Sukhoi Company handed over the first batch of Su-34 frontline bombers to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation according to the 2016 State Defense Order. The aircraft took off from the V.P.Chkalov Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant’s airfield and headed to the place of their deployment. The six new Su-34 fighter-bombers reinforced the air unit located near Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Khabarovsk Krai). Flight and […]

Four United States F-15 tactical fighter aircraft arrived on September 1 at Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo air base, about 10km from Plovdiv, to join Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29s in guarding the country’s air space, the Defence Ministry said. That was reported by www.bta.bg. The joint air policing by the US aircraft, from the 194th Fighter Squadron […]

A U.S. National Guard helicopter is stuck in the mud after an emergency landing in the Baytown area overnight. That was reported by www.khou.com The chopper landed in a muddy field off of I-10 near FM 3246 late Tuesday, There were no reports of injuries. The Apache chopper got stuck in a soggy rice field Tuesday night […]

The Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China  has confirmed that the next-gen long-range bomber is under development. China has already improved its ability to strike at targets far from home and there will be further improvements in the future, the Global Times quoted air force chief Ma Xiaotian as saying at […]

China’s newest Chengdu J-20 heavy stealth fighter taking part in military drills in Tibet. The new J-20 fifth-generation fighter was spotted on the runway of the airfield in Tibet. That was reported by Mike Yeo. The Chengdu J-20  is a stealth, twinjet, fifth-generation fighter aircraft developed by China’s Chengdu Aerospace Corporation. The Chengdu Aircraft Corporation is […]

Twelve types of equipment of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLA AF) will be open to the public for the first time in September, organizer of the PLA Air Force Aviation Open Day said at a press conference in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province on August 30, 2016. The Bayi Aerobatic Team, Bayi Parachute […]

The Russian Navy plans to modernize Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-based aircraft. The first improved version of Su-33 carrier-based fighter with  “Gefest” SVP-24 targeting system was spotted at M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute. That was reported by military-informant.com. The upgraded Su-33 fighter is fitted the “Gefest” SVP-24  targeting system for employing non-guided munitions. The SVP-24 enables the Su-33 to use a panoply of weapons against ground targets with surgical accuracy […]

In a ceremony on Wednesday (31 August), France and Germany took over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission from Portugal and the United Kingdom, which guarded the skies over the Alliance’s Baltic member states since May. That was reported by www.nato.int. France will lead the mission until the end of the year, with four Mirage jets based […]

The Ukrainian state enterprise “Antonov” and Airspace Industry Corporation of China   signed deals to cooperate on the construction of a new A-225 super-heavy transport aircraft based on An-225. This was reported by war.163.com. It was agreed, at the first stage, to produce second modernized An-225 “Mriya” aircraft at the production site of State Enterprise […]

Germany’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday informed lawmakers that its plan to lease armed Heron TP drones from Israel Aerospace Industries [ISRAI.UL] will be delayed by months given a fresh legal challenge filed by U.S. weapons maker General Atomics. Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen in January announced the army would lease the Heron drones for […]