South Korea’s Air Force has upgraded the capability of its F-16 fighter jets by equipping them with bombs and missiles capable of hitting key underground facilities in North Korea and shooting down combat aircraft at long range, officials said. The completion of the upgrade enables the South Korean jets to fire AIM-120 mid-range air-to-air missiles, […]

China’s J-20 stealth fighter could break the monopoly of Western countries on fourth-generation fighters, perhaps even exerting a bigger influence than the American F-22 Raptor, according to Chinese military expert Li Li in a CCTV interview. A Reuters report argued that the J-20 would not be as influential as the F-22 Raptor, butLi disagrees. She […]

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye equipped with aerial refueling (AR). Under a 2013 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) contract award, Northrop Grumman designed, developed, manufactured, and tested several sub-system upgrades necessary to accommodate an aerial refueling capability. “The Northrop Grumman aerial refueling team continues to […]

The Chinese Navy recently conducted a drill for a large fleet of naval vessels and aircraft including aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Bohai Sea, according to military sources on Thursday, December 15, 2016. In formation with several destroyers and frigates, the Liaoning carried out training in reconnaissance and early warning systems, air interception, sea assault, […]

The Argentine Armed Forces are now immersed in a process of modernization, that was reported by www.dintel-gid.com. The Argentine Army has recently incorporated 2 units of the new Cessna “Caravan EX” for utilitarian, parachuting and Special Forces missions, complementing the 2 initial units configured as MEDEVAC. After incorporating 2 modernized Airbus C-212 lightweight transports, the Army […]

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey crashed roughly 6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, on Tuesday. That was reported by headlines.yahoo.co.jp The Osprey ditched on the sea east of Nago city, Okinawa, Japan, in an in-flight refueling training. All five crew members were rescued by the US Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron All […]

On Thursday, the NH90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter took off on its on-schedule maiden flight at Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth. Wolfgang Schoder, CEO of Airbus Helicopters Deutschland; Ralph Herzog, Director in the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) and Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, Chief of the German Navy welcomed […]

Two of Lockheed Martin’s F-35s, the most advanced fighter jet in the region, arrived in Israel on Monday. Israel has ordered 50 of them from the United States. Each has a price tag of more than $100 million. That was reported by cnn.com. An elaborate ceremony at Nevatim in southern Israel was delayed several hours because […]

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan has received into service its first multirole Mi-35M attack helicopters. The first helicopter was spotted in Almaty Airport. At present Kazakhstan uses old Soviet Mi-24 helicopters. The multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter is a comprehensive modernisation of the Mi-24V. The Mi-35M was developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, and has been series produced […]

The new Mikoyan MiG-35 (Fulcrum-F) multipurpose fighter aircraft of Russian Air Force was spotted in Zhukovsky outside Moscow. Photographs of the MiG-35 fighter jet emerged on Russian plane-spotting website on 12 December. The first prototype was a modification of the aircraft, that previously served as MiG-29M2 model demonstrator. Mikoyan design bureau the MiG-35 as 4++ generation […]