Saudi Arabia receives final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft
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The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has announced that Saudi Arabia has received into service its final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft. The details were given in an 11 December media release, to announce the final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft were delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force – a key milestone supporting the […]
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Saudi Arabia receives final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft
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The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has announced that Saudi Arabia has received into service its final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft. The details were given in an 11 December media release, to announce the final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft were delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force – a key milestone supporting the […]
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Australian F/A-18 fighter jet fails take-off at Amberley airbase, pilots eject
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On morning Tuesday, a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet failed to take off from Amberley airbase after one of its engines malfunctioned. According to local sources, two pilots have been forced to eject after a F/A-18F Super Hornet suffered an engine failure and takeoff was aborted. The official press release of […]
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Private aviation company reportedly to buy F-16 fighter jets from Israel
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Top Aces, international operates a fleet of privately owned tactical aircraft, is reportedly to buy F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Israel. Multiple news outlets reported that the deal to buy 29 jets that have been in use by the Israeli Air Force had been approved by U.S. State Department and Israel’s government. The Top Aces […]
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Russian MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors deploy near Alaska
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Russian Pacific Fleet’s press office says that Russia has deployed MiG-31 Foxhound long-range interceptor to their base in Anadyr, in the Chukotka region opposite the U.S. Alaska state. “To enhance the aviation component in the Arctic zone, the crews of the MiG-31BM high-altitude fighter-interceptors of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation took up air defense combat […]
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U.S. Marine Corps conduct mass launch of 21 F-35B stealth fighters
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Members of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conducted the mass launch of twenty-one F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft on Nov. 24 at Beaufort Base. “Pilots and students assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conduct a max effort launch with 21 F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air […]
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U.S. Air Force conducts F-22 Raptor hot refueling to be less predictable
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U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets have successfully carried out a hot refueling from a fuel bladder carried by a C-130J Hercules during a Dynamic Force Employment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. According to a recent Air Force news release, a C-130J Super Hercules transport plane conducted a hot-pit refuel of a pair […]
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Lockheed Martin delivers next three F-35B aircraft to the U.K.’s Royal Air Force
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The next three F-35B Lightning II short take-off and vertical landing aircraft departed the Lockheed Martin production facility recently to the United Kingdom. In a release Friday, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group, Royal Air Force, Allan Marshall said the new stealth fighter jets to increases the British fleet to 21 F-35s. “Looking forward to their […]
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Indian Navy MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashed in Arabian Sea
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An Indian Navy MiG-29K carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft crashed over the Arabian Sea on 26 November, multiple news outlets reported. The Indian Navy press release said that a MiG-29K fighter jet, which was operating in the Arabian Sea, crashed at around 5 p.m. on Thursday. According to an update released by Inidna officials, one pilot […]
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Switzerland receives offer to buy 5th generation F-35 jets
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The Swiss Federal Office of Armaments received an official offer prepared by U.S. Government and Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide 5th generation fighter jet capabilities to the Swiss Air Force. The F-35 proposal is a total package offering that includes up to 40 F-35A aircraft, a sustainment solution tailored to Swiss […]
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