The U.S. Air Force will forward deploy B-1B Lancer  supersonic bombers in Guam early this month, partly to better cope with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, a recent statement by the Pacific Air Forces showed on its website. The B-1B Lancers will be deployed to the U.S. Pacific Command’s Andersen Air Force Base on Guam […]

Russian Radioelectronic Technologies holding KRET plans to begin the international delivery of the Rychag-AB active jammer. The Rychag-AB active jammer is currently being delivered to the Russian Ministry of Defence as part of the electronic warfare suite on the Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopter. Eighteen of these helicopters are due for delivery to the Russian Army by the end […]

The US Department of State has approved the sale of T-6C+ Texan military training aircraft to Argentina for $300 million. The Government of Argentina has requested a possible sale of twenty-four (24) T-6C+ Texan trainer aircraft, spare engines, initial spare parts, support equipment, communications equipment, studies and surveys, contract logistics support and technical services, aircraft technical publications, aircraft ferry […]

Bad weather over Guam has rerouted two U.S. Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft to Okinawa, Japan. That repoted by Stars and Stripes. The RQ-4 Global Hawk has made an unscheduled debut at Kadena Air Base, Japan this week due to bad weather at its destination airport in Guam. The RQ-4 drones — which can fly up […]

Photographs of the fourteen new Shaanxi Y-9 military transport aircraft at one of China’s military airfields, emerged on social media on 1 August. Judging from the recently photos, there is no doubt that the Y-9 project has entered serial production. According to Shanfei’s press release the Y-9 dual-purpose Tactical Transport Aircraft project has been restarted. Shanfei upper […]

Mounting of the Pratt&Whitney Canada PW150 engines on An-132D aircraft demonstrator is started at ANTONOV Company, thjat reported on the official Facebook page of the company. The AN-132 – intended for short- and medium-haul routes – will have varied use, from troop transport to cargo and can be outfitted with a variety of cabin configurations. The […]

Kazakhstan can be the first customer of Russian military transport planes IL-76MD-90A ahead of Algeria, Iran and the RSA, Kommersant newspaper informs. As it was earlier informed, Defense Minister of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu discussed all the issues of military and technical cooperation on Tuesday. As it informed, Moscow and […]

A Navy pilot has safely ejected from a fighter jet that crashed in the Northern Nevada desert during a training mission near the Fallon Naval Air Station. That reported by www.reviewjournal.com. Air station spokesman Joseph Vincent confirmed the F/A-18C Hornet crashed around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday about 10 miles southeast of the naval base in Fallon, about […]

Russian «Orlan-10» unmanned aerial vehicle crashed  in Bab an Nayrab at eastern districts of the northern city of Aleppo in Syria. Syrian militants say they shoot down «Orlan-10» unmanned aerial vehicle  near Aleppo. The Orlan-10 is an unmanned aerial vehicle reported to have been produced for the Russian government at the Special Technological Centre of Saint Petersburg. These complexes […]

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 commenced air operations for Exercise Pitch Black 2016 alongside the Royal Australian Air Force at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 1, 2016. Pitch Black 16 is a biennial, three week, multinational, large-force training exercise hosted by RAAF Tindal. The allied nation squadrons will execute day and night […]