eager to order Dassault Rafale jets by 2021 During a visit to Paris in January 2020, the Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto mentioned for the… ByClément CharpentreauDecember 4, 2020
Taiwan grounds F-16 fleet after fighter goes missing An F-16A of the Taiwanese Air Force (ROCAF) went missing two minutes after takeoff from Hualien airbase, on… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 18, 2020
Germany signs contract with Airbus for 38 Eurofighter Typhoons Airbus has signed a contract for the delivery of 38 new Eurofighter Typhoons to the Luftwaffe, the German… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 12, 2020
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… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 11, 2020
NATO fighters intercept Russian planes flying from Kaliningrad In the span of a week, Eurofighter Typhoon jets assigned to NATO Baltic Air Policing mission identified and escorted two… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 9, 2020
Airbus receives order for 38 Eurofighter Typhoons from Germany The Bundestag, the German parliament, approved the acquisition of 38 Eurofighter Typhoons for the Luftwaffe, in a deal… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 6, 2020
Lockheed, Boeing, BAE offer support for Japan fighter development Three foreign companies have answered the tender launched by the Japanese Ministry of Defense to assist Mitsubishi Heavy… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 6, 2020
French Mirage 2000 fighters kill 50 Islamic insurgents in Mali During an operation of the French military in the Sahel region, airstrikes carried out by Dassault Mirage 2000D… ByClément CharpentreauNovember 3, 2020
Japan selects Mitsubishi to lead F-X stealth fighter development The Japanese Defense Ministry selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as the prime contractor for the development of the… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 30, 2020
Taiwan grounds F-5E fighter fleet after crash kills pilot An F-5E fighter jet crashed off the coast of Taitung, southeastern Taiwan. The pilot died following the crash.The… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 29, 2020
Oregon Air National Guard to get new F-15EX jets first The Oregon Air National Guard was chosen to be first to receive the Boeing F-15EX in 2022. New… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 22, 2020
NATO fighters intercept Russian bombers approaching UK airspace British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets intercepted and turned away two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 16, 2020
Taiwan scrambles fighters to intercept Chinese strategic bombers The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan reported that no less than eighteen Chinese military aircraft crossed the… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 18, 2020
USAF already flew full-scale next-generation fighter prototype Taking the aviation world by surprise, Dr. Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,… ByClément CharpentreauSeptember 16, 2020