The first Yak-130 advanced jet trainers for Myanmar Air Force completed its maiden flight. According to the RIA Novosti, Russia plans to deliver three fighter jets to Myanmar by the end of 2016. The Defense Ministry of Myanmar signed its first Yak-130 purchase contract in June 2015, three years after the Southeast Asian republic voiced initial interest in the fighter trainer, the […]

The Spanish Air Force has taken delivery of its first Airbus A400M new generation airlifter – the most advanced aircraft to have been produced in Spain and one which will transform the nation’s air mobility fleet. Today’s contractual handover of the first of 27 aircraft that it has ordered makes Spain the sixth nation to […]

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force has deployed its Kawasaki P1 maritime patrol aircraft in New Zealand. Yesterday one of the visiting Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) P1 aircraft conducted surveillance flights over the affected areas, helping officials assess the quake damage and prioritise the help that is rolling into the region after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake. […]

The first two Leonardo M346 «Bielik» advanced jet trainers  for the Polish Air Force arrived at Polish Air Force Academy in Deblin on Monday 14 November 2016. The M346s will enter into service with the 4th Training Wing Squadron at Poland’s Deblin base. With the M346, the base aims to become an international hub for the training […]

The RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Systems of the U.S. Air Force has conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance  flights in the skies over Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. The RQ-4 Global Hawk team’s eyes in the sky are can provide a bird’s eye view of potential threats surrounding a large area, giving ground troops a detailed look […]

A Russian fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launching from its aircraft carrier near the coast of Syria Sunday, two U.S. officials told Fox News. The aircraft is one of the four naval Fulcrums operated by the 100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment. According to theaviationist.com, the incident occurred around 14.30Z and […]

Yu Xu, a female J-10 fighter pilot, died in an accident during a routine flight training on Saturday, an Air Force spokesman said. Born in 1986, Yu was from Chongzhou city in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. She joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in September 2005, and was serving as a flight squadron […]

Greece has received into service the first of 10 Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, national media reported by www.geetha.mil.gr. The first three CH-47 helicopters have arrived in the port city of Piraeus on Friday, November 11, 2016. Greece already operates a fleet of 15 CH-47D heavy-lift helicopters. The Greece requested and the US State Department approved […]

The debut of the PLA’s J-20 stealth fighter at the Zhuhai Air Show has attracted attention from Taiwan, among others. Feng Shih-kuan, head of Taiwan’s local defense authority, said he is confident that Taiwan’s F-16v fighter can rival the J-20. “Compared with the J-20, do we have confidence in our upgraded F-16s,” said Taiwan’s defence […]

Aviation formations of the Western MD of Russian Federation will have received about 20 aircraft of tactic and army aviation by the end of 2016. The units will receive such aircraft as Mi-28, Mi-8, Mi-26, Mi-35N, Su-35 and An-148. In total, troops of the Western military district are to receive more than 1,000 pieces of […]